Help ID fish and suggest theories of origin - 02/23/18 08:10 PM
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My pond is filled by run off from hay fields. It does not get water from other ponds or a creek. To my knowledge the pond has never been stocked.
First, please help me ID three dead fish from the pond, photographed yesterday.
Fish in photo #1 looks like a bluegill.
Top fish in photo #2 is about 5" long and looks like a gizzard shad or maybe a pickled herring.
Bottom fish in photo #2 looks like a glass minnow.
Do those guesses look correct?
Next, how did they get here? Neighbors on either side say ducks and other water birds inadvertently carry fish eggs on their feet/feathers, and spread fish around. A better theory than spontaneous generation or random strangers throwing in fish, but does it really happen?
Thanks!
Edited to get the photos from imgur, not photobucket.
My pond is filled by run off from hay fields. It does not get water from other ponds or a creek. To my knowledge the pond has never been stocked.
First, please help me ID three dead fish from the pond, photographed yesterday.
Fish in photo #1 looks like a bluegill.
Top fish in photo #2 is about 5" long and looks like a gizzard shad or maybe a pickled herring.
Bottom fish in photo #2 looks like a glass minnow.
Do those guesses look correct?
Next, how did they get here? Neighbors on either side say ducks and other water birds inadvertently carry fish eggs on their feet/feathers, and spread fish around. A better theory than spontaneous generation or random strangers throwing in fish, but does it really happen?
Thanks!
Edited to get the photos from imgur, not photobucket.