Why I don't have any fish left in my pond

[sdergar]

Why I don't have any fish left in my pond after only 2 days.

 

[Crepe]

What is that? A muskrat?

 

[mr_X]

that thing is awesome! i would stock that pond just for him!

 

[sdergar]

I was told it's a mink.

 

[meegosh]

A buddy of mine had a similar problem. He was told to put a large blue herring statue near his pond. He has never had a problem since then.

 

[GuppyLover]

I have a fisher problem, Ate quiet a few of my goldies out of my pond.

 

[TraceyB4602]

that thing is awesome! i would stock that pond just for him!

That thing is awesome!!! I would do the same!!

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[TommyLiNy]

+1 for meegosh... My parents had a similar problem with racoons/cats and ever since they have gotten a fake herring they haven't lost a koi/goldfish yet. They had a huge softball sized fantail goldfish that was part of a breeding pair that Mom had for 6years and she found the headless body under her truck 1 morning,that afternoon we had the bird.

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[HN1]

Very cool! And not I suppose. lol

I caught a chill just looking at that pic.

 

[JOMA]

time to get a gun loll

 

[barterking85]

well if you whant some koi or shubunkins to restock let me know

 

[Gillie]

One of those owl statues would definitely do the trick.

 

[Dylan5359]

that thing is awesome! i would stock that pond just for him!

haha. That made me laugh.

-Dylan

 

[sdergar]

Yeah, it was pretty cool to see and capture, on camera, then again it was disappointing after all the care and effort that went into my pond over the last several years. It's amazing all the creatures that are drawn to that pond.

Steve

 

[doogle]

that is funny

 

[Brough5754]

My grandpa traps those for their hide

 

[mr_X]

My grandpa traps those for their hide

traps? what a mild way of putting it. i almost imagine he corners them and they decide to unzip their coat and hand it over. not the real scenario...

 

[Dylan5359]

Aw...^

 

[o-barski]

I lost all my fish over the winter.

A large critter (possibly an opossum or maybe a raccoon) must have chosen the pond to die in just before it iced over. My dog was REALLY trying to tell me there was something there all winter. I had a small heater to keep an open space in the ice for gas exchange, and the critter must have been close to that. When things finally thawed this spring, the smell was god awful and everybody was dead (goldfish and red shiners).
I got away with not using a screen last year, but from now on I am going to screen the pond in the fall, even though I have resisted the idea.

 

[zoebear]

Wait so what will prevent raccoons from feasting on my fish?