Terminator T-2 spinnerbaits

[KenDammit]

Apparently snapping turtles really love the chartreuse/blue/white T-2's. I caught a most ferocious snapper today that hit the spinner as soon as it touched the water. I thought I had this humongous fish until It was clear there were no runs being made, just a ton of weight and a tight line. Finally I got it close enough to start seeing something and I thought it was a carp, but alas it was old snapper. He was PISSED, too. Had to have been really old because he wasn't pulling hard at all, surprisingly. Anyway, he chomped on the spinner enough to chew the skirt off, and I tried pulling him out of the water to remove the rascal from the pond, but it was no good. He was hissing and snapping at anything in his path. Pretty neat to see, along with the coat of moss growing on his back. Eventually, he got the hook out of his mouth and swam away, and my fishing sucked for the rest of the day. 5 bites, not one solid enough to even get a good hookset. Missed all 5, fished for 4 hours today, too. BTW, the t-2 titanium really does snap right back to perfect. I had that sucker pulled straight tryin to hoss that turtle outta the water and when he came off, it went right back to normal.