Originally Posted By: Kaos
Originally Posted By: Shorty
How big were the RES? To me thoses look like young of the year (YOY) BG or RES.


The Redear Bream were probably 2" on average, much bigger than these little things.
If I have this many in this little puddle, I can't imagine how many are in the pond.
I am planning on putting bass in the pond during the spring.


RES reach sexually maturity around the 5" mark and a late fall spawn would not be be unheard of. Based on your stocking size I am thinking someone may have bucket stocked your pond or some fish made their way in during a high water event.

The picture below is a mix of RES and golden shiners (GSH) from my pond. At small sizes different types of sunfish are hard to tell apart.