I have baby Shubunkins in my 900 gallon pond that I am trying to remove for my sons school pond. The problem is that I am having difficulty catching them. I do not want to stress my adult fish too much doing this. I have been able to catch three...one one day, another late that same day and one several days later. I need to catch 4 more but I have them scared now and every time they see me they stay close to the bottom. The pond is 2-1/2 deep so needless to say I cannot reach down there and it is about 8 feet wide. I have tried not feeding for a few days and get them to the surface...well that worked for one baby. I do not want to have to drain my pond down but I cannot think of any other way to get them. Does anyone have any suggestions? They are the offspring from last year so they are approximately 3 inches, it's not like I am trying to catch little specks swimming around. I guess I should not have listened to my hubby, I could
catch them all the time when they were small, should have gotten them rehomed then .