[panaxanax]

BS

Many years ago I worked on a large cattle ranch and we also had stock tanks. They were about 3’ high and made of corregated metal.

Climbing turtles? C’mon, my FRiend, we’re not that stupid. Besides that, I would think that the rotting carcasses of “...hundreds of turtles” would poison the well, so to speak.

[piroque]

Climbing turtles? C’mon, my FRiend, we’re not that stupid. Besides that, I would think that the rotting carcasses of “...hundreds of turtles” would poison the well, so to speak.

You must be that stupid and never been out west. Stock tanks and ponds are the same,, DUH

[DainBramage]

Its not like you shoot hundreds at once Ever try fishing and everything you throw out there gets eaten by turtles before a fish can get to it?

And there literally are hundreds of them. BTW what is a climbing turtle?

[X-spurt]

In West Texas they call a pond a “stock tank”, even though lots of ranches do have a “steel or concrete tank” next to a windmill for cattle.

[Osage Orange]

So you worked on a cattle ranch....

But what you don't know...is stock tanks can mean regular old ponds.

That said....there's plenty of creeks around here that you can't set trot lines, or limb lines...because the water turtles are so thick.

Years ago...I was fishing a beautiful little pond in S.E. KS. Threw my lure...out and WHAM...thought I had a 7 lb. bass.....turned out it was a turtle. Was a bit tricky getting the lure back. Ha!!

Personally I think box turtles are cool. Water turtles....not so much.