Originally Posted By: CJBS2003
 Originally Posted By: Cecil Baird1
True. I do know from experience small bluegills will swim up a 6 inch pipe that is over 200 feet long against a fairly decent flow of somewhat less than 45 gpm. Ever since then I have pulled up my flexible pipe inflow quite a bit if in use to keep fish from swimming up it. I don't like fish species where I don't want them. I go to too much trouble to prevent that.


I think that is where Bob Lusk is spot on. Many of the magically appearing fish aren't heron additions but simply fish using skinny waters to make a new pond their home...


They are also great escape artists in a fish cage. If there is an opening they will find it. I also watched two fish plop themselves over the edge of acage that had no cover. That doesn't sound like a big deal but the edge of the cage was a few inches above the water level and they were hybrid bluegill. It was like watching a carefully planned jailbreak.

If pigs could fly bacon would be harder to come by and there would be a lot of damaged trees.