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[omorin34]

I am fairly new to ponds, about 2.5 years. I have a large 16" Sanke male, a 12" female Tancho, a 12" Platinum, a 8" Kahaku and a couple of smaller ones various types. They were all grown from about 3" Kio. My pond is about 12' in diameter 3' deep, lined and covered with 3" river rock. I guess they are happy because I have tons of Fry. I was hoping that most would be eaten but it was been over a month and they are now 1" - 1.5" long and I have 1,000's?. I would like to get them out but it is impossible to catch these guys. I have netted a dozen but I don't have the time to set out on a crusade to get most of them. I was thinking of making something I could place in the pond, fill with food that the fry could get into but not out of. Does anyone have a better idea?

[addy1]

You sure have happy fish! The only think i could think of was netting. The trap might work.

[Telkwa]

We stumbled upon a tactic that worked well for us when depopulating a pond. it was actually a water tank. A lot smaller than yours, but still...

I had a sheet of fiberglass screen about 5' by 6'. I ty-wrapped it onto two pieces of PVC tubing and dropped it into one end of our pond. Then we used our net to scare everybody toward the fiberglas net, then pulled the net up. It was awkward with two people - four woulda been better.

Your pond is much bigger than what we were dealing with, but it's a thought.