can a turtle bite through a standard wire mesh fish basket? I just lost 2 nice bass and a catfish. I repaired a hole after the cat got out only to find my bass supper had escaped and left another hole #@!@#$#@.
Turtles definitely do chew their way into a wire fish basket. I've lost more than one to the big snapping turtles in my pond. I cannot leave fish in a fish basket over night. The turtles seem to just bite and shred the wire mesh.
The thing I use for keeping fish in captivity in my pond for longer periods of time is a rabbit hutch i buy at farm supply stores. They cost about $18.00 and I've kept bluegill for weeks at a time with the hutch tied to a rope off of the edge of the dock in about five feet of water. They survive well in spring, fall and winter, but don't last long when the water gets around 75 degrees or higher.
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