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")

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")

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")

"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")



You can do what I do. Feed them by hand until they are accustomed to it, then
one day while feeding them, just scoop them out with a net.

I highly recommend leaving them be. As RTB pointed out the big guys aren't
gonna bother them now. I have some in the pond and in a stock tank, the
one's in the pond are doing far better. 1-2" versus barely 1". ~ jan


On Thu, 5 Aug 2004 17:51:03 -0500, "laskdfpoiwq" wrote:

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")



~Power to the Porg, Flow On!~

"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?
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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! :-)

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Carol....
"Why is the 3rd hand on a watch called a second hand?"
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"They laugh because I'm different, I laugh because they're all the same."
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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! )
~ 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!~

"~ jan JJsPond.us" wrote in message
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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....

** The summer before last I broke my leg in a MC accident. It happened in
the spring so my ponds and everything else was pretty much neglected. It
didn't heal right and I needed surgery that summer. I was in a brace for
another 6 weeks and then weeks of therapy. The fish bred like lunatics and
the plants took over the pond ledges. Everything went crazy including the
plants around the ponds. Then, last summer was my step-daughter's wedding,
out of town company for a few weeks, and the trip to NYC. So again things
were set on the back burner. This year we got down and dirty - we dug up
and removed a lot of the bushes and overgrown "stuff" both in and out of the
ponds. It all looks so much better now and there are less places for the
snakes to hang out. It's more "open" and we can actually see the ponds (and
fish). I hope to finish all the landscaping around the ponds and new gazebo
this summer.

can't remember as we
Rec.Ponders always seem to be rec'ing ourselves. Anyway, Kudos! )
~ jan
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Carol....
"A good friend will come and bail you out of jail...but, a true friend
will be sitting next to you saying, "Damn...that was fun!" Let's do
it again."
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"They laugh because I'm different, I laugh because they're all the same."
http://www.heartoftn.net/users/windsong/index.html
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