NEfish, great thinking. In fact, in one of the old Pond Boss issues (circa 1994) they had an article about a guy who eliminated carp from a LMB pond by gill netting them. I was considering doing that rather than a seining net, and than Bruce mentioned he was interested in purchasing a seine, so I went that direction. I need to research it a little more to see what size I need. In fact, I have called a few net companies to get assistance. It is an interesting idea to try, but I imagine eventually I will drain the pond and start over anyway. At this point I would rather not dump a bunch more money into a gill net if I am going to drain it anyway. At least with the seine I know I will use it when I build my smaller 'grow out' pond in a few years.
I have been considering ordering a small gill net (maybe 40 ft.) for the purpose of removing carp and catfish. I will have to look into that further. See what you can come up with for info on that and maybe we will do it next year.
Anybody with any gill net experience, please feel free to chime in.
