Simplest, gentlest method I saw work, repeatedly, was to leave a very
large net, in the feeding area, long term. When the fish you want are
feeding, incredibly gently and slow, lift the net... let them dawdle
in and out, don't snatch at them, be veeeery slow to keep the net
still. Once in a while, veeeeery gently lift the net slow to catch a
few with minimum of sharp moves.... in a feeding mood, koi cope quite
comfortable with being netted as long as there is no stress about

Often, when the net is a familiar object, you can catch any fish you
like with minimum stress.

regards, andy
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John Rutz wrote in message ...
I desperatly need to cull about 70-80 8-10 inch Koi out of my pond
I have a seine net but last year when I tried to catch the fish to thin
out the population I had no luck in catchin the Koi,