[GSAS-Member] shubunkin rescue update

[haika@drizzle.com]

I picked up some high knee boots and a long-handled net (since the net was
pretty cheap)in Woodinville this morning....and went back down to the pond
to see if I could see any more fish. The pond had settled substantially
since yesterday and I could see a couple really nice shubunkins and
miscellaneous smaller fish so was stupid (or brave....you pick)...and went
into the pond alone. I netted another 20 or so fish....all sizes. The pond
is only about 6" deep now and part of it is pretty flat so I didn't have
much trouble.

I wish this ancient computer I have here at home could net browse so I
could research shubunkins! I just don't know how their color develops. I
have quite a few really small fish (roughly 1 1/2") and some are nicely
colored, some are vaguely mottled and others are that dusty bronze color
young comets are sometimes before they turn orange. Some have long flowy
tails....others have short little comet-fish tails. I'm putting the teeny
ones inside in a tank where they will get fed. I don't think they are big
enough to go through the winter in a pond trying to be 'dormant'/no
eating.

Again....I'm not gonna hold these till the next meeting for those who want
some....all that I don't personally want will go home with my ex-neighbor
when she drives down from their new place to pick them up Friday. The told
me that the first batch of fish she put in the pond several years ago were
comets....so these aren't all shubunkins! E-mail me if you want to
coordinate something. I'll be here...there...and everywhere on Monday and
Tuesday although I have both days off.

I'll go back down tomorrow after the pond has settled again to see if I
can find more fish. I think most of them have been netted, but I could be
fooled!

I did take some digital photos of the pond this morning when the sun was out.

Betty Goetz

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