I decided to go fly fishing this morning. It will be the last time I fish in Mass before moving to Tokyo. I started off the morning catching a nice rainbow. It was about 12-13" with beautiful color. I took this picture and then unhooked him. I'm a "catch and release" person. So I did what I always do. I let the fish go back in the river. I should mention that I was standing in the river in slow moving water almost waist deep.
I assumed the fish would swim away, but immediately there was a splash to my left about a foot or two away from my side. I thought that was strange since fish usually swim quickly away. I looked down and saw the biggest turtle I have ever seen - with the rainbow in it's mouth. It was a snapping turtle that must have been 2 1/2 feet long. I tried to take a picture of it.
The fish is on the left side of the picture. You can barely see that the turtle has it in its mouth.
In this picture, you can see more of the turtle's shell.
Needless to say, I was pretty uncomfortable with a giant snapping turtle right next to me. I'm glad I fed it a trout. Otherwise, I'm thinking that my leg could have looked a lot like lunch.
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