Man wildlife be putting in the work! Dirty and crazy situations borderline sketch to get the content! Much appreciated! Keep pumping out videos!

Definitely got ur workout that day, getting in shape and enjoying fishing lol

Great Video! I moved away from south Louisiana 38 years ago and haven't seen an alligator snapper or gar since. Thanks!

Nice catches. I was a U of H photographer in the late 80s and early 90s and remember when the Houston Zoo drained the alligator/turtle pond for maintenance. They took measurements of a snapper that was enormous, 200+ pounds. I got it on film, good times!

Dang! Those snapping turtles sure are prehistoric! Beasts, not mere "animals". Amazing to my city-eyes!!!

Absolutely amazing, what great content, literally giving knowledge, and a real look into the creatures that inhabit the waters of planet earth till this present day. Great job SIR!

Man ,you earn my respect ❕❕(work hard)❗❗

Alligator snapping turtles get huge!

Leaping lizard's ! What a crazy day. I got exhausted just watching you. 🐢

Amazing video and great commentary to go with the action. Your videos catching those huge water animals are awesome. Thank you for taking us along on your adventures thru your channel. Always entertaining and educational to watch !

Holy smokes. That snapping turtle was massive. Started off ruff but finished greatly 👍

Great to have you back my friend! That snapper was amazing! Off the top of my head, you've caught #150 gars, rays, turtles, and sharks if I'm not mistaken. Perhaps one day, you could compile all of your biggest catches into one Giants of Houston style video! Now you just need a #150 catfish!

You can count the rings on the bottom side of its shell to get an idea of age, also by measuring its shell, 3 inches for the first year and 1 inch per year after that.

Great stuff dude great fishing a lot of action and not a lot of drama ... thanks for sharing stay safe

14:23 .... I think that's the largest alligator snapping turtle I've ever seen 😳

I’m afraid to hook one of these dudes. I wouldn’t know how to unhook it. I hate the thought of a sophisticated 80 year old individual living in misery, bleeding, unable to eat and ultimately infected with that hook embedded in its mouth. I know these are accidental catches but I wish it wouldn’t happen. I do know of a study done at Careleton Lab where hooks were deliberately put in pikes’s mouths and the vast majority were later found removed. The pike were able to remove them. Barbless hooks were more consistently removed by the pike so I use those whenever possible. Love this channel! Good work.

Dude your like one step away from the leather crocodile Dundee hat. So wild

I live in south Houston and I moved here from London 3 1/2 years ago. My main fishing there was for specimen carp/catfish. But since Ive lived here I really got into saltwater fishing. But Ive watched all of your vids and you inspired me to give it a go for a big gar. I got no idea of where to fish but went to Buffalo Bayou armed with fresh mullet chunks and my 1st 'fish' was a MASSIVE snapping turtle. Scared the crap out of me! But managed to unhook/release it OK. 5 minutes in my 2nd cast I caught a alligator gar longer than me and Im 6'3". My wife was going crazy at sight of it. I would like to do more this year but got no idea of spots to try. I know youve worked hard and spent years finding great spots and dont want those secret spots. But would appreciate a vid with say 5 areas around Houston that we could catch a nice Gar. If you dont ask you dont get haha EDIT: I dont get notified about new vids. I have the same problem with notifications for my channel too. KZfaqs not always good like that.

Definitely one of the biggest gator snappers I've ever seen and I completely understand what it's like to accidentally snag one of those beasts! Glad you finally got a gator gar too! Good vid much appreciated, glad I came across this! Subscribed!

Lol, that turtle looked at you like damn young man ain’t you ever seen a big turtle!!! Lol! Good job bro!

I'm learning from you, and am being entertained at the same time. Like a training video. Beautiful Gar, Hon, worth watching over & over 💪💪💪💪👍👍👍

That's the biggest turtle of its kind I've ever seen, on or off camera. 💪💪💪😅

First time I've seen your videos, great job!. Not to mention the monsters you pulled in. Keep up the fun and great views. 👍

great video! all those catches we're beast, great job bringing those in.

I know they have caught alligator snappers that had spear points and arrowheads in their shells! So yeah they can be ancient old! Amazing creatures and are federally protected animals!!

Nice catch.

PB Snapper. I'll hold pretty much anything out there...but I won't hold that... (You can sing that to the Meatloaf song)

Down town Houston has good fishing 🔥

Gotta be one of my favorite channels

Those snappers OMG! I wouldnt want to walk in that water. We have snapping turtles up here in 🇨🇦 but the biggest I've seen is maybe 60 pounds. Great video!

Oh yeaaaaaaa

BIG DAWG KEEP IT GOING!!!!! LOVE TO SEE IT!!

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Dude you are crazy!

Never seen any one fish with cooked 🦞 crawfish give that a go I would love to see it dine first by you 🎣💪🏽

Turtle soup!

That second snapper was Huge, enjoyed this adventure with you, Subscribed and look forward to wherever you take me… Be safe Karen New Orleans Louisiana ❤️🎣🎣🎣✌🏼

I'm not a Herpetologist either but I took it in College and being a Fish guy I frequently encounter Reptiles & Amphibians. All I can tell you is it's older than both us combined. Estimates are just that- educated guesses. I can say it's a she being that big. Most Animals growth slows down dramatically at a certain point as well as nutritional availability.

That was and is frekin' awesome! God Bless you man.

