Cecil and Bill,
In addition to drilling the holes to check ice thickness, I also wanted to check pond depth. Its been 7 years since the pond was excavated. In all the holes I checked, pond depth has decreased about 0.5 feet. I'd like to think the desilting pool I made upstream of the inlet is serving its purpose.
Cecil, we were fishing 1-2 feet from pond bottom.
Bill, the pond water is clear but very dark. I have a number of swamp white oak trees that ring the pond and the leaves make for some very dark water. The game plan is to clear out some of these oaks to help cut down on the volume of leaves that enter the pond.
Russ
