How Do I Catch Babies?
 

The koi in my 3 yr old pond have spawned! Woo Hoo! Didn't even know it
until I saw a 1 1/2 inch fish swimming amongst my much larger koi.

Turns out there are at least 4 that have made it past the big guys and
gotten large enough to swim more or less freely.

I want to put them in their own pond so they can grow up without harrassment
(or ingestion) by the big guys and gals. The wife even came up with the
second pond idea. I guess I have her hooked now.

Any ideas on how to catch these little guys out of a heavily planted 2500
gallon pond? Are there "fish traps" out there that anyone has had success
with?

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How Do I Catch Babies?
 

I have to wait until they are about 3 years old for them to get large enough
and slow enough for me to catch. The large fish won't bother them now. The
adults will eat the eggs and the newly hatched before they are free
swimming, but generally leave them alone once free swimming. Of course the
siblings will canabalize each other, but only the ones less than 1/2 inch.

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"laskdfpoiwq" wrote in message
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The koi in my 3 yr old pond have spawned! Woo Hoo! Didn't even know it
until I saw a 1 1/2 inch fish swimming amongst my much larger koi.

Turns out there are at least 4 that have made it past the big guys and
gotten large enough to swim more or less freely.

I want to put them in their own pond so they can grow up without
harrassment
(or ingestion) by the big guys and gals. The wife even came up with the
second pond idea. I guess I have her hooked now.

Any ideas on how to catch these little guys out of a heavily planted 2500
gallon pond? Are there "fish traps" out there that anyone has had success
with?

Either post to here, or drop me a note at (remove the "spam")

How Do I Catch Babies?
 

A minnow trap might work. Just bait it with something they like to eat.
You can find them at any fisherman sporting shop.

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"laskdfpoiwq" wrote in message
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The koi in my 3 yr old pond have spawned! Woo Hoo! Didn't even know it
until I saw a 1 1/2 inch fish swimming amongst my much larger koi.

Turns out there are at least 4 that have made it past the big guys and
gotten large enough to swim more or less freely.

I want to put them in their own pond so they can grow up without
harrassment
(or ingestion) by the big guys and gals. The wife even came up with the
second pond idea. I guess I have her hooked now.

Any ideas on how to catch these little guys out of a heavily planted 2500
gallon pond? Are there "fish traps" out there that anyone has had success
with?

Either post to here, or drop me a note at (remove the "spam")

How Do I Catch Babies?
 

Wow, Carol, if you're doing this, must mean you're feeling much better than
last summer, am I right? Seems to me last summer you were either not
feeling well or had hurt your leg or something.... can't remember as we
Rec.Ponders always seem to be rec'ing ourselves. Anyway, Kudos! :o)
~ jan

Since we clean our ponds out at least every other year (we skip once in
awhile) we remove the young fish then. We cleaned the smaller 800 gallon
pond last weekend and removed 1 small koi and sold 32 extra Shubunkins. The
rest went back into spanking clean pond. Tomorrow we tackle the 2000 gallon
pond. They're easy to catch when you drain the pond down. They'll stay in
150 gal kiddy pools until the pond is refilled - culls will go to a local
Fish store. It's also a perfect time to thin out and replant overgrown
plants.

Your fish will love the water change too! :-)

~Power to the Porg, Flow On!~