Pond Boss Forums INTRO Questions & Observations Establishing Golden Shiners

A smaller pond or 2 that will slow down the velocity of the moving water will allow the silt to fall out of suspension. Making the entrapment ponds in a shape that allows them to be easily cleaned out every few years will help. Don't forget to plan for the surrounding vegitation near those ponds to be severely disturbed when the ponds are cleaned out. Catmandoo has some very good ideas and plans for silt trap ponds.

Look in areas of the property that could have been low pockets when the river flooded. Those areas will fill up first with sediment. If the water was that high before, plan on it getting that high again....... If that water could get into the proposed pond, make sure it won't blow out the dam. Unfortunately, there won't be much you can do about unwanted fish species going into the pond if that happens, but you should be able to plan so the pond doesn't get blown out.