This is one of two snappers I hooked last night. This one was hooked in the tail, so I was able to grab it, but the other was hooked in the shoulder and I was lucky to be able to unhook it. Strange that either was hooked at all – both were on a regular flathead setup – first time that has happened to me and it happens twice in one night!
Flats weren’t hitting too well – one little one is all we managed.
What a beast. Can you say “Turtle Soup?”
I have a great soup recipe! 
Roasted snapper with gravy. Good eatin!
I’m sorry, but with that snapper’s snapper that close to the family jewels……..I would be a bit nervous!!!! 
That’s what I was thinking Gary!
The catfisherman’s 
vicetomy!
Matt, we had a tuff time last night too. Must be something in the air… 
Roll em in flour and fry them in butter over low heat with some pepper and a lid, mmm mmm mmm
When I saw the pic my first thought was what if the snapper fell down in the bottom of the boat!!!! I saw one in the road once, they are some quick buggers!!!!
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When I saw the pic my first thought was what if the snapper fell down in the bottom of the boat!!!! I saw one in the road once, they are some quick buggers!!!!
Which is why I didn’t keep it – I was doing good just to hold the thing, not sure how I would have kept him. And by the way, he was big but I was also holding him out away from my body – the jewels were quite safe. He was actually pretty docile being held by the tail.
Good thing she was away from the jewels, I heard that when those things clamp down that they don’t let go. I had a girlfriend like that once glad I got rid of her. I think I still have scars to prove it 
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Glad you have long arms Matt…I would have cut the line!
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Glad you have long arms Matt…I would have cut the line!
Wow!
I’ve rescued 2 on the road so far in my life. Strong creatures when they dig their claws into the road. Not got brightest creations though.
Don’t make soup out of them. They are great for a lakes ecosystem just like dogfish!
Them snappers were probably taking a chunk out of every flathead that came by.
I have had a couple baby snappers in an aquarium(little bit bigger than a quarter) and they used to be very good at catching crappie minnows and fatheads. Once in a while they would grab onto the fins of the larger fish in the aquarium(baby smallmouth, sunfish, etc) and those little turtles would hold on for several laps at light speed around the aquarium.. eventually sinking down to the bottom with a chunk of fin.
Ahh Flathead fishing the only fishing done while wearing a “nut cup”.
I saw a team from the 07′ wave wacker real in a 10pound rock.
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