How to catch soft-shelled turtle

Soft-shelled turtle is a kind of turtle with high nutritional value, which can be found in ponds and rivers, so many people will go fishing, so how to fish soft-shelled turtles?

First, how to catch soft-shelled turtle?

1. Fishing time

Soft-shelled turtles, like fish, do not eat in winter. The best time to fish soft-shelled turtles is from May to October. The hotter soft-shelled turtles have a strong desire to eat, but when the water temperature drops in October, the soft-shelled turtles' desire to find food decreases a lot. Other aspects of the fishing environment is basically the same as fishing for ordinary fish.

2. Get the bait ready

The recommended bait here is fresh pig liver. You can cut the pig liver into long pieces, and then put some commercial bait properly to increase the fishy smell.

3. Set up fishing tools

It is a kind of so-called "spelling", with iron or bamboo wedges on one end (preferably sharpened heads) and steel hooks made of thin wire at one end, which can have inverted beards.

4. Put in fishing tools and prepare for harvest the next day

We can drop wedges by the pond and river in the evening and pick up the soft-shelled turtle at about 3 o'clock in the morning, usually 10 wedges at a time. However, the delivery of tools and the extraction of soft-shelled turtles must be carried out at night so that others will not be aware of your behavior, otherwise your soft-shelled turtle will be taken away.

Second, where is the best place to catch soft-shelled turtle?

1. Rivers and ponds designated as "schistosomiasis forbidden pastoral areas"

Although there may be schistosomiasis in these forbidden areas, few people come to the rivers and ponds in these areas, where there are many fish and many wild soft-shelled turtles.

2. Rivers and mountain ponds in remote mountain areas

In some mountainous and hilly transitional areas, fishermen are less involved and the environment is better, and there are also many wild soft-shelled turtles.

3. Remote lake areas that have not yet been involved

In some counties and cities with large water surface, some lakes have not been active yet, and there may be many wild soft-shelled turtles in these remote lakes.

Generally speaking, fishing soft-shelled turtle is the same as fishing, except that the bait is better with pig liver, and it is best to put the hook at night and in the early morning, so as not to be taken away by others.