I am in zone 5 northern Ohio. he was purchased in may with the goldfish &
has been outside since.

do you 'bait' the pipe with anything??



Here in zone 5 I won't even try a pl*co outside, but when I have to catch
one in an aquarium I'll put a piece of appropriately sized PVC pipe in
and when he goes in, reach in, cover bothe ends and lift out the pipe
with occupant. This works on small ones and my (approx) fifteen sailfin
pl*co in a 90 gal tank...m