How to easily catch a fish !

abezr · 04/20/2011, 11:06 PM

So here is my experience and hopefully I can help some of you catch those hard to grab fishies.

I was trying to catch a yellow tang in a 6 foot x 3 foot high tank + 200 lbs of live rock with a net... it took me 2 days until i finally gave up. Around 7 hours half of that at night.

My brother in law came in, i told him to hold a flashlight and literally 30 seconds later... fish in the net BUT HE ESCAPED, we did the same thing as before and caught him again... within a minute and we were like what just happened?

You need two people, 1 flashlight, 1 net and a stick of some sort( i used a 35" algae scraper) With the scraper you steer the fish in the net's direction - once he is swimming towards the net, take the flash light and shake the light on the fish - the fish could not concentrate and was easily picked up with a net. it worked twice with my yellow tang and 3 times with my powder blue in minutes.

thats my story- it was a fluke - maybe it will help you.

injektion · 04/21/2011, 12:02 AM

my fish gets spooked by flashlights and just dart into the rock work and don't come out for who knows how long. so that probably wouldn't work for me lol

abezr · 04/21/2011, 12:29 AM

my flashlight had a dim thingy and was very weak the fish wasnt scared he was just like stop its annoying i will move now...

Ivegotcrabs · 08/18/2011, 04:03 PM

i dont think scaring your fish into submission is to healthy

04/20/2011, 11:06 PM	#1
abezr Registered Member Join Date: Jan 2011 Location: montreal qc Posts: 137	How to easily catch a fish ! So here is my experience and hopefully I can help some of you catch those hard to grab fishies. I was trying to catch a yellow tang in a 6 foot x 3 foot high tank + 200 lbs of live rock with a net... it took me 2 days until i finally gave up. Around 7 hours half of that at night. My brother in law came in, i told him to hold a flashlight and literally 30 seconds later... fish in the net BUT HE ESCAPED, we did the same thing as before and caught him again... within a minute and we were like what just happened? You need two people, 1 flashlight, 1 net and a stick of some sort( i used a 35" algae scraper) With the scraper you steer the fish in the net's direction - once he is swimming towards the net, take the flash light and shake the light on the fish - the fish could not concentrate and was easily picked up with a net. it worked twice with my yellow tang and 3 times with my powder blue in minutes. thats my story- it was a fluke - maybe it will help you.

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04/21/2011, 12:02 AM	#2
injektion Registered Member Join Date: Nov 2010 Posts: 52	my fish gets spooked by flashlights and just dart into the rock work and don't come out for who knows how long. so that probably wouldn't work for me lol

04/21/2011, 12:29 AM	#3
abezr Registered Member Join Date: Jan 2011 Location: montreal qc Posts: 137	my flashlight had a dim thingy and was very weak the fish wasnt scared he was just like stop its annoying i will move now...

08/18/2011, 04:03 PM	#4
Ivegotcrabs Moved On Join Date: Mar 2011 Location: Tampa bay Posts: 35	i dont think scaring your fish into submission is to healthy