Looks like a lot of potential right there! Just curious, if you went through the work and expense of draining it why not get a dozer in there to deepen some of the main channel? Although with a BOW that large I'd guess it'd be difficult to get it to dry out enough to not bury the dozer...

I can second rangersedge on the IDNR deal - I used them to stock my 7.5 acre pond and it was VERY affordable...less than 40 bucks.

Dale

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