True, but they also are in ponds/lakes. To be honest, there is no way to easily keep fish in a pond when it gets full enough to use the emergency spillway. You could put up a fence or blocking net, but then you'd have to be out in the rain all the time cleaning debris out of the net or it'd fill up completely.

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