6lines..

[wayner]

This is Hilarious

[Doug]

Originally Posted by wayner

This is Hilarious

Agree. Yer cracking me up again Tony. The suggestion about removing the rock he hides in ,{if possible}, sounds good. My friends does not move from his rock when we have taken stuff out for whatever reason.

By the way, his 6-line is several years old & HUGE. he considers it the feature fish in his 180, besides his large Regal. Seems pretty docile.

[Cap'n]

What if you dumped a bunch of mysis in to get a feeding frenzy and distract the other fish then strategically drop the baited hook by the target?

[Delphinus]

Wrasse - 3
Me - 0

I almost hooked him on Saturday, but it didn't take. Anyhow, he's now so completely suspicious of the rock, whereas the others have all completely associated it with "tasty mysis treat on a string" that it's more or less a doomed endeavour now.

It'd probably be easier if my CBB and flame hawks in particular weren't such mysis fiends. My tang, he's not so much into the mysis per se, but he's so in tuned to "the hand brings food" notion that he's chomping at the rock I use for a line weight as soon as it breaks surface.

As for the feeding frenzy ... it might work but the wrasse is so much in perpetual motion that he'd just go for the easy pickings of the frenzy instead of the one mysis hovering on a string.

He's very suspicious of the mysis that doesn't move whereas the others are all "Cool! A mysis that doesn't move!!". He comes up to it, eyes it, you can even sort of see him thinking "Something doesn't feel right about this. I'm outta here!" Whereas the others will happily gulp it down if given the chance.

Oh.. as for moving the rock he's in .. that might work, if I could get whatever rock he's in. He never sleeps in the same spot twice, and when he's not sleeping he'll just move from rock to rock. He is the most active swimmer I've got in there, just constantly on the go. Never stops for more than 1 second. It's like a toddler with ADD or something.

Oh well .. at the moment his aggression to the newcomer seems to be abating a little, so the urgency is coming off. I might try a wait and see approach, but I might also try a trap. We'll see what this week brings..

[OCDP]

Heh, this is pretty entertaining..

Don't you hate it when time comes to catch a fish, it's always such a challenge (IMO) [and I have a 20g tank!] . Also, notice that the fish your trying to catch is always so suspicious of what's going on, and all the others happily wander in to your traps... yeah, that's pretty annoying.

Good luck sir.. keep us posted.

[hawk]

I've read somewhere that after lights out if the fish you're trying to catch is still out or is "persuaded" to be out, they can be momentarily stunned by quickly turning on a bright flash light aimed at them. You would still have to be ready with the net and pretty quick but it might buy you a second or two.

[niloc16]

i know this may sound weird but i recently read an article on catching fish in your tank. it stated that not to pay attention to the fish you trying to catch but rather on another fish. the fish have a natural sense to know when they are hunted. apparently it is suppose to work. so maybe try it and the wrasse will come out

[EmilyB]

Kari just fixed my fish trap (well Erin helped with the finger stuff ). I caught a nasty dottyback with that one, so if you want you can grab it from him Tony for now.