Guys,
Assuming a cold water fish mix, what is my best bet for pond bottom countours, earthen structures, artificial structures. Been scouring PB for help, and I know that fish highways are important as well as cover for forage and YOY. Spawning habitat key as well. I've got access to heavy machinery (small bulldozer and small front load crawler) for the next 4 weeks, so I've got options. See my first post on this thread for current pond depth, structure. I also have the following materials at hand:
-As much broken up concrete as I need (or have the energy to move).
-Prob. 15 ton or so of 3-5 inch rock
-10 ton or so of road gravel
-5, 30 foot telephone poles
-10 or so unearthed small maple trees
-60-75 used combine and tractor tires
-50 or so feet of 4 inch corrugated PVC tubing
-50 or so feet of 12 inch corrugated PVC tubing
-20 feet of smooth 12 inch PVC pipe
-40 feet of smooth 5 inch PVC pipe
-Plenty of buckets, sacrete, and small diam PVC pipe
-100 feet or so of old, galv. chain link fence.
-10-15 wood pallets
-Lots of 1/4 inch, heavy duty industrial metal racks (real heavy).
I know that's a lot, but I'll take any start I can get. Gonna start on structure placement next week!!! So happy to be at this point, been a long 3 year process to finally get this right. Thanks again guys.
