I prefer very limited structure in the deep water where you will be ice or summer fishing because this will allow larger fish to entangle your fish line thus loosing the fish and lure. IMO place most of your 'branchy' structure in shallower water for the smaller fish as refuge areas from larger fish. As far as locating fish to catch in deeper water in winter, where can they go to not be found in the belly of a 0.5 acre pond? Finding YP that are abundant in a 0.5 ac pond is not very difficult. Aerating both basins in winter will limit ice fishing. I would consider aerating only the one shallower basin in winter.

Last edited by Bill Cody; 06/17/12 04:34 PM.

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