6lines..

hawk · #1 09-25-2006, 09:15 PM

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 · #2 09-25-2006, 11:34 PM

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 · #3 09-26-2006, 04:32 AM

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.

midgetwaiter · #4 09-26-2006, 04:47 AM

I don't know how attached you are to this wrasse but have you ever tried bow fishing? Once you get used to the distortion angle of the water it's not too bad. I built a mini cross bow and picked off a blue damsel that was giving me problems a few years ago. Took a good hour to get him but it was gratifying. I might still have it around somewhere if you want to try.

wayner · #5 09-26-2006, 04:57 AM

This keeps getting better & better.

Cap'n · #6 09-26-2006, 05:18 AM

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Originally Posted by midgetwaiter

I built a mini cross bow and picked off a blue damsel that was giving me problems a few years ago.

Are you serious?! Wouldn't there be a danger of breaking the glass? How many bolts did you send through the water 'til you got him?

clipperfish · #7 09-26-2006, 05:34 AM

I havn't laugh so hard in a long time . But i will be following this thread beacuse i just bought a 6line yesterday ,this is going to be very interesting to see the out come . who wins the wrasse or us (LOL)

midgetwaiter · #8 09-26-2006, 06:21 AM

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Originally Posted by Cap'n

Are you serious?! Wouldn't there be a danger of breaking the glass? How many bolts did you send through the water 'til you got him?

I never thought about the glass, it was a wooden chopstick that I sharpened, baked over the stove and then sharpened again. I don't think it would have broken the glass.

I don't know how many times I missed, lots, maybe 20 times. When I finally got it I really nailed it though. Beat the hell out of moving 50 pounds of rock around too.

Delphinus · #9 09-27-2006, 04:57 AM

Interesting idea. I guess if you get desperate and there was no other way..

At this point I'd rather just take the fish out (and put him in a different tank) rather than have him .. um ... "taken out" as it were.

You'd have to be one hell of a shot to get this sixline anyhow. Man he is the fastest most active swimmer I've ever had.

I thought the aggression he was showing the newcomer had abated, but I got a good look at her fins earlier, and there are some definite bitemarks. That little brat is coming out, so I'll be hunting down that trap (or trying the hook idea again in a few days, I'm going to give the hook idea a rest for now though).