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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? Either post to here, or drop me a note at (remove the "spam") |
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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. -- ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- --------------------------------- Ed J edj22 at attglobal dot net Do not reply to default 'reply' address. Change to above address minus the blanks. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- --------------------------------- "laskdfpoiwq" wrote in message ... 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") |
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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. -- RichToyBox http://www.geocities.com/richtoybox/index.html "laskdfpoiwq" wrote in message ... 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") |
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