pond cover

A heron eat all my goldfish last year i bought some more but i have a ugly wooden fence trellis and plastic netting over the pond

I was given some fishing line and bamboo canes what is the best way of using them as i need to have a clearence to get the pond pump out 

I would not be happy with using fishing line-a hazard to anything that gets caught up in it

What is wrong with pond netting?

I asked my son to make a wooden  frame with netting on top which i thought would be easier he suggested the fishing wire what wil get caught up in it  ??

i have solar lights and windmills round the pond   

A small bird may not see it-the heron know no better--there were postings on here about birds being caught up in netting spread over fruit bushes= a fishing line pulled taught over a pond-supposedly that is the idea??- sound like a hazard to me

The idea is that you erect a length of fishing line around the pond as explained here http://www.tetra-fish.com/sites/TetraFish/pond/PondContent.aspx?id=522 

Herons don't land in the ponds, they land nearby and walk towards the pond - the 'fence' deters them and I know people who find it works well - however it doesn't look terribly attractive.  

There are various tips available if you do a search

http://www.fbas.co.uk/Herons.html

Plus keep a dog in the garden!

Thank you all for your advice the tetra info was very imformative  i will put more plants round the edge which will look better and all the solar lights will help to keep anything off

clogherhead

No i read that  they encourage others  

with regards to the plastic heron it deters them as they dont really ''fish '' where another heron is standing ,good luck

kerri wrote (see)

with regards to the plastic heron it deters them as they dont really ''fish '' where another heron is standing ,good luck

Apparently it works most times of the year, except at this time of year when they're looking for mates .....................