2022 caught 20 , 2023 #22 - #27: 2024, #28-32 Caught

[addy1]

#30 caught. Drowned, not in trap yesterday, 2.19 inches of rain last night put the trap under water.

We were in a drought again, grass brown, needed the rain.

 

[addy1]

Didn't you have a snake trap at some point?

Yes I have two in the ponds right now.

 

[GBBUDD]

them slithering little buggers are mighty lucky they are on @addy1 turf , id deal with a snake or two without question make it 30 and there would be chicken kibabs .

 

[addy1]

These are all smallish ones, diameter wise.
Length about 18 inches.

Might have been born last year.

I hope I don't have a fat mama out there

 

[addy1]

I really want them to be gone!

 

[zinjy]

Yes I have two in the ponds right now.

Where did you get them? I think I need to buy one.

 

[addy1]

Amazon, minnow traps. I have eggs, fake and real in them. Random fry, tadpoles. I empty the trap of them every other day or so. So they don't starve.

 

[mrsclem]

Look what I just spotted on camera!

 

[hamstermann]

oh, it's a nope rope!

 

[mrsclem]

And not the only one. We spotted a small one swimming around.

 

[addy1]

Utoh.....minnow trap! In your future

 

[mrsclem]

As long as they stay in the goldfish pond I'm ok with it. I am missing a lot of small koi. Guess I know why. At least I can cancel plans for rehoming fish.

 

[addy1]

I found that like to lay in wait for a fish in the plants. I removed a lot of the hornwort, their favorite hunting ground.

 

[j.w]

I watched a small garter snake swim across the water in my pond yesterday. It waited in the parrot's feather and when it saw a goldfish moving it struck but made no contact. Heck the goldfish was too big in the first place! Maybe the snake just strikes at anything that moves? I don't think it could even hurt a fish that is that large. Do they have teeth?

 

[addy1]

Yep have teeth

I have watched the water snakes, huge ones, chasing the fish snapping their mouth open and shut, never catching any.