heard of a snapper that was reported to be as big as a no 2 washtub from a reliable source...was in the miss. delta...... richard i an lots of others can relate to your storey thanks for reminding us... charlie

We've got one in our pond that is huge...his shell measures 21" and that's a straight measurement, not by the curvature of the shell. I've been feeding him chicken necks for the last year or so.

Good stuff about your association with Marv and his family.

I think he wishes you were his son... or son-in-law.

You better get him back out on that lake!

Roger that Dean. I have a class reunion coming up that will be in summer that I'm organizing. I just hope it won't come too late and that I can schedule it when some season is actually open. Marv sounded pretty good yesterday morning but is having trouble keeping food down. I accused him of faking that so he could stay and pinch the nurses on the butt...

Dean, I just read your post and one thing you should do after you cut off the turtles head is hang it up for 10 to 12 hours. Cover it with cheese cloth to keep the flys away. This should be enough time to allow you to do your butchering without any twitching every time you touch him with the knife.
Good eating any way you prepare it.

Enjoy, Bob

I was raised in Philly and had relatives in the restaurant business and served snapper soup a Philly specialty. Here is the recipe for bookbinders restaurant snapper soup. Very good and a real tradition.

http://www.food.com/recipe/bookbinde...er-soup-130865