Pond Boss Forums STOCKING A NEW POND Types of fish to choose New 3.5 acre pond in PA

That is interesting about the crayfish Bill. Showing my ignorance I always figured a crayfish was a crayfish. Didn't even think about varieties. Guess that would be like saying all fish were alike.

I would agree with you on the deep burrows being in shallow or seasonally shallow water. While cleaning out two different old ponds I ran across some interesting clay/soil where the crawdads (as we call them) had burrowed deep and when they were gone burrow filled in with silt, making an interesting pattern when the dozer cut through the soil. I was amazed how deep some of these were. As I recall I was digging in the 6-8' range and still running across them.

But as you said, this was where water (because of the pond silted in or the dam broken) stood only part of the time and then shallow only. I don't recall seeing any of this where water had stayed at least a few feed deep.

Edit: after thinking about it the 6-8' depth would have been from my projected full pool line. But the burrows still must have been 5-6' deep in actual soil depth in places.