Stolen Stringer of Catfish

[treed942000]

Just curious, when I go out catfishing I always keep 2 or 3 fish to eat.  Well, Friday night I was out about 5 pm and all was going well.  The catfish were hitting on good ole night crawls.  Through out the course of the night I had kept 3 fish that were around 3 pds.  Well, when I pulled my stringer out of the water to go home, all that were left was the heads.  The turtles had struck with avengance.  Anyone else had this happen?

Tight Lines,
TReed

[devil-man]

Sorry, Treed, but I think that's kind of funny!
I had something similiar happen when I left a stringer tied to a dock overnight.
I have no idea who the culprit was.

[treed942000]

Devil man

It is funny now, but I can say I wasn't laughing Friday night.  Guess I'm going to have to invest in a 5 gallon bucket.   

[Trophy Hunter639]

Dang turtles   Treed get yourself a cooler with ice and bleed those cats out on ice the flesh will be much whiter and a lot tastier. 

[Mikepike]

Hey devil-man, was the whole fish gone? also, was there anykind of chop at the dock?

[grumpymoe]

I've seen snapping turtles do there number on a stringer, but generally cannot pull that many off........you dont happen to have otters nearby do you?....that sounds like something up their bag of tricks....too funny....Grump

[treed942000]

Grump - Nope no otters, some beavers but no otters.

TrophyHunter - What technique do you use to bleed them off?

[devil-man]

Hey devil-man, was the whole fish gone? also, was there anykind of chop at the dock?

Chop meaning waves? Yes.
The fish were pretty much dismembered.
I hadn't thought of otters. We do have muskrats