The net is black but very thin. Its not heavy at all. Yes I have plants, but
I have the net up above the pond a couple feet so the plants have room. I
have stakes that is holding the net in place around the pond. Yeah, I had a
heron try to get to the fish but once his feet got tangled in the net he
never came back. There was another but he wasn't successful either with the
net there and just occasionally fly's by and sits on the roof of my house
for a minute or two before flying on.
The pond is 3 feet, and yes herons has got the fish in 3 feet of water. A
friend of mine has a 5ft deep pond and he has had fish taken by Herons also.
Herons just sit on the edge and snatch them. He finally netted his too.
Priss


"FBCS" wrote in message
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Very nice Priss.
Is the netting clear, how heavy is it and have you ever had a visit from
the
big grey demon. How deep is your pond? I see you have plants growing, are
they growing through the netting?

"Priscilla McCullough" wrote in message
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Joann, I keep my netted. I raither have it netted than have all my fish
disappear.The net I have though you can still see the fish and
everything
though it. You can not even tell its netted until you get right up on
it.
You can see a pic of my pond here, and you can click on the picture and
see
a video of it.
http://mywebpages.comcast.net/jmccul...Pondvideo.html
Priss



"John Holiday" wrote in message
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I just gave in and made a jail out of mine. I had this 3 inch expanded
metal
sheets laser cut and welded to form to the top of the pool with
reinforcements. It sits on a ledge I built all around the inside 4
inches
under the water. The small fish come and go through the metal. I cut
several
holes for large flower pots to sit in and found that they worked great
for
larger fish to come up to surface so now use shallow pots for plants
and
leave the holes open. About a month ago a blue heron paid us a call
and
i
watched as he walked around on the metal but couldn't figure out how
to
get
the fish. He left and to my knowledge has never been back.
"FBCS" wrote in message
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I looked out my window this morning just in time to see this big
grey
ready
to dine. I scared him off but I think he scared me more. He took off
down
the road and looked twice as big as when he was sitting. Ugly thing!
I
tried
to count my fish but they are in hiding. I have preforms (18" depth)
so
they
can't go deep to escape. I have plants and rocks built up for
hiding,
this
as a precaution because I had previously lost 9 fish about a month
ago.
I
thought it was a raccoon since I live in the woods, but I caught the
beast
red handed this morning. I immediately covered the ponds with
netting
I
had
around to keep birds out of my grapes. The problem now is he knows
where
we
are now. I want to enjoy the ponds not make a fortress out of it. I
have
read that one can clean you out in one visit. I have determined to
go
to
rubber liner and dig to at least 3 ft straight down. I did not have
this
in
the first place because I have a water dog (Chesapeake Bay
Retriever)
with
long claws.

Any suggestions?
Joann