Texas fisherman reels in massive alligator snapping turtle

Texas fisherman reels in massive alligator snapping turtle

Source: Fox News

7/1/2022

Credit: Justin Broomhall/James Elliott

Talk about the catch of a lifetime.

A fisherman in Texas reeled in a massive alligator snapping turtle while he was celebrating Father’s Day.

Justin Broomhall, 25, of Longview, Texas, was fishing for catfish at Lake Cherokee that Sunday evening, around 7:30 p.m., with his 3-year-old son Lakestine, his dad Michael Broomhall, Sr., and his fiancé’s dad, James Elliott.

"All of a sudden, they just vanished," Broomhall said.

Broomhall, who’s been fishing since he was 4 or 5 years old, said he then noticed a trail of bubbles moving across the water.

He assumed it was a large catfish, so he threw his fishing line into the water just ahead of the trail.

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