A monster . .

[Sharecropper]

Found this behind my camp at Tbend . . WOW . . 18 inches wide . . Would have made a hellacious turtle sauce piquant . .

[BTLowry]

Biggun for sure

Always wanted one of those big snapper shells but never wanted to kill one to get it.

Murdered many a pond turtle but never killed a snapper

[toledo]

Biggest I've ever seen was on TB about 30 years ago. It came up for air next to the boat and looked like a dang sea turtle. Swear it was 30" across it's back.

[SaltwaterSlick]

That's an alligator snapper too... Very much protected now (at least in Texas)... Common snapper is not... They get REAL BIG!


Edit to add Pic: They get big!!

[RedBear78]

I caught one in Village creek on a trot line about 60 lbs he was almost dead I got him cut loose he looked like a dinosaur.

[xman59]

I caught one in Village creek on a trot line about 60 lbs he was almost dead I got him cut loose he looked like a dinosaur.

they are dinosaurs!, which part of the creek,,, i live on 418

[dustoffer]

Was trotlining in the Chattahoochee River between Alabama and Georgia about 30 years ago and I felt like I had a waterlogged trunk on the line---got it up beside the boat and I swear it was 24" across. I could see the hook was just behind his outer jaw--not swallowed. Went on and finished the run, and when I went back to take care of it--it was gone. Long before cell phone cameras so no pic.

Check out the head on this one--and it;s not my pic

[Bowlife]

We had one that lived in a drainage ditch by my parents house when I was growing up. It was easily two feet across his back. My parents have lived there for almost 30 years and they’ve only seen him about 5 or six times crossing the road. I actually called the Houston Zoo one time to see if they would come get him.

[MadHatter]

Pulled this guy out of Fork a few yrs ago.

[Snowflake Killa]

Biggun for sure

Always wanted one of those big snapper shells but never wanted to kill one to get it.

Murdered many a pond turtle but never killed a snapper

This right here. They are so cool

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[HogHunter34]

My dad used to catch a few like that on Catfish Creek on Gus Engeling WMA. Them suckers can get big for sure. Makes you wonder what age they are

[Wits_End]

I found this one in a pile of silt i was pulling out of our pond. Scooped him up, washed him off in the water and let him go. Not a chance in heck i would attempt picking up like some of you, i value my hands. 30 years ago we found a similar size one in our yard after heavy rains. With one bite it crushed a stick we were using to move it on.

[PeePaw on Fork]

FYI...you can't keep any part of an alligator snapper. They're protected

[peterp63]

Does the alligator snapper get bigger than the common?


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[Shilo Ridge]

FYI...you can't keep any part of an alligator snapper. They're protected

^^^^ This right here.