With the early warm weather they could be a Feb spawn.
I think that might be correct. Today I found three 1/2" live BG in a tiny puddle left over below the spillway after it stopped running over. They were so small the lower half was almost transparent.
No telling how many small BG got into my new pond that I only stocked 58 CC, 30 RES, 15 HBG, and 800 FHM into. With the small watershed and small leak, I figured the "old" pond would run over maybe once every 4 or 5 years. WRONG! It has been over twice in the past 16 months.