have anyone seen turtles while fishing?

[moonyrat]

Hey guys, I'm just curious, have any of you seen any exotic animals while fishing?

[Albertadiver]

Lots at Surveyors Lake in BC.

[moonyrat]

um, anywhere close to home, say northern Alberta?

[Chet]

I've seen several sea turtles while fishing the flats in Cuba. Lots of turtles around lakes in B.C. in the Okanagan region as well.

[Alexey]

um, anywhere close to home, say northern Alberta?
Too cold, IMHO, for turtles in northern Alberta

[FishBrain]

Nope no turtles, deer, chipmunks, eagles, beaver, frogs, bigfoot (J/K)
but no turtles

[Duk Dog]

Only while fishing in the Dominican.

[brook trout]

while fishing in texas for crappie

[Unregistered user]

Wifey brings a box now and then.

[munyee4321]

saw one at chinkook lake down south here few weeks ago... to a few pics too

[sdimedru]

Fishin in May this year near Kenora.... all along the shore probably 4 or 5 turtles per day!

*** funniest moment, trolling slowly along shore towards a turtle sitting atop a large rock.... we get within 5 meters and the turtle begins to "scurry" and falls head over shell into the water.

[The Fisherman Guy]

Salmon arm has them, in the canals and the warmer, dirtier water of the Shushwap. I have not seen them here in Alberta though. But we did find some big torts down in North Dakota!!

http://photos-d.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc1/hs196.snc1/6609_104007549652_518079652_1954091_2751437_n.jpg

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[T-Bone]

Caught a big alligator snapper in alabama

[jrs]

Saw the odd one down in Lethbridge a few years back. One city pond had lots and the odd one could be seen along the Oldman. Painted turtles i believe. Released pets that established themselves maybe?

[The Fish King]

Painted turtles are native to southern alberta. Their range extends from edmonton south to the montana border.

[MrDave]

My nephew said he seen some near Aspen beach on Gull Lake two years ago. Can't say whether to believe him or not.

[Off in the Bushes]

I saw a woodchuck on the St. Marys river earlier this year.

[goosefrabba]

Hi, I saw a turtle at Sibbald Meadows Pond on Saturday. Not to big but very colorful. Also saw a bullfrog that had to be 16" long easy. Jumped right up beside my chair and watched me for 10 minutes. I think he cursed me, haha.

[RandyBoBandy]

only when surfing in Hawaii:lol::lol::lol:

[munyee4321]

I saw a woodchuck on the St. Marys river earlier this year.

saw about 30 of them on the rocks on the east side 2 weeks ago while fishing.

[Unregistered user]

Hi, I saw a turtle at Sibbald Meadows Pond on Saturday. Not to big but very colorful. Also saw a bullfrog that had to be 16" long easy. Jumped right up beside my chair and watched me for 10 minutes. I think he cursed me, haha.

Did you lick it?

[Cal]

saw a weird azz sea monster at Elbow lake in Kananaskis country when I was about 14. It was about 4 feet long and had a realy large head but the rest of its body was realy skinny and snake like. It appeared to be swimming sort of clumbsily just under the surface, about 6 feet away from us and to this day I wish one of us had had thought to nail it with a rock but we were too freaked out to think of it at the time. There were 3 of us, me, my buddy and my buddy's mom who saw it so I know my eyes werent playing tricks on me. It sounds crazy, especily in a cold mountain lake but I swear we all saw it.

[raised by wolves]

Saw an occassional turtle in ponds and lakes near Edmonton. Mostly captives from the Kootenays that have been released once people realised that they are not a great pet.

Saw one last week on the Oldman near the Lethbridge weir and one in Henderson Lake. Both former BC residents.

A buddy of mine caught a small gator one year while fishing somewhere down south.

[Donny Bear]

Seen them get ate in Nicaragua
http://i240.photobucket.com/albums/ff248/escanabajimmer/DCP03319.jpg

[Waxy]

I've seen the odd turtle at Last Mountain in SK over the years, but pretty rare.

I know they're present throughout a lot of southern SK though.

Waxy

[Alliman]

Here's a pic from Boundry dam by Estevan Sask , all kinds of them there ! http://i28.tinypic.com/dxhb9d.jpg

[weedcatcher]

I was at Chinook Lake in the Crowsnest Pass a couple weeks ago. I saw a little turtle near the shore right at dusk. I was surprised to see him.