dead turtle with a rod & reel still attached

[aceman387]

i went out fishing at the club i belong to .it consists mainly of clear strip mine pits .fishing was slow today and on my way back in my boat i spotted something floating dead  off in the distance at first i thought it was a raccoon because i could see legs sticking up  out of the water. when i got closer i saw that it was a big turtle that grabbed some body's  line and apparently jerked the hole rod and reel right in the water because i could see a fishing rod stuck and sticking up down in the weeds so i cut the line from the turtle and pulled up a abu Garcia stealth rod and reel out  of the water, it looks like it had been down there a few days . unfortunately  this was my only highlight  that i had out fishing today

[aarogb]

    Cool.

    Was the rod and reel still useable?

[aceman387]

i would guess it was under water since the weekend the rod is fine the reel is a little stiff to turn .this rig must be for  catching cat fish it a bigger spinning reel than i ever use for bass fishing . its a heavy set up. come winter when I'm  looking for stuff to do maybe i will take it apart and clean it and lube it

[avid]

Hey cool.

thanks for finding my rod and reel.

that turtle sure put up a fight.

Let me know when you get it all cleaned and lubed,

I'll swing by and pick it up.

thanks again.

[Mottfia]

Ha thats crazy. I'd hate to have been the guy that lost it. His day must have sucked. I bet he's at home talking about the monster fish that took his rod  

Mottfia