Thanks Tom
The pond is from the 1940/50's it was dug because a local resort needed clay for their pond. The Size is approx 90 ft long by 40 ft wide. The pond used to be deeper. 8 years ago it was over 10 ft deep, today I was shocked to discover its half that deep and we have had a lot of rain. I guess we are getting a lot of silt and the leaf build up in the bottom is probably filling it in. It has never been maintained, the pond was on 11 acres that no one lived on.
This pond is fed from run off from a pond on adjoining property. When water gets low our pond doesnt get any above ground water only spring fed.It gets very low, I believe It needs to be sealed
The pond has frogs, and I believe either a muscrat or mink living in it. (I believe I said otter before). YES I see holes in the side.
We bought the property 9 years ago. Its 11 acres and has 3 small ponds. we're building a DIY house so we havent had time to do much to the ponds. We should be living in the house this year so hopefully next year we can work on it.
I would love to stock it so the grandchildren can fish(might even take it up myself) also would love to be able to swim in it.
The surrounding area is a wetland and the ground is high acid so Im not sure if it could ever be swimmable.
Thanks for your reply Tom.