Tuesday

Turtles - Softshell and Snapper

There were two kinds of turtles commonly seen in Miller Park Lake. The small logoon area was home to the majority of the snapping turtles in Miller Park. The largest part of the lake west of the Big - Japanese - Bridge was where many softshell turtles were found. They would often be seen sunning themsleves on the cement slab that went around the entire south bank of the lake along Lake Drive. Softshells were very quick to run into the water if spooked. We caught these a few times and usually let them go again.

The small lagoon held the snappers that would sometimes be caught on the smashed bluegill method written about earlier. They were fun to play with and we usually kept them for a while. I had a snapping turtle in my aquarium for several years, evetually letting it go in 1988.

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