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Greg, I've never used traps, but I have caught a LOT of them on short bank line. I use heavy nylon mason's line (150# test) and at least 4/0 hooks. No sinkers needed. I cut lines about three feet long, tie a bowline knot in each end, and slip one of the bowlines through the eye of a hook. Flip the loop over the hook, and it's tied on. I make stakes out of #9 wire at least 18" long. Bend a loop on one end and do the same as for the hook--push the end of the line through the loop of the wire and thread the hook end through the line loop. I bait the hooks with anything nasty and dead--fish heads fron cleaned fish, roadkill rabbits, liver--use your imagination. Push the stakes near the water into the bank, throw the baited hooks out into the water, and check the next morning. It's been my experience that the turtles stay near shore for the most part. Just make sure that you mark where the stakes/lines are (those little orange marker flags that utility companies use are nice, and usually available at farm stores) because the turtles often have that line pulled fiddlestring-tight down into the mud of the bank! Good Luck! Ron
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