Yes both ends are net. One side has elastic rope weaves through it creating a flat funnel into the trap. Like the shape of squinting eye so turtle can squeeze in but not come out. Other end is lose net with drawstring so you can untie and get him out the trap

Darren Hoffman I do not know of any turtle that you can't eat. My thing is, snappers are the ones that have enough meat to be worth the work to clean them.

Steven Mull I have never caught a turtle covered with leeches so I'm afraid I can't offer any advice. Maybe somebody will read this and chime in with some advice.

Pore salt on them, lots of salt. Good way of getting them off of humans too. Been there, done that.

Turtle does not have a distinctive flavor. Turtle has both red and white meat. The red meat is like most other red meats; while the white meat is delicate like lobster - but much tougher. Turtle meat has to be tenderized to be good to eat, so I usually make a cajun sauce picant with it where the meat takes on the flavor of the sauce. I would describe it as a source of protein that takes on the flavor of the method used to cook it. The primary value of turtle meat to me is that it is a greatly underutilized resource and thus plentiful. In a SHTF situation people will be looking for deer a long time before they look to turtles.

Try slightly rotted sunfish with a bit of beaver castor.

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