Hey there everyone! I know, I know it's been a very long time since my last post. Let me just say that life got in the way, and this is the day before we head back to Virginia, so it will be a while before the next!! I'll try to do better, I promise!!
Jolene and I decided to go find some Apple Snails & Ramshorn shells, based on a trip a friend of ours took recently, and found a nice stash of both. I've been only once, and it was on a walking path and only found Apple Snails, and to be honest, I didn't even know that Ramshorn shells were something from around here! ...They are freshwater snails, not in the Gulf. This is real life Apple snailing....you know, along ponds, in the boonies, as our friend put it, very little to no shade, no bathrooms, very little breeze...HOT, while watching for gators and snakes, Let me just say, we saw neither, and were very careful to stay in areas without tall grass and along the ponds where the water is clear! It's about an hour drive from my house in Fort Myers. It was pretty but very secluded so I recommend you take a friend!
They also are floating in the edge of the water...
Jolene and I both filled up a 2 gallon bucket twice....
and unloaded them into a 5 gal bucket we each brought and left in the car. The Ramshorns were a little more of a challenge, first, they aren't as abundant and they hide, mostly buried.... I circled one in this pic...
here are the ramshorns all cleaned up!
Here are some in my hand to give you a size reference....of course the size varies, but we were looking for the biggie apples!
If this is something you want to try, you should realize that each individual shell has to be rinsed inside and out to get rid of the mud and gunk....and you will be a mess too by the time your done, and you have to clean EACH ONE....something to consider when you get this many!!! LOL!
