Pond Boss Forums Thread Like Summary - where are my fish?

i'm a new pond owner, and i can't find my fish. help!

here's what i've got:

- 20 acre feet of water
- 5 acres of surface
- two areas that are about 10 feet deep
- aeration pumps running in the deep areas
- summer water temperatures at the surface about 72 degrees
- summer clarity about 2 feet
- in winter it freezes
- i ran the aerators through the winter
- i'm up in the rocky mountains at 8,000 feet
- there are small plants growing on the bottom, and a little algae floating around

so, last october i got some fish:

- 110 count of LMB, 6"-8" in length
- 2200 count of BG, 3"-4" in length

i don't live up here full time, but i'm up about once a week - i never found any dead fish floating when the ice melted away. there is a spillover, and maybe they all died and floated down the spillover into the creek?

i can't seem to see any sign of the fish. i see bugs swimming around in the water, and that's about it.

is the density of fish so light that i'm just not finding them?

thanks guys - i'll wait for things to warm up a bit. the temps (air temp) are in the high 60s, low 70s - so the water temp should be getting close to that soon.

maybe i'll look at brook trout to add in. it'd be nice to try and have some active fish for all seasons.