I have been reading here for about 6 months and I have posted some really dumb questions but I am sure that this next one will win an award. I am a bit hestitant to show you all just how limited my understanding of pond building is but here we go...
My understanding is that I want to grade the banks at a 3:1 slope to limit weeds. Since I am digging out much of the basin and widening the sides by removing the rock and will have a bottom depth of about 15 feet (this is the height of the banks to the botoom). The banks will run down from the shoreline to the bottom at 3:1 slope. Here is the question...
That means that the entire bank is a slope until it hits bottom. My understanding is that I want to place the fish structure at around 6 feet, PVC trees, Christmas trees. The spawning beds will be in shallower areas.
How do you place the structure on the slope? Or do you cut ledges in the slope to go around the pond? In Southern Wisconsin at what depth do I want ledges?
You can congratulate me now but please help me before sending the medal.
