A small update.

The pond is doing good, just not many large fish. BG continue to spawn in the shallows and there arefry everywhere. The BG that spawn last year continue to grow and feed heavily at the feeder.

Do to me being very lazy I still haven't tested the water. My hunch was that the water flowing down the orchard rows was the problem so now I only fill through the pipe. I just got done bringing the pond up a couple feet. This time I didn't do it all at once but over three days. All appears well.

FA is going to be an issue until I can afford an aeration system.

My other issue I may have to deal with is the balance between LMB and BG. There is a huge population of BG in the pond and many of them are too big for the surviving 6-8" LMB to eat. Over the next couple years I hope the LMB are able to grow and keep the BG in check. If not the pond is small enough that I should be able to get it in check.