On our family farm their is a fairly large pond in the middle of the woods.Id say the pond is roughly an acre. Pond use to be in decent shape however my grandpa died about 15 years ago and the place has been left un-touched since.

There is a decent amount of algae in the pond and it is shallow in parts. My cousin and I seem to think in the dead center it is still about 4 1/2 feet deep.

There are 2 ducks still swimming in the water and we recently found a giant turtle which my uncle has confirmed has been in there since he was a little boy. So that means that the water has to be somewhat livable right? I am wondering what we can do to get this thing in shape to stock with fish and clear up the water other than draining the entire pond as we feel would be fairly costly for 18 year old kids and a major project. any responses would be greatly appreciated.