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4 Responses to 'How do I get rid of turtles in my fishing pond?'

1. Carol G - January 20th, 2010 at 8:14 am

   You’d have to catch each one and find a new home for it. But then you would have prevent reinfestation..a fence perhaps. Maybe there is a turtle eating fish you could add to the pond,

2. Alex - January 22nd, 2010 at 8:18 am

   If you know where the turtles like to bask, build a trap that you can place in the water. You can google around for the best ways to make one, but a quick and easy summary is that you’ll need four 2″ PVC pipes (about 2 feet long) with 90 degree connections to make a square. After you build that, use some chicken wire to build a cube to place underneath the PVC contraption and secure it with zip ties. Add pieces of wire on the outside so they have a ramp to climb on to the PVC pipe. Now you have a floating trap that is open on the top and enclosed on the sides and bottom by chicken wire. Place the trap where the turtles hang out, eventually they will climb aboard to bask in the sun, when they are startled or decide to plop back into the water, chances are they go into the deep side where there is no ramp (the inside of the square) and into the “box” where they stay until you pull the trap out of the water and relocate the turtles. Good luck!

3. SchoolCook - January 22nd, 2010 at 12:15 pm

   Get a turtle trap. You can then make soup, give them away or let them go in another water source.

4. Flora - January 23rd, 2010 at 9:24 pm

   I agree with the .22 rifle method. Our pond is also overrun with turtles. If you’re in a rural area, trapping and releasing them elsewhere is not gonna work. I live in an area where many people have fishing and farm ponds. The turtles will migrate back and forth between ponds and streams. Just shoot ‘em.

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