Dave, I remember reading that post!
How much easier would it have been to string your lines - before the ponds filled.
I think you were battling herons. Did you ever post a picture of your string art!
I might even set some of the posts in concrete to make a permanent solution to a perpetual problem. High tensile fencing wire is really cheap and lasts a long time. Would I have to tie some "flags" on it for deterrence, or would the birds hitting a semi-invisible wire be a bigger deterrent?