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

[j.w]

Yep have teeth

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

I hope my snakes don't catch any of mine. I have been filling my pond up w/water each day to raise it up due to our hot weather and evaporation and do a bit of a refresh. Sometimes it gets so high that I think a couple of my fish swam up over the sides and died on the grass. So I added some more rocks in area's where I think it might be happening. So far so good. I just hope the snakes aren't doing it and it's just the water rising too high!

 

[addy1]

#31 caught and moved on

Again smallish, juvenile snake.

 

[mrsclem]

Snake back in goldfish pond today. Minnow traps ordered!

 

[addy1]

Good luck! Patience is the key and a few sacrificial fry.

I have it tied right at water level, touch above unless you want to drown them. I put hornwort or parrots feather on the top. I have learned their fav entrance place. That is where the trap is.

I check daily to dump out tad poles. Let a fry be in it for a day or so then released.

Then just wait.
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[mrsclem]

Already caught it! It grabbed a 3" goldfish and was trying to swallow it. It was on a bunch of lilypads so I grabbed my grabbing stick and a bucket. Snake relocated, will set out traps tomorrow just in case

 

[addy1]

Woo hoo for you. I was never that lucky

I took mine 5 miles away

 

[mrsclem]

We have Chaptico creek running thru our property so the snake was released far off our yard.

 

[mrsclem]

Two traps just delivered and installed!

 

[addy1]

The first snake attack year I caught one every few days, or at least saw them.

This year 3 smallish ones. Like yearling. No big mama like the first year. Watched it swim snapping at the fish, missing most of the time

 

[GBBUDD]

We have Chaptico creek running thru our property so the snake was released far off our yard.

By them damn leprechauns right they stole your snake to pull a prank on some trying to get their gold . That's what I heard

 

[mrsclem]

This was a small one. Not the one we saw on top of netting. Gone from 40+ goldfish to 15 with a few fry. Haven't seen any sign of snakes in koi pond but trap is set. Had over 30, now 14!

 

[addy1]

I feel your pain! I put 250 small fish in the pond, $600.00, had maybe 40 left. And had maybe 35 left before adding them.

My 1000 gallon pond had around 20 fish. Three were left. All in the first year.

Hornwort, anacharis both kept groomed now, no snake hiding spots to hunt from. Or at least fewer.

 

[mrsclem]

Trap worked! Caught my large female koi! Should have gotten the metal traps instead of cloth mesh. Think I'm going to put both traps in goldfish pond. Will put small mesh net back over koi

 

[addy1]

Aww the poor thing!

I have the metal ones.

 

[addy1]

Well snake #32 bit the dust! 5 inches of rain, trap way under water.

Longer than 2 feet.