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[Bearskie]

Apologies then It does seem that my artificial river only supports pond turtle fishing, which I mistakenly assume to be synonymous to fish fishing.  Although I don't see any further difference between 'real' fish and turtles; they're both fishable, edible and show up as fishes in the stocks screen afterall.  It is intriguing to see this ability of pond turtles to live outside the river tiles.

[mieserb]

I wanted to build up a fishing industry and I have a question. I want divert water from a river to an save indoor zone, which I then can use for fishing without my dorfs going out in the wild. Will fish populated that area? What are the restrictions for fish migration? Diagonal digs, opened hatches, floodgates, z-lvl drops.?

You can also wall off and enclose a section of river... will give you both running water and a fishing zone.

Well, that's what I did eventually, although I liked the the original idea better because it's quite a walk from my fort to the river. I tried to use an indoor fishing zone, but it always showed zero. 
Interesting though that my question spawned such a discussion. It seems noone is quite sure about the fish moving mechanics.
However I can vaguely remember having an indoor fishing zone in one of my previous forts and I don't recall having any problems. But I'm not a hundred percent sure about the layout I used.

[Bumber]

Although I don't see any further difference between 'real' fish and turtles; they're both fishable, edible and show up as fishes in the stocks screen afterall.

They have [NO_WINTER], which probably means you won't catch anything in winter, even in a non-freezing climate. Local populations might be limited per species, in which case fish would be less plentiful. You also might not want the shell clutter.