Thanks for the kind words guys.
Dan, 3/10 of an acre did and still sounds small to me as well. If I did something wrong in measuring it, please let me know. I'll show I got this number below.
Yolk, not exactly a creek flowing into it, but a draw does empty into it. I've got a rough set of drawings....
The property drops from north to south, with the front (bottom of pictures) being around 400 in elevation and the back of the property (top of pictures) being about 385.
From east to west there also is a dip in the middle that creates a 300 foot creek by allowing rainfall to collect and flow into the pond.
For the sizing, I basically call it two bodies to work with. The main pond being 7 feet deep and measures roughly 75' by 100' semi-square and the draw/creek I call a triangle with a base of 15' and a length of 300' and average depth of 4-6'. Using the calculator at
http://www.csgnetwork.com/volumefishpondcalc.html I come up with 0.223 surface acres and 1.566 acre feet.
For your other questions, no I do not currently plan to feed. I would like to keep things natural and if not maintance free at least electricity free.
Yes, those are my kids and I hope to instill the same love of fishing (especially for sunfish) as I have. My daughter is already somewhat "hooked" so to speak.
Thanks again
