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2015/05/01 03:37:09 (permalink)

Dumb question

I figured the title would catch peoples attention. I have a dumb question. A few days ago, me and some guys were talking and the question came up. How do fish get in a pond or body of water that nobody has ever stocked? There are some farm ponds that I know of that have never had a fish intentionally put in it yet, they have fish in them.
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    BIGHEAD_1
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    Re: Dumb question 2015/05/01 03:54:52 (permalink)
    ducks geese
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    Re: Dumb question 2015/05/01 07:01:08 (permalink)
    Not so dumb...it is a question I have often pondered....
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    Re: Dumb question 2015/05/01 09:03:39 (permalink)
    Doomsday Preppers.......?

    Give a man a fish and you will feed him for a day; teach a man to fish and you will feed him for a life time. ~Anne Isabella Thackeray Ritchie (1837–1919)~
     
     
     
      Old fisherman never die; we just smell that way. 
     
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    Re: Dumb question 2015/05/01 09:13:09 (permalink)
    I've often heard the ducks and geese method.  Fish eggs get carried on their feet or whatever from one body of water to another.  
     
    Another plausible one that I've heard of is very, very high water events when fish in one pond or lake swim through the outlet of the lake - as many farm ponds have - into the outflow or crick below and eventually find the next pond or lake.  
     
     
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    Re: Dumb question 2015/05/01 09:14:46 (permalink)
    I've heard of carp eggs sticking to the feet of ducks and geese. Not sure about other species. I've also seen baby blue gills way upstream on very small creeks that I'd never expect to see a blue gill in. Most ponds that I know of have a creek in and a creek out. That is certainly one way for fish to get in. The question that brings up in my mind is how do you know that nobody has ever dumped a bucket of fish in there at some point?
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    Re: Dumb question 2015/05/01 09:42:47 (permalink)
    Funny thing... a friends GF asked this question once. I told her ducks and Geese drink the water then crap it out with the eggs in it. 
     
    She bought it. 
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    Re: Dumb question 2015/05/01 09:43:12 (permalink)
    Charles Robert Darwin (1809–1882).  Origin of Species.
    The Harvard Classics.  1909–14. XIII. Geographical Distribution—Continued Fresh-water Productions 
    http://www.bartleby.com/11/1301.html
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    Re: Dumb question 2015/05/01 10:44:22 (permalink)
    Just thank God the FBC isn't involved and it didn't cost a $1000.00 per fish!
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    Re: Dumb question 2015/05/01 13:35:39 (permalink)
    I always assumed the above as well, ducks geeses or inflow from a creek in high water conditions.
    Also some ponds are stocked by people that just never tell anybody.
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    Re: Dumb question 2015/05/01 16:30:40 (permalink)
    Buckets ducks geese flooding all are plausable
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    Re: Dumb question 2015/05/04 22:12:54 (permalink)
    Well, the pond that I am talking about is on the property of a old man that was a friend of mine. He died many years ago but, we used to sit on his farm and talk about the life in general. I am young but always love to hear stories from older generations. Later in years, he put fish in but said after he built the pond, he noticed fish in there. He never allowed people on his property that he didn't know, and nobody really had a reason to. Later, he did allow people to bring fish and release them. His isn't the only one. I know of a couple others that they showed up in. Also, a small creek that I call a s**t creek near my house because of these old houses drains flow into them. I fished that creek when I was a kid and caught bluegills all the time in there. It does flow into the Yough so I guess they could come up during high water but, it was pretty far up stream. Also golf courses. I could see one pond on the course having someone dump some but there are some ponds deep inside golf courses with fish in them. Has just always puzzled me.
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    Re: Dumb question 2015/05/04 23:39:31 (permalink)
      It don't take very long for fish to show up. Last yr. a friend dug a small one 'bout 20 yrds. x 10 yrds. a month or so later he asked me to put a dz. shiners in for him so he could have a bunch in the near future. Took a look at the pond & noticed many guppy sz. fish in the shallows already. Only a wet spring feeds the hole. The same guy brought me  4 lb. ov fatheads in a 5 gal. bucket with the minnies tied in a large plastic bag this eve.,,, all dead 
     
      Got a kick from the old ladie little while ago when I had her big cookie sheets layered in salted minnows. She actually said why don't you put 'em in the oven to dry 'em out some  Told her I am makin' 'em for pizza toppin'.
     
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