Update time. Pics of the little seedlings in there natural habitat. Cypress:
Mayhaw:
It looks like almost all of them made it even though some are now in over a foot of water. The forester said as long as the tops are out of the water they should make it. Also, here are some pics of my baby fish nursery. It is almost like an estuary system when my pond is at full pool. Mini estuary:
Same area from a different direction, creek that flows into pond is on far left and spillway channel is in the center:
Spillway shot, mine is a little different than most peoples, this is about 200 feet from the pond and 6"-1' deep, and full of little fish:
Otto, I don't think I need to make that 1 foot tall dam to flood in the spring, it does it itself . Some may recall that I asked a question at the regional meeting about flooding extra area seasonally. This is what my pond does for 4-6 months out of the year. It seems to stay at this level until June or July when it drops back to its normal level which appears to be water table related. Between this area and another marshy area, I picked up about an acre of 6"-1' deep water flooding scrub and grass. I picked up a minnow net so I can catch and identify what all these little fish are . Grow them up in the big pond in the spring, then force them into the main pond to feed the LMB when it shrinks in the summer.
. Some may recall that I asked a question at the regional meeting about flooding extra area seasonally. This is what my pond does for 4-6 months out of the year. It seems to stay at this level until June or July when it drops back to its normal level which appears to be water table related. Between this area and another marshy area, I picked up about an acre of 6"-1' deep water flooding scrub and grass. I picked up a minnow net so I can catch and identify what all these little fish are 
. Grow them up in the big pond in the spring, then force them into the main pond to feed the LMB when it shrinks in the summer.
