What do you do when you catch something that is not a fish?

[mcfly]

(07-25-2013 10:45 AM)ST_ShoreFisher Wrote:  I have a hard enough time catching fish, let alone anything else!

Seriously though, never happened to me. Closest thing was a few crayfish, but they used their claws to grab my hook, not actually hooked.

Glad you cut the line on the turtle...That's what I would have done...Lot of blood? Major damage?

no blood or major damage, as I was careful not to pull the line too hard. I just slowly brought him close enough to net, then checked him out a bit. He was pretty mad and making scary noises! Saw he was hooked deep in his mouth so cut the line and then lowered him back into the water where he swam away