Over the last week or two a hole in the dam turned into a cut. Last night I discovered the pond to be a stream bead connecting three small very crowded pools. I have friends and equipment to come help repair the dam tonight but I was wondering if I should take this opportunity to renovate the pond. I was thinking about creating some structure with rock pyramids with in casting distance from shore. May be digging a few holes in the shallow parts that are a flat as a swimming pool. I have a buddy with a dump truck that will bring me a couple loads of gravel for spawning beds.

Since the pond is spring feed the fish while stressed seem ok for the most part. I could thin out the Israeli carp, and remove any undesirable fish. I would leave all the small carp for the Musky and Bow fins too eat plus a few big breeders. I could probably take out 500 to 1000 pounds no problem. There are coulds of minnows so no problem there for extra forage. Because of the creek I have lots of snails and crawfish too. When it�s filled back up it will be pushing four acres total surface area with an average depth of 4 � feet. I was thinking have stocking Blue gill and Red Ears this fall and LMB this coming spring. I still am interested in the Musky/ Bow Fin Experiment but this is too good an opportunity to renovate the pond. How many blue gills and red ears would you recommend stocking?

PS I netted one of the Musky that was 10 inches when stocked two months ago and it measured 13 � inches!