Its been over a week now and I haven't caught it. There were signs that it was still around early last week, but none since. I did find its lair and four of the six missing fish. It had stashed them for later enjoyment. I used one of them to bait the trap, but the mink seems to have moved on. I will probably wait until spring now before replacing them just the same. I plan to rebuild the pond then too, so my winter tank is going to go empty this year. I had those fish for five years and they were getting to be a pretty good size, all were between 6 - 10 inches. #@&*!$ Mink.
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I retired and got a fixed income but it's broke.
Ed
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50 gallon FOWLR, 10 gallon sump.
130 gallon reef, 20 gallon sump, 10 gallon refugium.
10 gallon quarantine.
60 gallon winter tank for pond fish.
300 gallon pond with waterfall.
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