Univited fishing!

And there was me cross about one being taken!

With all the rain we've had I'm hoping that the fish I haven't seen since the uninvited fishing are hiding deeper in the water amongst the plants. We did have 20+ tiddlers hatched last spring but I can only see two. 

It might be a bit late to ask but: Have you covered your pond with a net ANHBUC?

Short canes with ping-pong balls on the top around the pond's edge would raise the net up sufficiently to prevent a heron's beak reaching the water perhaps.

The pond is very large with railway sleepers as a boundry so is difficult to cover.  We did put some fishing wire round the edges one year to stop the heron from reaching the fish.  A female blackbird became entangled and drowned which really upset us.  We will just have to let nature take its course I think.

We do have chimney pots in the pond and plenty of plant cover for them.

I think the rain has helped the heron as the water is quite clear.  Will check later to see if I can do a fish count.

For us it wasn't the heron taking our fish, it was a neighbours cat, we caught it fishing and the neighbour (we'd never met before) from down the road who came asking for some fish from the pond because, 'they're nice looking fish, you've got plenty so I thought I'd put a pond in and have some' :blink: we said get stuffed no but a few days later noticed there were hardly any left in the pond  :blink:

Rent a pike!

I wonder if putting one giant size hungry pike in the pond (once the littuns have gone off for a short holiday somewhere) might give the neighbouring fishers the idea that it's "no fishing here!" 

Quote from: Paul Plots on April 28, 2012, 10:44

Rent a pike!

I wonder if putting one giant size hungry pike in the pond (once the littuns have gone off for a short holiday somewhere) might give the neighbouring fishers the idea that it's "no fishing here!" 

Why mess about.......get a Gator !

Now you're talking! 

  Fantail is still with us.  So relieved as it was originally in a tank in our youngest daughters bedroom.  It has been in the pond for over 8 years and has really grown big.  I wasn't looking forward to ringing her a Uni to say the heron had got Floofy fish!     Big sigh

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