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Message: <blockquote data-quote="dean nelson" data-source="post: 108983" data-attributes="member: 1305">Well our lake has only had a couple snappers in it the last 30 or so years but this year we either have a number of them or one that moves around fast since I've seen two yesterday in five minutes and a hundred yards apart going opposite direction. Kinda odd seeing them up on top swimming compared to sulking along the bottom like I'm used to. Problem is they like to hide in the weeds and one person has already stepped on one but was lucky and fast enough to get his foot out of the way as the turtle spun to bite his foot so needles to say the neighbors with kids would prefer them to be moved out. Guessing when the drainage ditch dried out this spring it forced a number of them to seek out new water....lucky us.  Hung a dead carp on 200 pound line last night from the dock to see what would happen and this morning the line was snapped and all but a few scales and a swimbladder from the carp was gone. Anyone here ever put out set lines for them or any other catching technique? Don't want to kill them just get them out of the lake so going to try and catch them. Used to catch them all the time in the james and Sheyenne but this will be more of an overnight type setup that I can check in the morning. Thinking I will use a few bluegills or chunks of carp for bait with a decent sized hook hidden inside unless anyone of you has a better idea.</blockquote>