Dave we have 3 oxbow ponds 400 yards south (below the control structure) of a 33,000 acre flood control Res. which is connected to a river which is seperated from the ponds by about 50 yards of river bank . No effective management. The river overflows and replenishes the ponds several times a year. Trash fish like you would not believe. Gators also and beaver and otter and water turkeys and trespassers and duck weed and milfoil ... every type of problem you can have. A real challenge. It is a great place but I don't want the other ponds to be like those.