Thanks for the idea. I have been toying with the idea of adding a little waterfall feature on one side of the pond. I have power and a water hydrant there if needed but could also pump and recirculate from the pond. I have a natural slope from the driveway down into the pond on that side. I could use some landscape rocks to get another couple feet of elevation up by the driveway, then use liner to make a small pool at the top, then a stair step pattern down to either a lower pool or just a cascade into the pond. The top pond or the series of two ponds would be enough to allow for at least some minnow reproduction.
I have a very small JD diesel 4x4 tractor with front end loader (X748 with 45 loader) I'm told if I add a piranha or similar cutting bar on the edge of the bucket it will do fairly well in shaving off dirt and doing some digging into the side of the sloped area which may be all I need.
