In the meantime, two more females spawned. Our remaining male was involved, but so were three of the younger fish. We were able to identify three of our four year olds as male.
The neighbor asked, "how can you tell they spawned?" One way is we looked at the water.
The water is covered with foam. Also, the cattails are all broken from the violence. It's a pretty harsh process. The male pushes the female against the rocks to help release the eggs.
Right now, the fish are enjoying a feast of fresh eggs. We'll see how many fry survive.
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