Hi John,

You've been remarkedly patient with a rather unloveable pond visitor ;-)

Most folks drain the pond and catch them that way. You can do pond cleaning at
the same time. Of course you are also inviting an algae bloom this time of year
refilling the pond.

I found this page once and hung onto it
http://www.chelydra.org/t07.html
An excellent page with tips on how to catch snappers.

Good luck and let us know what happens!

kathy :-)