Originally Posted By: Rainman
Originally Posted By: Urmetz
Its of course not likely but it does happen. We have corn fields around my house that get flooded by rain every year which pools of water. One year I noticed minnows swimming in one of the pools. There was no running water anywhere around. Here where I live it is completely flat. Fish can also be dispersed by being dropped in a body of water. I don't believe mosquito fish eggs are adhesive though.


I've never seen any credible evidence of the mythical bird fish. Urmetz, you gave the almost certain cause of a stocking in flat fields, flooded by rain and pooling water. Small fish/fry can swim a long distance in 1/8" of water. If draining into a creek, many fish can swim up a 10 foot high vertical stream of water out a drain pipe.


There was no creeks or ponds around, I live in the flattest county of Ohio, also they have been many incidences of things like this occurring. I really don't care if you can understand how this could happen, have you ever picked up yellow perch eggs? Probably not but I will tell you they're very adhesive. Easy for something to attach to. I will give an example, think of a pond covered in duckweed. The pond is completely covered in duckweed. Now stick your hand in it. Notice anything? Your hand is covered in the plant species. Now think if stuck your contaminated hand in a pond with no duckweed. What happens is some of the plant drops off your hand and is in the pond that didn't have duckweed. Its not rocket science.