Ponds stocked with 20 or so pounds of brood shiners can produce 100-200 pounds or more of baby shiners in a year. Shiners will forage in open waters of the pond, cropping off insect larvae, zooplankton, some filamentous algae and occasionally other fish larvae.

Are shiners good for ponds?

Shiners thrive in weedy ponds and feed well on supplemental fish feed from an automatic fish feeder. Having a variety of forage fish better utilizes the pond's food supply and increases food production well beyond that of bluegill only."

Will shiners reproduce in ponds?

In ponds that draw down, golden shiners can spawn once and have lots of eggs each spring when water is highest.