Goldfish in Winter

With the water temperature just under 40 degrees, the goldfish don't swim around much. Here is a great picture of a bunch of them laying just above the bottom of the pond. As you can see they didn't scatter when I moved the stryofoam, they are almost motionless. I have cut back on the feeding from daily or twice a day to weekly and they don't go after the food with any vigor at all. It is nice to see so many fish with the frequent visit by the Egret who I have read can clean a pond of fish pretty fast.