Have you checked local fish and aquarium shops in your area? We have a couple in my area, that will take fish you no longer want. One will give you store credit and the other will just take them off your hands. I know Wal Mart and Petsmart won't do this though. It's worth a try. Glenda

PetSmart is the ONLY place here to buy fish so that won't work - thanks for the info though. Walmart here doesn't sell fish anymore, and there are no other shops that do.

I would place it under Farm and Garden. I actually just got some free fish from a woman who's fish had a tone of fry and she posted in farm and Garden.

craig's list has a "Free" category that I find to be the best place to post anything that's 'free'...and where I've seen pondfish posted...;)

This goes under "common sense", but be careful when dealing with someone from Craigslist (or anywhere for that matter). I recently responded to an ad asking for free koi because I have many to give away also. This guy even had a picture of his pond in the ad.

When I emailed to say the pond redo was delayed a week, he responded with abusive emails, accusing me of setting him up, cursing, etc. It was really freaky! I'm just glad I had given him my address yet.

Good luck.

Sheltieponder
Have you tried 'Freecycle'?
I'm in NC also and I see some people offering free fish.
Email me direct if you need more info.
Evelyn

I have a pond with 9 lg goldfish, lost two this year because they are old. would love a few more, and we put heater in during the winter and they thrive.