I used to be of the opinion that snapping turtles needed to be removed. After a ton of reading on the subject I am no longer of that opinion. I've probably got 10 or so snappers in the big pond and one that's a giant. I just consider them something else cool to look at.

I have the same sort of 'branch catcher' on my pond now that you added, minus the netting. It's probably overkill but I'd rather have those posts there to catch large branches and not need them rather than the opposite.

Dale

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