Pond Clean Out

[Todd2]

Kill them off with "some kind of chemical" and then let the kids swim in it.
If this was my friend I would be getting him professional help.

lol, reminds me of those drug commercials. Side effects may include heart attack, stroke, blindness, hearing loss, and bladder control problems. But you are guaranteed not to have a runny nose.

[Tyme2fish]

Install a pool for the grandkids and leave the pond alone.
As another poster said, a pond without fish will still get "critters" in it. Turtles,snakes,etc.

[olgreenboat]

If they take out all the fish the water will become very stagnant and dangerous + it will fill up with UN wanted growth that will choke the water down to were no one can swim in it .. Taking fish out of a pond and putting better fish in it will help keep it clean and healthy

[Embrey]

dumb

[chuckconder]

I agree with all of you. I have tried to reason with him, the pond has some decent fish in it. So rather than let him completely ruin the fish I figured I would try and get them out. I have a pond behind my house I'd love to stock. So, tomorrow I plan on calling KDFW. Maybe they can encourage him to leave it alone.

I uncovered my pool today and it had two frogs in it.

Chuck

[TroyRalph502]

He will probably have to keep putting that chemical in it to kill off the algies and critters in the pond. Talk him into a pool from wall mart for a cheaper route.

[tracy]

So, what are the rules pertaining to harvesting from a friends pond??

I'm thinking only the HOMEOWNER can harvest without limits, etc, etc.

I'm suspecting there are some potential game violations here.........AND then can the homeowner get into a stink for not removing them correctly.........

Not being an ASS, I just wonder.

Later,

Geo

Funny how land owners think it's my land I'll do as I please. We may own the land and water on our land but we do not own the wildlife that resides on it.

[RoadToad]

By law, you're supposed to contact KDFWR before you reclaim a pond, and the only approved way to kill off the fish is with rotenone. Maybe that's the chemical he's talking about. If so, the FDA hasn't approved the use of fish killed that way for food, but I know a lot of people say those fish are fine. It kills them instantly, so they ingest very little, and it's not very toxic to humans. And the pond can be swam in three days later. A friend of mine had his pond first stocked back in the 80's and it was full of catfish prior. They killed them all off with rotenone and gave them away by the bucketful. Here's a fact sheet on rotenone:

https://srac.tamu.edu/index.cfm/even...factsheet/219/

[roadrunner]

If he must do it, I have no idea WHY, rig up a homemade shocker with some big batteries. Use a jonboat and shock'em up, you can get most of them this way.

Why doesn't he just teach his kids it's alright to swim with fish, I don't get that at all....

Tell the kids they are Dolphins everyone wants to swim with the Dolphins