How are minnows able to get in ditches?

Overflow from heavy rains/watershed. Hatched from sheltered transport like attached to birds legs, in bodily fluids, boat hulls, tools, etc. Raining from the sky. Fish rain down on Sri Lanka village - BBC News; Most of our sewage/drainage systems have small pockets holding minnows and larger fish. read more

Most of our sewage/drainage systems have small pockets holding minnows and larger fish. When it truly floods, all these pockets are connected. The smaller the fish, the smaller the shallower the area they can wind up in and still be alive. read more

Fish, their eggs and larvae can move through amazingly sparse water passages and flood waters. If this is an irrigation ditch you're talking about, or if it's fed by irrigation water, the minnows were probably sucked into a feeder pipe or gate and eventually washed into the ditch (or their eggs were). read more

Ron, are those the minnows that they catch in ditches on east coast thats some call "Pogies" kinda short and squat with fat tummy. Somewhat like a Bassin Assian electric chicken plastic. read more