Pond Boss Forums POND CONSTRUCTION Renovating a Pond or Lake? New/old pond

This is a re-post from my intrybut I thought some might see it here that didn't see it there. SO... I just purchased 65 acres with an established 20+ year old pond that's about 3 acres. The average depth is probably 6' with a nice shallow spawning cove and some 15' water near the spillway. It's in northeast Arkansas in the foothills of the Ozarks. Right now it has BG that are stunted and appear to be hybrids reverting back. It also has some black crappie and some LMB but most are stunted. I think my only choice is renovate the pond but time and money are both of concern since there's lots of other work needed on the acreage (dozer work, stands, food plots etc.). So my question is can I apply hydrated lime to it without pumping it all the way down and if so would it cost a fortune? My concern with pumping it down is being able to apply the hydrated lime to the bottom since this seems more difficult than than applying it to the water. And also the amount of time it will have to stay down before it dries enough for me to access it and then the amount of time it will take to refill. My goal is to stock coppernose bream and shell crackers and LMB and try to raise big blue gill. I have 7 & 8 year old boys and they love to fish as does my wife. So I'm looking for suggestions on the fastest way to renovate as cost effectively as possible. Thanks in advance!

By renovate do you mean that you want the fish gone so you can start over? Or do you mean you need to do dirt work, repair the dam, add structure, etc where you need the pond empty?

If you want to start over with a blank slate with fish can't you just use an effective fish poison (i.e. rotenone) that non-selectively allows you to start over without any need to drain water?

Yes I mean kill all the fish and start over. I'm not very knowledgeable on the subject but in the small amount or research I've done it appears the hydrated lime is much less expensive than rotenone which appears to be quite high. But all of that info is what I'm trying to gather.