I checked the bottom temperature last summer and it was only a few degrees cooler. I guess pumping water in and out all of the time keeps the water temp the same or close to it at all depths. Also now I've got the 1/4 horse compresser with 2 diffusers that i put in last fall so it might be even more uniform this summer. At first I did think about a trout only pond but I thought I would be pushing my luck with them. I didn't want to spend alot of money on them only to have a heat wave come through and leave me with nothing to fish for.