Damn, They Can Jump Too Far Sometimes

Recently one of our large Goldfish jumped out of our little pond. My wife found its body out on the grass where it died. We only have one large goldfish left in the pond with a school of freshwater Shiners that are getting larger. The Shiners are the same ones you buy and use for bait to catch Pike and Bass or any other game fish.

The Goldfish that we lost was a tiny little thing when we put him or her in the pond. So, it has been a family member for several years. Larger Goldfish like any Carp like to jump. We have seen this many times, but it never jumped out of the pond. We were saddened to find it dead.

The Shiners were put into the pond by me a couple of years ago. It was only 2 of them and they were small. I thought they would be a good addition as the pond had plenty of room for them. Now there is a school of them. Damn things reproduced! We feed all of our fish Cheerios cereal, not the expensive fish food from the stores. They love the Cheerios and it's good for them.