"kathy" wrote in message
I had good luck with a fake fish decoy and a kingfisher.
Unfortunately we haven't been able to find the cheap, orange
plastic goldfish first marketed as a 'heron scarer' (apparently
the heron was supposed to be scared when it grabbed it
and found it anchored to a rock). The kingfisher sure got
PO-ed about not being able to pull the decoy out of the
pond after six tries.
There are other fake fish out there but they are sold as
decorative items.

I totally forgot about these, I also have a school of the small orange
plastic "heron scarer" fish. Unfortunately it is only the big fat
"decorative" ones I seem to be able to find on-line now days. :-(
~ jan
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Zone 7a, SE Washington State
Ponds: www.jjspond.us