You should see if TSA (turtle survival alliance) can get you a pit tag reader or invest in one yourself to see if these ASTs have been caught before or not to help aid in the research they are doing on Buffalo bayou. Reach out to me and I can get you in touch with them.

With old turtles the growth rings can be hard to see...i don't know the growth rate of alligator snappers but I'd bet that 2nd one was 80 - 100yrs old. Hellofa workout, young man! 👍🐢

What a great day. Wish I could’ve been there. Stories for a lifetime!

Would love to see how you setup your rigs and the gear you're fishing with.

excellent video

Damn you caught Michelangelo! 🐢

Monsters living in the city!

How did you get the hook out of the snapping turtle?

The commitment with the light over his mouth. 🤣

Big snapper.

ill give you credit for a big turtle..i do wish i knew about the rope thing when i was garfishing..

That was hugh , I noticed when you reel in the turtle you jerk the rod several times very hard , that maybe the reason the hook pop out . I'm totally afraid of the snapping turtles

I have wrangled turtles for years. These large snappers will take fingers off if you are not careful. The rope you used is fine but awkward. Next time you are fishing and catch one, find a large stick and place it in his mouth. He'll clamp down on it and you can drag him out a lot easier than the rope. Give it a try. Just have a stick handy before you start fishing just in case. Greg

April fool's, I know u placed those there. you almost got me lol jk. Great vid as always, been getting big blues in trout line last couple of days

Gotta love fighting 4 wheel drive.... been there, done that many times

Great video and catches! Amazing creature. What power lights and tripod do you use for night fishing? I feel like the predators come out more at night to hunt, so night fishing can be so much more productive especially as we approach the warmer weather and then summer.

He studied that sh#t down to a Science. ( Salute )

That was a fantastic video!!! The content, the length of the video & the size of the monsters that you catch!!! Top class........ 🎣😎🐟

Was that 150 pound snapping turtle an alligator snapping turtle or a regular snapping turtle

What a beast!

Such a good video! That hook will come out over time?

All I can say is wow I've never seen anything like that before

I wanna see you go shark fishing on the surf

River monster

I'd venture to say that last turtle you could possibly be 165lbs

Man that a trophy catch

First time I've ever seen someone lasso a snapping turtle. Jeez, I couldn't imagine trying to save a hook from the mouth of a snapping turtle.

Damn that's a big snapper

I'd love to catch some gator gars. Here all we have is needlenose gar. I've never seen a gator gar accept on video or in pictures. I have seen some big snappers though. Them turtles are something else. In all good catches bro, God bless...

Good night men

I like to use tilapia for gar

Waaauuu big..

You can eat a snapping turtle

Hi I saw youre shark catch and trip of 24 hours , But still I like youre GAR vids the best !!! this turteles give me the creeps ....

What do you like more the ugly stick Tiger rod or the big cat fever rod?

Awesome footage!! Those were some big loggerheads. Would like to try targeting alligator gar using rod and reel in the near future. I’ve been learning a lot of techniques from your videos, and will adapt them to fishing from a boat. Fishing area will be the lower Red River, Atchafalaya, and Mississippi River in Louisiana.

GREAT CATCH BRO!

Great video. Please list the tackle you used in the description.

Amazing wow where are you fishing

Those turtles are around 70 to 80 years old

I was fishing a abandoned golf course in Southern AZ & I seen a turtle that was as big as the hood of my truck. It was ugly, smelled like a bog, had bullet holes in it's shell & looked like a giant rock just living it's incredibly long life in 6ft of water. Never seen anything like it b4.

I do remember a fish that I caught at the Buffalo River it looked like a carp and a Buffalo but I could not notice anything resemblance to the two different types of fish the leangh of the fish was 2 feet and 3 inches and in the width of the fish's head was 3 inches and the fish waid 2 pounds

Sucks for the turtle having hook stay in mouth, but yeah I would want to keep my hand attached as well lol

second turtle was without a doubt over 80 years old... just a monster

That old geezer was one of the biggest turtles I think I’ve seen on KZfaq I’ve seen only one or two of equal size in southern Virginia and one of them was in the newspaper it had Civil War bullets in it absolutely incredible

Buen Video, Magnífica pesca de Tortuga, Saludo Fraterno, muchas Tortugas en ese lugar,

Fishing for LM and SM bass off the rocky point of an island I got a bite three times, each time I could not pull anything my way and then it pulled and snapped the line quickly. Later I thought it might be a snapper.

Worra turtle!!😨😨😨

upside down returning joyest goals kept goals of them all got grant

That's definitely gamera

I've caught some big fish at white oak bayou

Im someone who knows... The 115 lb alligator snapper at gatorland is older than the park is ... 1956 ... They are capable of living over 200 years and can reach 200+ lbs

Genuine question… I’m not sure the regulation for gar and catfish there but why wouldn’t u just use a big treble hook… hookup ratio would probably be better.. it would be worse for the fish tho… what’s ur take on it?

man do u catch big fish!!

female and male, not surprising given the time of year. great video

Please tell me you rinsed all the mud off your gear after this session. 😃

I caught an alligator snapping turtle in Dierks, AR. I don't know what it weighed, but it wasn't small. His head was probably the size of my fist. I have photos of it. It's probably the coolest thing I've ever caught.

After the second alligator snapping turtle catch I would have just gone home.

Treble hook!!!! 😫😫😫

And THAT is why no one swims in the river.

I'm wondering how much the biteforce would be from such a turtle ??? I think it is a lot , the pieces with the turtles I skip. Arent there anny alligators or snakes ??