Do you think I can just ask them to go into the net? It's not the point of me not being able to afford a net. I can afford whatever I want, it's catching them. Have you tried to catch a 6-8" wild Koi in a 13'x10' 1500 gal pond before? Is not a cake walk! Last time I ended up draining my pond less then half to remove some Koi and I know that's not good for them either but if that's what I need to do please let me know REC. I would rather not do that because it adds more stress to the fish that are already on the edge and it could push them to death. I gave you good picture with macro and I thought you'd be able to tell by that but maybe I was wrong.