Friend told me today that it is bad to put minnows into ponds as they can grow to up to 6 or 7 inches and they eat bass eggs.

I did not agree and was stunned when he told me this.

What do you guys think?????  

I am more concerned with spreading disease

huh??

never heard that one before,

guess i always figured that they would become food before that time reached....

in the same respect, shiners........

Spreading disease ---> probable, so from that point of view they can be dangerous.

Eating bass eggs ---> I don 't think they can even reach 6-7 inches, most probably they end up as lunch in the first couple of weeks.

When I stock tilapias in a bass pond I have to stock tilapias at least 8 inches long, anything smaller ends up as lunch almost as soon as I open the bags and they begin swimming in the pond.

I have fathead minnows in mine.  Bought from the same fish farm I got my grass carp.

Kelley

If you want to get technical grass carp (aka white amur ) are the world's largest minnow and I have heard they eat fish eggs as well as vegitation.

yeah minnows are any fish in the ciprinidae family, which is a really big family. plenty of "minnows" are well capable of getting 6" long.

heck, golden shiners are sold that big as bait in florida!

but like others said, the minnows would probably be eaten before they pose a threat to eggs.

i'm not even sure if golden shiners will eat fish eggs.

Anyone know why minnows are not allowed to be used as live bait in trout ponds?

Spreading disease ---> probable, so from that point of view they can be dangerous.

Eating bass eggs ---> I don 't think they can even reach 6-7 inches, most probably they end up as lunch in the first couple of weeks.

When I stock tilapias in a bass pond I have to stock tilapias at least 8 inches long, anything smaller ends up as lunch almost as soon as I open the bags and they begin swimming in the pond.

I have fished golden shiners 6" long for many years; They currently go for 12 bucks a dozen 6 inch shiners are common and not unusual I have seen them from The East Coast to South Central USA , they are a regular live bait