| Turtles |
| Red-eared
Slider Most seen turtles in The Lake. They are easily recognized by their red spot around the ear and is what their name came from. They stay most of their time under water and during sunny days they will be seen basking on rocks or downed logs. They eat everything from bread, insects, live or dead fishes. Anglers may occasionally catch them when they bite the bait and it's a headache to unhook them since they will bite hard. Sizes range from 0.5 to 2 lbs. |
| Painted
Turtle Not as popular as the red-eared sliders. They have beautiful color on the sides of their shells. Spend most of the time under water and seldom seen to climb up rocks taking sunbath during sunny days. Feeding habit is the same as the red-eared sliders and is also accidentally caught by anglers. They don't bite when caught but to retract their neck inside the shell making another headache to unhook them. Average size 1 lb. |
| Snapping
Turtle Big head and tail, powerful jaws and claws. When caught, they are ready to fight and bite hard. Biggest one ever seen in The Lake exceeds 20 inches long and probably weigh more than 30 pounds. |
| Turtle
Eggs These pictures were taken on June 2, 2001. A turtle cave was found at the shore near Cherry Hill and there were several broken egg shells besides the cave. It seemed a nest of turtles were hatched not long ago. The broken shells were half the size of chicken eggs and is comparatively soft when touched. That shows the turtles in the lake had adapted the severe cold winter and laid their eggs in early spring and the eggs hatch in early summer. |