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Make sure you hold him by the tail. A snapper’s long neck is easily able to reach fingers if they’re gripping the shell sides. So, I repeat, carry them by the tail, well away from your body. A snapper’s hooked, uneven, blunt, notched jaws are sharp as a razor. A bite can result in a nasty, jagged wound. Keep your hands away from the turtle’s mouth or the reptile is apt to take hold and hang on for eternity.
Another method of catching turtles is to cut yourself 10 or 12 stakes about 18 inches high. Sharpen the ends into points and drive into the ground. Attach a string, 60 pound test, to each stake. The string should be at least eight to ten feet long. Then put a number two fish hook on the end of each line.
Stinky Bait
Now you are ready for the bait. What do you use?
Contrary to popular belief, snapping turtles do not decimate game, fish and waterfowl populations. A very large turtle will take a small duck and all turtles feed on fish to some degree but they are basically aquatic trash compactors, gobbling up anything they can swallow. Take dead rabbits, dead groundhogs, anything that stinks and a turtle will eat it.
Personally, I prefer to bait my hooks with chicken gizzards. But use whatever turns you on. The turtle will eat it.
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