Fisherman hooks 200 pound alligator snapping turtle!

[TammyJ]

Someone please google this and paste it in this thread for me please! I don't know how to do it from my phone. It's incredible! Check out that turtle 😃

 

[wellington]

Fisherman hooks prehistoric 200-pound alligator snapping turtle before catching monster alligator gar

A fisherman from Kentucky reeled in a monster-sized, 200-pound alligator snapping turtle in Texas; he also caught a massive alligator gar that has been submitted for a world record.

www.foxnews.com

 

[wellington]

 

[Yvonne G]

THAT IS AMAZING!!!!!

 

[Ink]

Great fisherman putting it back to live! Awesome. He's lucky it didn't eat his hand..

 

[SinLA]

This is why I don’t like swimming other than in pools!

 

[Moozillion]

I wonder how old it is!!!!!!!
Can anyone determine the gender from that tail? I know the species has long tails, so it might not be a male?