Water Gardening: NOW I know why my fish keep disappearing., 1 by

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The netting I am using I get at Lowes in the outdoor section. It's really cheap, black plastic netting I think intended to keep birds off of fruit trees or something on that order.
I think my fish are vulnerable in the shallows in spite of the plants. This year I reduced the amount of shallow water I have because of that.
Here is a photo of the 'sausages'. You can see one shubunkin (the one that keeps hoping the koi will mate with him since his main squeeze was eaten by a heron) in the shallows and one koi peeking out from under the rocks. They still stay under the rocks during most of the day since there is no plant cover. Our spring has been so cold that the lilies are hardly growing.