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Peter Pan

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Aug 5, 2011, 7:01:12 PM8/5/11
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Hello everyone.
I have fish in my pond (comet gold fish) that I want to get rid of.
They have been spawning and I need to get rid of about 10 or so. I
have several friends that want to add more fish into thier ponds . I
tried the old fashion net on a pole and after about 1 hr. I had 3 of
the little buggers out. I was hoping someone could recommend a much
faster and easier way to catch the fish. My neighbor's son offered to
come over with his rod and real but I dont think this is such a great
idea (lol) Any advice would be greatly appreaciated.
Thank you

Pat

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Aug 6, 2011, 7:27:23 AM8/6/11
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"Peter Pan" <exa...@gmail.com> wrote in message
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Fish trap? I usually remove most of the water to catch my fish.


~ jan

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Aug 6, 2011, 7:27:45 AM8/6/11
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Did you drain the pond down? Less water usually easier to catch. ~ jan

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artleknock

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Aug 6, 2011, 7:28:01 AM8/6/11
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On Fri, 5 Aug 2011 19:01:12 EDT, Peter Pan <exa...@gmail.com> wrote:

You need to tain your fish correctly.
When I put a net into my pond they all come racing over to see if
there is any food in it. :-)

~ jan

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Aug 8, 2011, 5:22:54 PM8/8/11
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>On Fri, 5 Aug 2011 19:01:12 EDT, Peter Pan <exa...@gmail.com> wrote:
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>>Hello everyone.
>>I have fish in my pond (comet gold fish) that I want to get rid of.
>>They have been spawning and I need to get rid of about 10 or so. I
>>have several friends that want to add more fish into thier ponds . I
>>tried the old fashion net on a pole and after about 1 hr. I had 3 of
>>the little buggers out. I was hoping someone could recommend a much
>>faster and easier way to catch the fish. My neighbor's son offered to
>>come over with his rod and real but I dont think this is such a great
>>idea (lol) Any advice would be greatly appreaciated.
>>Thank you

I do have to say... even catching 3 in an hour is pretty good. Why I don't
have comet goldfish, they're too dang fast. Breeding wakins usually throws
out a single tail now and again. This year I have one, so while I was
feeding the lilies, I was in the pond, water drained down... and still
could not catch him as I didn't want to damage my plants. I'll probably
wait till spring when the water temps are cooler and there aren't any lily
pads up yet. ~ jan

Peter Pan

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Aug 15, 2011, 7:37:05 AM8/15/11
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I went to the local Fishing shop and bought a cast net.. I can lay
the net in the pond and after awhile add food then scope them all up
at 1 time.. release the ones I want to keep back to the pond and
bucket the others.. Thanks for all the good ideas..

~ jan

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Aug 16, 2011, 9:19:15 AM8/16/11
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Sounds like that's the best idea yet! Good luck re-homing. Seems my tidbits
list always finds takers for all fish, as the giver rarely ask me to run
the ad a 2nd time. ~ jan

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