Rex,

Not sure if you followed it but I planted my bluegill brood fish late this year. I too thought they just didn't seem to be doing their thing. And I too netted up some bait minnows (in this case fatheads) but no gills. No signs of bedding, nothing along the edges. I even lined previous depressions with stone to entice them.

Then I thought I saw at least one bed in the deepest water of the pond. I go to the Pond Boss convention and when I come back I've got thousands along the edges of the shore line all the way around the pond.

Trust me they breed like cockroaches! Some will show up!

If pigs could fly bacon would be harder to come by and there would be a lot of damaged trees.