I grew up fishing hard in the Midwest. I've spent a lot of time in the water. There's a super common myth amongst hand fishers that turtles won't bite underwater. Bullshit. I've had a common snapper pinned down with my shoe latch on underwater. That and a muscrat'll fuck you up too.
Am I nervous about those things, not at all. Will I deliberately go poking around blindly underwater, absolutely not.
I grew up fishing hard in the Midwest. I've spent a lot of time in the water. There's a super common myth amongst hand fishers that turtles won't bite underwater. Bullshit. I've had a common snapper pinned down with my shoe latch on underwater. That and a muscrat'll fuck you up too.
Am I nervous about those things, not at all. Will I deliberately go poking around blindly underwater, absolutely not.