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

[hoTTuna]

My mom was sitting on a dock and casting around it when she got it stuck on something under the dock. She gave up trying to free it so I went over to help not wanting to cut the line if possible.

True to her word, it was pretty stuck but after a few minutes of moving around the dock I felt it budge. Then the line went slack and an angry snapping turtle came out from under the dock. Needless to say, I cut the line and watched it swim away.

Luckily, it was just caught on the shell and not anywhere soft but I do harbour significant fears of a turtle with me on its hit list.