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otto #139333 11/22/08 11:54 PM
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Almost done. Everything should be completed over the Thansgiving break.



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Looks good. How steep will the sides of the dam be? I made mine what I thought would be an easy angle to mow, but it's almost too steep. If I had it to do over again, I'd make that slope above water more level for mowing.

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The front will be to steep to mow but the back should be ok.

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Go Chris go

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Chris,

Looks good...how many tractor hours would you guess did it take to get to this point?

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Well the Thanksgiving break ending up being a total waste. Wednesday evening our friend was digging on the upper end of the pond when the hydraulic arm that steers the backhoe broke. We didn't get it reinstalled until late Saturday. We need to dig out about 100 more yards of dirt and then spread the topsoil.

Matt, I have no idea how many hours we have worked on the pond. My guess would be less than 100 hours among the 3 of us that have worked on it.

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And just to think that you could have been fishing for fathead minnows the whole time the back-hoe was broke down.


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Bummer Chris. Having a piece of equipment breakdown or not having a stupid part that is not readily available sideline a planned work schedule really mades me mad. Been there done that a bunch of times.


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the break down takes the fun out of the dirt business

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We are almost done.

View from the upper end. We need to take out about a foot of dirt on the left and right bank near the upper end. The extra dirt will be placed on the dam to give us more freeboard.



This is a picture near the middle of the watershed. On the left you can see the pipe that goes under the road and drains away from the pond and on the right you can see a puddle that drains towards the pond. During light runoff events most of the water runs through the pipe and not into the pond but during heavy runoff the water runs across the road and into the pond.Our plan is to put a pipe under the road uphill of the current pipe so that most of the water will drain to the pond. We will cap the current pipe until the pond is full and then remove it so the water will drain away from the pond.



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That really does look good. A lot has changed from when we first looked at the site.. All you guys need is a little rain.

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Chris, I like the channel in the middle of the pond. What will be the pond's depths in the channel and outside of the channel?


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On the upper end, the channel will be about a foot lower than outside the channel that is 3-4 feet deep.When you get down towards the middle of the pond the channel is 3-4 feet deeper then outside. The top of the channel will be about 5-6 feet deep.

I am going to place some Porcupine Fish Attractors and PVC trees right along the drop off and maybe place some cedars in the channel on the upper end.

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We are pretty much done with the pond. I am going back down in 2 weeks to put out some more structure and that will be it.

Here are a bunch of pictures.









Culvert that makes the watershed bigger.


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Upstream side of the culvert and the HTWDD in the background




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I'm very impressed.


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Looks great.

With average rainfall ... how long do you expect it to take before the pond fills?

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If we get our normal rainfall it should only take a few months. The watershed is all clay so as soon as the ground is saturated the rest of the water will flow to the pond. It will only take about 5-6 inches of runoff to fill the pond.

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What inspiring structure; DirecTV meets the Flintstones. That's something that could be in MY pond.

Excuse me, there's something in my eye.


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Lookin' good Chris - can't wait to see it full of water...!



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Get some fatheads in there man!!!!

Where burgermeister when you need him?


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Fatheads will be going in at the end of the month.

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OK, now back to the books.


It's not about the fish. It's about the pond. Take care of the pond and the fish will be fine. PB subscriber since before it was in color.

Without a sense of urgency, Nothing ever gets done.

Boy, if I say "sic em", you'd better look for something to bite. Sam Shelley Rancher and Farmer Muleshoe Texas 1892-1985 RIP
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Or we'll never learn what they call the valedictorian at Arkansas Tech.


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It looks real good, Chris. Nice work.

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You've got it looking really good Chris. I sure hope you get some rain soon. \:\)


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