lol He just wanted to give you a tour of the place.

So, the question is, did you get the bait back?

Hit the thing on the head, get bait back, make stew.

Sorry to laugh, but dang. What's the low budget man doing with a big budget bait?!

No really, what a bummer. But nice turtle!

Bout time that I noticed you were back on the board... Nice to see you're still playing in the water LBH. Also that's a fine turtle for sure and you know full well that the battle was more fun than many fish we catch

I need to get me one of those...wouldn't need to paddle the kayak around anymore!

lol anxiously awaiting the rest of the story.

It was definitely an adventure and Big O is right, the change of pace was nice and it prepped me for striper fishing later in the season as they drag u all over the place in a kayak.

The bait was free, I made it but it would be $50 to replace it (ms slammer) as my shop was dismantled at the time (was moving)

I had a miracle that day. The turtle had one hook (owner ST, no joke) in the mouth. I got it to shore but couldn't get it up the rip rap, it kept back peddling towards the water. So in its struggles. It got the 2nd hook in its hand from trying to free the first hook in its mouth.

Oy

Long story short, all I could find was dead branches for a tool....I grabbed one and first poke, the stick disintegrated and both hooks shot free,.....I was dumbfounded and.psyched all at once,lol

$50 bait? For that much it better have a midget come out of nowhere and retrieve every cast for me.

I think u can get them for $30-45 now but u need to remember, these are large, wooden wake baits,....only way to lose one is to have it break off in a fish's mouth.

Even if you snap it off on a cast, u just drive the 1/4 mile and go scoop it up but be quick, before a fish decides to make it breakfast,lol.

If u play with swimbaits you'll quickly see that this is one of the more affordable ones and the easiest to duplicate in a woodshop

As always, for me, it comes down to value. This is my third season throwing this same bait, every cast. Can't tell u how many big fish its seen, more than $50 worth tho!

Man i hate catching turtles