Allchca - You "guys" have to be very carefull about using internet pictures or picture keys for identifying minnows and shiners.

I doubt very much that you have the Stargazing minnows in your pond. Stargazing minnows are known to only occur in eastern Tennessee and western VA. If you have them in your IN pond, you have a new Indiana distribution record for this fish.

JBoat - You have a unique pond habitat that most will not have in a "normal" pond setting. It will be very doubtfull that others can get dace to spawn in a "regular", noncurrent, warmwater pond.

RSwain - Artificial feeding of fatheads will not deter them from spawning. It would probably induce better and more prolific spawns due to better body condition or plumpness from feeding for the adults.


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