Yes those pesky turtles will snip a minnow off like a pair of scissors. Think I will stick to stink bait or chicken livers. Something they wont like. Tough to be live bait though.
My dad and my uncle were at Willow Slough fishing. They caught a bunch of bluegill and had them on a stringer off the side of the canoe. Pulled the stringer and it was nothing but heads left and a big turtle hanging on. My dad about crapped! He was sitting with his feet off the side next to that stringer. Yikes!