In the process of draining my 2/3 acre pond for a re-sealing attempt. The pond is full of thousands of minnows I would like to save and transfer to another pond. Has the best way to do this been discussed here previously or if not, can someone point me in the right direction? I have heard of "cast nets" - is this what I need - and if so where does one purchase one and learn how to use it ?
I have been trying the wire minnow traps in order to get small numbers like I have in the past, but there are so many crawdads in the pond they fill up the minnow traps whenever I set them and no minnows are in the traps. Even if I get rid of all of the crawdads, this would be a painfully slow project trying to capture 1000s of minnows in traps.
Many thanks in advance for any help.
