My concern is if the pond will hold water well. I hope so for your sake. Those small basins with depths of 16'&18' appear to be essentially dug holes which can work in very dense clay walls, but often those types of ponds leak. IMO the wave action on shorelines is very good for the overall health of ponds and lakes because the waves thrash the shorelines to keep them aerobic with minimal black sediments. Shorelines should be stabilized with emergent vegetation and or rip-rap.
On good notes the steep sides will reduce the submerged plant growths and infestations. The shallow ridge could easily become weed-choked if the wrong plants become established. IF you work to manage the YP as pellet fed fish you can produce quite a few of them per year for table use in this pond compared to if they were not fed pellets.
Last edited by Bill Cody; 06/16/12 01:32 PM.
