Down at the ol' swimmin' hole when I was a kid, the little bluegills could be occasional nipple nippers if you laid back in the shallows and dozed off, but they weren't too painful.

But once in a while a crawdad would cosy up to you and them suckers hurt!

Apparently the snappy turkles didn't like commotions, and usually hid at the first splash. I never heard of anyone actually bein' bothered by one of them, 'cept if they tried to pick one up.

Most of the common native fish here (and all of the politicians IMO) are classified as bottom feeders.

John