When I was looking to thin out my mosquito fish population, someone here
(thank you, BTW) told me to fabricate a fish trap by cutting off the top
(where the cap screws on) of a 2 liter plastic bottle, poke a few holes in
the bottom to allow water to flow through, and tie a string on the bottle to
retrieve it.

You then turn the top part of the bottle into the body of itself forming an
inlet funnel. The fish eagerly swim in to get the food you put in it but
have difficulty finding their way out. It worked great. Within 2-3 minutes I
had collected about 30 mosquito fish.

The point here (finally :-)) is that when the mosquito fish were going into
the bottle, my goldfish tried too! The opening wasn't big enough for them
however so they couldn't get in. I would be surprised if your goldfish are
any smarter than mine and may also try....the key is to make the hole big
enough for them to pass through. Give it a try! It's a lot more fun than
trying to get those little food pellets to stay on a hook! :-)
BK

"Heather" wrote in message
...
My GF expect to be fed in the same spot every day. I suspect if I just
set
the net in the water at the feeding area, and left it a while, then
continued to feed that it would be possible to net a few this way. Anyone
tried this?


"JoeT" wrote in message
...
OK gang! I have approx 35 comets ( and counting ) and 8 Koi in my pond.
(
9x10 by 2.5 to 3ft depth) I want the 8 Koi in my pond. The comets range
in
size from I'm so new ya can't see me yet to about 6 inches in length and
need to be moved elsewhere.... So far we have managed to catch a half
dozen
and give them away and about 5 others have been moved to a 100 gallon
preformed I put in. The rest will go to new homes, if and when I can
catch
them!

Chasing them with large nets is proving a rather daunting task. Any
ideas
for smarter kinder gentler means of gathering the little charmers?
grin

btw I'm not new, used to frequent this group a great deal in about 97
98...
just haven't had the online time as much the past few years!

-joe