So with the warming weather my main pond which is 4 ft deep is now fully de-iced. The water us crystal clear and yo my dismay all my koi are gone! Big dead, no remnants, nothing ...I mean not a trace! These guys were 6 yrs old and well schooled in survival. I keep an aerator go allow gas exchange in the winter every year. My guess us a raccoon, but my dogs patrol the yard going ballistic on anything in their yard night or day. Oh well, but it still is a bummer, like I said 5yrs and at least 2 feet long.
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Pond fish gone
- Thread starter Zippy69
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Could they be buried in the guck on the bottom….waiting for warmer weather?
If it was ice covered, how would a raccoon get them.
If it was ice covered, how would a raccoon get them.
Yes as of today I can see straight to bottom, it's been iced over for the last 2 months now, do no I can't see through ice. I'm sure they were taken prob earlier but like I said my dogs would shred a raccoon and the lab husky had a sixth sense for unwelcome visitors. It was prob a raccoon but the number of fish, depth of pond, and weight of said fish is pretty bizarre.
No I netted out the few leaves on bottom and not a thing.
It could be a heron.
Heron would not be able to get the guys I have to big like 24+inches big. Trust me I've had heron issues from the getgo. Not to mention they are 5+years, so for fish.... They have like A PHD in survival. John the bear that trashe my hives in the fall killed a neighbor pet rabbit so DNR trapped him and sent him packing up north. Neighbor are highly unlikely. I really think it was a raccoon,I'm just amazed at the ability to not leave a trace or evidence for so long.
