Actually we stairstepped the pond up from the deepest point out to the edges so that the sides are a 2 to 2.5 to one grade on the banks, per MO DNR specs to keep the weeds from getting hold. The west facing bank grades down into a long sandy/gravelly shelf approx 6 feet wide by 30 feet long by 3 to 4 ft deep that we saved for spawing beds...I'm anxious to see how the fish like it.
