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Hi ewest

Just got back to my post from helping out with our newborn baby girl! To answer your question, yes there is lots of structure and cover in the bottom. I had the equipment operators leave a series of trenches and plateaus in the clay as they were excavating for dirt to use in the levee and shoreline work. There is a lot of sand in some areas so most of the clay came from one area of the lake which caused most of the expansion to 10.5 ac. I also dug a network of trenches extending from the peninsula in different directions. I left the dirt from the trenches in large mounds spaced out along the trenches. There is a corner of the lake that is @ 3 ac that will be 4-5' deep. Here I dug trenches and hauled this dirt to the deeper areas to make 3 underwater islands that will extend to 3-5' from the surface. I came back and used demolition (brick and block) spoil and wood to add cover to all of these features.
Here are some pics of the shallow water trenches.









Uh Oh, baby Reagan calls! I'll post more pics later.