Back when I used to limb line and trotline for flathead catfish, I would go out and catch my bream for bait, I would hang them out in a wire basket to keep them alive between baiting trips daily, my baskets kept getting holes tore in it, and all my bait would be gone. Finally figured out what was happening one day when I lifted the basket and it was real heavy. Clamped to my basket was about a 40 - 50 pound Loggerhead/alligator snapping turtle, with his head stuck thru a hole in the basket and his claws stuck firmly to the basket, Needless to say I let him have the basket and its contents, I found a new place to hang my bait basket. The wire mesh basket was no challenge for him.
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