i keep my pond out back stocked with minnows and it isn't uncommon to find one of my ducks with a big flopping golden shiner in it's bill. given i don't do it for the ducks i started doing this so i don't have to go and spend a fortune on minnows at the baitshop i can just throw a cast net out and get me a few dozen for no chargeTadpoles aren't fish. Minnows I'll give you, in a pan, but in a stream or a pond with silt and dark water, my money's on the minnow every time.