Dave one thing i forgot to mention the pond is surrounded by woods and there is about a 4 foot high burm around the pond and the woods is about 6 to 10 feet away from the water.
Not real sure how to get equipment in to compact the dirt. One end could be reached by a dozer cutting through and that is the only spot a dozer could get into the pond because of the steepness.
Because of this - that is the reason i was interested in the ESS-13 stuff.