baby gold fish

Question
Hi.. We have a pond and our fish had babies..They are about an inch long but we are wanting to take them out of pond for the winter since they arent as big as our others for we are afraid they wont survive. Our problem is cathing them.lol.Any tips ? Thanks,Patricia

Answer
How big is your pond?  If it's under a few hundred gallons, it would be easiest to lower the water and clean the pond while removing any fish you want to remove.  If it's larger, then you will need to net them.  If they come up to feed, you can net them then.  Dip fast and accurately because after the first dipping, they won't be stupid enough to come back, at least not that day.  I can catch small fish by basically thinking like a predator.  You stalk them and grab fast with the net.  You can also use a kick sceine net (not sure about that spelling) to move fish from one area to another making it easier to catch them.  How deep is your pond?  Where do you live?  If your larger goldfish survive, the one inch goldfish should mostly as well (at least the weather part if not predators, etc.).  Good luck!

Robyn
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