I think some standing timber is good. Cut the tops off a few feet above full pool level and drop the tops at the base of the tree. Leave a few in groups of 4 or so trees per group.

They wok best as part of an over all structure plan. They do well standing in creek beds or on ridge tops (cover on bottom structure). See Ray Scott's Presidents Lake plan.

A typical Ray Scott rendition of a pond with this method (pickle bucket method) and ridges , cuts and standing timber etc.



From the structure archive.

http://forums.pondboss.com/ubbthreads.php?ubb=showflat&Number=92463#Post92463

Last edited by ewest; 10/20/11 10:35 AM.