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Stupid Question?
How do fish get into a body of water? One could argue that they were there since the beginning, but that would have to mean that the pond in question has never dried up or gone through an ice age ONCE in the history of the world, which I find likely. So how do fish get into a body of water?
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They hitch hike on the body of an animal that flies into a new body of water.Some people even say they a transported in the birds.Then deposited there if you know where I'm going.
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Work is getting in the way of my fishin habit!!
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Anthony,
Are you trying to get us to do your
homework for you?*G* Warm regards, Jim
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I have heard that ducks will carry fish to different bodies of water by having fish eggs stuck on their feathers, etc. and then when they land on another body of water the eggs will be deposited and hatch out. Sounds logical. Also, when a fisherman fishes a body of water and is using minnows, and before they leave, they just dump the left over minnows in the lake/pond. I am sure there are other ways and someone will enlighten us.
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Warren
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My dear old fishing buddy, my Great Uncle Neil, told me ducks will stock bluegill in bodies of water...I thought he was BS'ing me as he often did, but not this time!
BTW, dumping minnows in a body of water can introduce unwanted species.
Mike
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You can call me Mike & you can call me Mikey..Just remember that this site's about sharing!
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One thing I was curious about is how the related subspecies of cutthroat trout were distributed throughout the west -- especially on both sides of the rockies.
The answer seems to be that during the advance of various glaciers, ice dams created huge lakes and gave the ancestors of todays cutthroat the pathways needed to reach the geographical distribution of today.
Then the glaciers receded and the populations were isolated. The isolated populations diverged and created the various subspecies, the greenback, the westslope, and so on.
Where did I learn that? I watched a video I downloaded off the internet somewhere. It was from a reputable source, which doesn't make the account true, but it makes sense to me, and is the best explanation I've heard.
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About 15 years ago, my oldest son built a goldfish pond in my back yard. It was supposed to be a water fountain, but once he got the project it somehow turned into a goldfish pond.
One day, I looked into the pond, and -- there were frogs! The nearest body of water that could contain frogs was about 1/2 mile away.
That could be a case of frog eggs sticking to the legs of birds and dropping off in my pond. But it's interesting how those things happen!
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I know that pike lay their eggs in the mud, which stick to wading birds feet and get moved on that way, frogs and toads will migrate over land when the ground is damp to populate other waters.
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Born to fish, forced to work.
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The video I mentioned above was produced by the Idaho chapter of the American Fisheries Society. I located it here.
[url=http://www.midcurrent.com/news/archives/002602.html:a82f7]http://www.midcurrent.com/news/archives/002602.html[/url:a82f7]
The title is "Rising from the Shadows: The Return of the Cutthroat Trout". It's very good, but a big download -- like 67 mb or something like that. So if you don't have a good broadband connection, it might not be worth it.
Can't remember where I first found reference to that, maybe it was on FAOL.
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Fish can be introduced to adjacent bodies of water during flood events. This is how a lot of fish find there way to new water.
Adam
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vox clamantis in deserto
[This message has been edited by Helicopsyche (edited 04 May 2006).]