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jonno · 18-02-2009, 10:12 AM posted to aus.gardens

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On Tue, 17 Feb 2009 19:28:41 -0800 (PST), tathraman wrote:

I actually posted on behalf of an elderly neighbour who has (or had)
several ponds. They were netted, so he reckoned that
birds weren't the culprits. And yes, there are lots of kookas down
here on the far South Coast. But he has seen lots of snakes,
sometimes actually in the ponds, so he's convinced they are taking
his fish. Wonder if prowling cats could be to blame?

What is the gap between the net and the water?

My ponds were netted and I was still losing fish. One day I observed a bloody kookaburra bouncing on the net like a
trampoline, catching a fish through the net, chopping it up with his beak and pulling the pieces through the net.

My solution was to put a second net over the pond to make it more rigid, and lowering the water level by a few inches.
Since then no more losses.

If that hadn't worked, my next solution involved a shotgun.

Jay a good Aussie solution.
Crocodile Dundee would have been proud of you.
But not strictly legal....
Besides ya woulda shot holes in the bottom of the pond....