FireIsHot, I'm not sure you got the picture of my situation. The tree tops in the creek channel were not put there by running water. They are left over debris from logging the area where the pond will be. Before the logging operation, the creek channel was fairly clear with the occasional dead log laying in it. The natural fast running water from big rains kept the creek cleaned out.
When the pond fills, the creek channel will be submerged. The only way to get the tree tops, brush, and logs out of the creek channel now will be to pull them out with a track how before the pond fills up.
When the pond fills up, it will fill the creek channel, which averages 8 foot deep with steep sides. The creek channel will still be 6 foot deep in the shallow end of the pond and at the mouth of the pond this will be the only place containing water.
