George,

Just to clarify what I have:

The subject of this thread is a single pond, when full is 8.5 acres. It was drained down (leaky stand pipe) about 8 feet before the drought. Additionally the drough has it down another 4 - 6 feet. (I got about 2' rise with the last rains in January).

The construction of this pond is such that when it is 14 feet low - there are actually two separate areas of water.

One of the areas was down to about 12’ – 18”, but with the rain is now up to ~3 feet deep. There are not many fish in this area.

The second area is currently 6 or 7 feet deep. This is where I was fishing last Sunday.

Each area is about 1 acre in size, connected by a small ditch.

I have deepened some of the dry areas (as much as I could afford - $) around each side.

I am leaning toward stocking high rates of Gambusia and Fatheads + Large CNBG in the March - April timeframe…assuming we get more rain.

One last additional comment – this pond is creek fed. I will not be able to completely control what goes in…therefore another reason to go LMB heavy to control the “unwanted” creek visitors.

- Smoke 'em if you got 'em

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