Thanks for the replies. I'll try and answer as many questions as I can. East 1/4 of pond has what I would call cabbage weed starting from about 10' depth to the east shore. West 1/4 of pond starts at a sharp drop off from deep water to about 16"-Lots of lilly pads and stinking muck that bubbles off gas especially when disturbed. Some years first ice is early Nov. and ice out middle April or later. Yes, enough ice that your kneeling to finish drilling a hole with hand auger. Usually snow covered the majority of winter, 1' to 2' and more. There are tons of minnows.(Chub,Northern Redbellied Dace and some small suckers that have been found in my minnow trap) As for wind exposure there is a spot close, where there would be North,East and West wind. I used a simple O2 test kit(accuracy questionable, but repeatable trends) through the winter the bass survived and the next one. Have numbers if wanted.
