Pond Boss Forums INTRO Questions & Observations res spawning ?'s

i am almost sure i saw them on the bed late last fall here in my pond, but it was in the opposite corner from where these now are spawning. i saw them late yesterday evening, they were in their full mating ritual. they were so black in color it was unreal. they looked like flounders swimming around on their sides bumping into each other.

today about midday they had calmed down, just a single fish per bed and the color had lightened up.