Eric, last year, I saw similar holes in my pond after the ice had set in.

There were a few holes like that.

Because the looked like ice fishing holes that had started to re-ice, I wondered if they were from poachers who may have been ice fishing my pond.

Hopefully, it's a natural thing.


Excerpt from Robert Crais' "The Monkey's Raincoat:"
"She took another microscopic bite of her sandwich, then pushed it away. Maybe she absorbed nutrients from her surroundings."