Thanks for all the comments! We have to plant something around the pond soon. We've had a lot of slow rain lately and although the pond is filling up nicely, we are getting a lot of big erosion cracks from the water running to the pond. Once full, the very large cracks may provide some good fishing areas, but I feel like our pond is filling up with mud from the runoff. We need something to hold the dirt in place until we can plant bermuda in the spring.