Sorry about being a stranger. I'm on the site from time to time, but work is killing me right now.

I started out a BG and LMB pond. I lined the pond originally by rolling out round bales to stop the erosion. We are in a heavy red clay area and the dozer guy would not leave any timber in the area.

So I basically ended up with a 1.5 acre at full pool pond. Depth goes down to 15 ft. when full. It finally filled this spring after two years. I did not stock until last fall (or until I got some water). It's down maybe 3 ft. since spring, but holding water great. It started out a chocolate milk color, but it's green now and has a clarity of maybe 3 ft. I think I'm lucky here.

I have not had vegetation growth started yet as the red clay is hard to grow anything in. My suspition is that after some decomposition, I'll start getting some vegetation growth. I have not done any fertilization or gypsum treatment. I don't think I need to. Fish are healthy and growing great.

The Gams started as I put a few more bales around the bank. As the bass started growing, the Gam population has really gone down. All the big Gams are few and far between, but I have BG from 1" to 7" so I believe the BG will give the bass what they need.

I will probably start areation next spring. Chad (who works for Bob) told me that I could get by without areation until next year. This year I'm enjoying watching my fish grow as I feed them on a nightly basis.

This hobby is addicting.