Good information. Thank yall for posting! The muck is a big concern. I really dont want to break the damn, as I just had it reworked and enlarged 2 years ago, along with 2 other pond damns on the property.

Hoping I can drain with a siphon. Then I guess just wait until it dries enough to get equipment in there? Sounds like a good chance I wont make my deadline for getting all this done and new forage fish in there by spring time however.

Back to researching for the time being...