I was just fishing at a local pond and I look over and see this flash in the water. Dirt and sand is getting thrown around in the water. I move a little closer and I see fins so I thought "well its probably just a bass eating a crawfish or something" so I cast past it and try to catch it. I cast 5 or 6 times, wondering why the bass didn't notice my soft-plastic craw, and when I moved closer to get a better look I saw a giant snapping turtle with a 5 pound bass in its mouth. The snapping turtle was probably 2-1/2 to 3 feet long. It had the bass by its stomach area since it probably swam over the turtle and got bit. The bass was just about snapped in half by the time I got a good look. I was pretty PO'd cause that pond is not great and all the bass are small, and the one he was eating was the one I caught 2 times before. I could tell this because he had a broken jaw where his lower jaw was off to the left. Also, he had a scar next to his eye which I remembered from when I caught him before.

Time for turtle soup

Turtle has to eat too.

Thats pretty cool. The other day I was fishing and saw a bass tearin somethin up. Makin all kinds of commotion. It was pretty neat to see.

If I witnessed that, I probably wouldn't be too happy either. I understand the turtle needs to eat too but not his 5lb bass!

Circle of life, man, circle of life.

Turtle needs to learn about catch and release.

I have caught some very large turtles on pig and jig, when fishing for bass.  You got to cut the line.