heron attack hopefully stopped in time?

[koiguy1969]

i lost some fish over night.. a platinum ogon. a showa. and a hi utsuri that i can count as of now, not to mention a few goldies. im so pissed right now. something has to be eliminated,and not my fish. my fish are so spooked its pitifull. they wont even eat. this attack was costly..definately not stopped in time.

 

[koiguy1969]

i had 38 fish in my 10 days ago... they wont sit still and are frantic at the slightest sight of anything... but im guessing theres about 2 dozen in there now.. maybe a few more but definately less than 30. its real sad to watch them slam into pots, walls, and each other trying to hide under anything..anything at all!!!i wish i lived somewhere i could get away with popping off a shot.....

 

[DrCase]

That hurts :grumble:

 

[MassKoi]

Sorry to hear about your lose. I suggest Shot, Shovel & Shutup is in order. Send the bugger to the great pond in the sky.:grumble:

 

[koiguy1969]

i wish i could, i live in a slightly upper scale area that would have every known law enforcement agency, department, and bureau here. i thought the kick in the a$$ from miss "DAISY" at his last visit might of kept it away. guess i was wrong.. successful hunts mean almost positively returning.

 

[Olee]

I suggest Shot, Shovel & Shutup is in order.

In the words of Joe Pesci, "You gotta have the hole already dug before you show up with a package in the trunk. Otherwise, you're talking about a half-hour to forty-five minutes worth of digging. And who knows who's gonna come along in that time? Pretty soon, you gotta dig a few more holes." :icon_mrgreen:

 

[koiguy1969]

i really dont want to ugly up the pond area with nets and string and stakes or whatever but i guess i have to. anyone know if hawks swoop down and snag fish as eagles do? i saw a bunch of robins chasing one off this morning, from a neighbors yard. and i guess i have to remove the solar lights around the pond and shining on my waterfall.

 

[MassKoi]

Use the solar light to attach string too if they are tall enough. My string is strung between tikki torches. Looks a little better than plain poles stuck in the ground.

 

[koiguy1969]

you know what kills is.. i havent lost a fish to disease, parasites,ulcers or whatnot, but to make up for it. Ive lost a dozen fish (in 2 incidences) in less than 2 weeks. i provide my fish with an extremely hospitable enviroment, and consider them family. i am assuming that its the heron because theres no mess just missing fish. i understand that racoons let you know they were there,by a big mess.

 

[stroppy]

sorry to hear about your fish ....

 

[HIROHITO99]

Sorry about that koiguy~ Does anyone know if decoys work? Perhaps putting some of them around might be effective. I myself have no experience using them but one of the local hardware stores near me does to keep birds away from the vegetables they sell. They claim they work, but maybe that's just on smaller ones.

 

[koiguy1969]

decoys do help, but not now its still mating season. you may just draw one in. put them out at the end of june early july. after mating season they are territorial.

 

[DrDave]

3/4" thinwall PVC with 36" wide plastic fencing from Home Depot. Use tie wraps to attach it. I can uncover my ponds in less than 2 minutes. It takes 3 minutes to put them back. Who cares what it looks like when you are not home?
By the way, CB 22 cal rounds are quieter than the Daisy BB gun and much more lethal.

 

[DrCase]

You gota do what needs to be done...its a snack bar to them..

 

[MassKoi]

Does Great Blue Heron taste like chicken?? What type of wine do you serve with it??