pondsea:
Welcome to the forum! You've already made a huge positive step by finding this website and asking. If you haven't already, read through this site as much as possible, buy the books, subscribe to the magazine, (those costs aren't much compared with what you'll have in your lake) and check out the following two sites.
http://www.in.nrcs.usda.gov/pdf%20files/PONDS.PDFhttp://www.tnfish.org/FarmPondManagement_TWRA/PondConstructionManagement_TWRA.htmlLots of other states have good info also that you can find by searching for pond construction / planning / etc...
http://www.aces.edu/pubs/docs/A/ANR-1114/ANR-1114.pdfDepending upon your rainfall, I would worry about ensuring you have enough spillway to handle a rain event. I don't know; but would imagine much of the rain hitting a 150 acre steep mountain watershed would run off fast - especially if it gets much snow or snow melt. I don't know if it is possible to sod your shoreline in advance or if sediment ponds are feasible options in your area?
Doing my lake over again, I would definitely have done more planning, built sediment ponds with pipe (plus emergency) spillways during initial construction, made sure there was a lip so trash fish couldn't get into pond through water running over the spillway, tried to figure out some way to ensure pond was empty until ready to be full (either pipe through dam, leave trench, or something - not sure what - all those options have drawbacks), done a better job in getting every area well sodded, planned out landscaping in advance, trusted my contractor's judgement regarding depth of one ledge, probably would have purchased my own laser level, might have purchased some hybrid striped bass fingerlings to stock at same time as largemouth fingerlings, etc. ... I wonder if you could have smallmouth bass or trout in a high spring fed lake? One caution is that springs can go both ways (either putting water in or taking water out) depending upon pressure. I had small springs in mine that are fairly deep; but they don't seem to be affecting water level much either way.
Just read all you can read and learn all you can learn... Now, I'll stop and allow the experts here to give good advice.