Rod and I posted at the same time it seems, but if the dates on the pictures show the fish at the time of stocking (which it seems to), then you most likely had a spawn over the summer or into late fall '23.

Did you ever see circulate moon-crater, dish type bowls in the shallows of your pond? That would be bluegill spawning beds.

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."