You gave up balmy Severna Park for the snows of NE Ohio? smile I live in Crownsville, no neighborhood, just off Old Generals' Highway. My creek is actually the headwaters of the South River (probably the source of my snapping turtles) but that isn't where the "pond" is. AA county requires all impervious surfaces to be downspouted into a "catch basin". Mine is 1/3 acre and all clay. Very little sand anywhere on my 6 acres. I dug out all the cattails and I don't have mosquitos because I have hundreds of hungry toads and frogs. I only wanted fish to look at, not eat. All advice very much appreciated Black Bass.