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#184782 09/24/09 03:31 AM
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If you could change 1 thing about your pond, what would it be?

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Id make mine bigger and deeper.


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I would haul it to somewhere that it rains.


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 Originally Posted By: TOM G
Id make mine bigger and deeper.

Ditto

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For me, I'd make it bigger.

Then again, I didn't build my pond.


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I would have zero storm drains loading it with nutrients.


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 Originally Posted By: Dave Davidson1
I would haul it to somewhere that it rains.


As usual,the guvnor is right,if it rained a little around here,I wouldnt need it deeper.

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Put a glass dome over it so I could manage the whole environment.


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One for each pond.

More time to do needed items.

A manager with better knowledge of how things work.

A good way to know what has happened (who fished and what they encountered i.e. more eyes on knowledge).
















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Roll the clock back about 25 years ...



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Move it 499.98 miles closer to my house. Someday I'm gonna move my house 499.98 miles closer to the pond, so I guess it'll all work out.


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Switch the water/land ratio of the property. How much dirt do you need anyway?

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Bigger!!


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 Originally Posted By: BrianH
Switch the water/land ratio of the property. How much dirt do you need anyway?


Dang I like the way you think! For me that would be a 27 acre lake and 3 acres of dirt. I could live with that.

Heck I could live with 29.5 acre lake and .5 of dirt.

Or 30 acres of lake and live on a house boat!

Well, maybe that's just getting greedy.


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I would have to say a little bigger and deeper also. If I had to choose 1 I would say deeper.


The only difference between a rut and a Grave is the depth. So get up get out of that rut and get moving!! Time to work!!
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 Originally Posted By: Dave Davidson1
I would haul it to somewhere that it rains.


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I'd have a Wiseguy add my neighbor as "weighted stucture"!



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I would have added more structure and built it sooner(wish I had it when kids were still home)

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Not bought it

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 Originally Posted By: Rainman
I'd have a Wiseguy add my neighbor as "weighted stucture"!


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