u/cash_longfellow

I’ve been telling people around me that when I go fishing at one of my local ponds in Southeast Michigan, USA, there is this family of large snapping turtles that scare the jeebus out of me every time, by sneaking up on me while I’m fishing. They all laugh at me and think I’m messing around. Well today, I finally managed to get a video of one of the smaller ones of the bunch. Just the Freddy Kruger fingers are scary enough for me lol. Sorry no banana for scale 😂

Meet Winifred Beatrix aka Winnie the Purr. A timeline from 5 weeks old to almost 8.5 years old ❤️

And yes, she has all the extra toe beans. To be exact, 7+ on all feets 😁

Family was telling me I should go out because of the Canada wildfire smoke and my location, added to it being 90 degrees at a shallower pond. I said, F that…third cast. I’m not mad at this one. Great fight and beautiful fish!

Went to a new spot Friday…caught a couple of small Largemouth, but found this guy floating on the opposite shore of the dock/lot. No line or anything attached to it, so guessing someone lost it on a cast. Nice surprise catch of the day. I love lures, especially free ones!

Requesting ID on this fish. Caught in a fresh water river in Southeast Michigan, USA. My Dad thinks a green sunfish, I disagreed because of the dorsal fin, and I think it’s a Crappie…but the spot pattern is strange for a Crappie, so in at odds with my pick as well, lol. Any help would be appreciated.

For a little context..due to a situation with a pike earlier in life, I’ve had a huge phobia of handling fish, and just haven’t fished because of it for 20ish years. I recently decided to get back into it because I loved it. Three months ago I wouldn’t have even been able to get these guys off the hook even with a glove on, now I’ve moved down to gloves, and hopefully I can ditch them fully soon! Not to mention, I bagged my first 3 Largies today. Only bass I ever caught was a rock bass years and years ago. One was super tiny, but then the got my PB, and then one upped it with my new PB an hour later! First picture was the last catch on my way leaving! Don’t have a scale, but he measured 19”!

For a little context..due to a situation with a pike earlier in life, I’ve had a huge phobia of handling fish, and just haven’t fished because of it for 20ish years. I recently decided to get back into it because I loved it. Three months ago I wouldn’t have even been able to get these guys off the hook even with a glove on, now I’ve moved down to gloves, and hopefully I can ditch them fully soon! Not to mention, I bagged my first 3 Largies today. Only bass I ever caught was a rock bass years and years ago. One was super tiny, but then the got my PB, and then one upped it with my new PB an hour later!

Was at my local nature preserve/pond looking for spawning Bass, and spotted this guy. Thought you all would enjoy! This is southeast Michigan, USA.

Saw these randomly…Actually, surprisingly pretty solid. However, spice is a little heavy. An interesting mix of sweet and hot.

With Dollar Tree Italian shaker seasoning, salt, pepper, and sriracha.

Hits different as a reward for making it another week!

May 8th, 2026 - USS Cleveland (LCS-31) US combat ship on the way to Cleveland, Ohio for its maiden voyage. It’s entering the St. Clair River from Lake Huron in Port Huron, Michigan USA. The bridge is the Blue Water Bridge that connects the US to Canada in Eastern Michigan, USA. Video was taken from the Port Huron, MI USA side of the international bridge.

The group is growing! ❤️

Finally some goslings in Michigan. We’ve had an long long and harsh winter here and normally there are hundreds of goslings at this pond by now. I was losing hope for them this year, then this! Makes my heart happy 😃

I’d like to take a moment of silence for these pre-birth Canada Goslings. Every year about 100 pairs come here to have their goslings. This year there has been an excessive amount of water between snow melt off and rain since it warmed a little. This chunk of wood has historically been in the middle of this 1/4 mile x 1/4 mile pond. The water and wind dislodged it and pushed it almost to the shore a couple of nights ago. There were geese on it always. Now there isn’t, and there are intact eggs from what I can tell. This is the side by where a bunch of Turkey and Black Vultures, plus a couple hawks and crowd hang out at. It’s possible the eggs just weren’t viable because it’s been on and off unseasonably cold at night some days, it just bums me out knowing that there would be even more beautiful creatures here. I’ve only really seen 4-5 groups with goslings so far this year and a lot of pairs with none.

Makes me sad for them. Sorry for the blurryish photo, had to zoom all the way in.