Started hauling and dropping gravel around the pond banks yesterday.
I had a load of 8" and a load of 3" brought in. Just dumping the 8" at first.
It was around 15 degrees. It's still a bit puckering to run the tractor down the slope to dump gravel. If it was slick at all, no way. Those 8" limestone rocks are heavy, put some dents in the bucket on the tractor.
Starting with SMB beds, then going to dump some additional and shallower spots for crawdads.


Also, can anyone tell me what this is? It's not a good pic, but the best I could get. It looks like a jell type mass of some kind. I thought maybe it was a dead frog just covered with some type of jell?? I was going to break through the ice to get a closer look. Easier said than done.


Last edited by SetterGuy; 01/03/15 08:22 AM.
9 yr old pond, 1 ac, 15' deep.
RES, YP, GS, FHM (no longer), HBG (going away), SMB, and HSB (only one seen in 5 yrs) Restocked HSB (2020) Have seen one of these.
I think that's about all I should put in my little pond.
Otter attack in 2023