There are four ponds on property all separate space of land between each is the size of a drag line. The ponds were built in the late 50's early 60's. Over the years three of them are dry in summer. One is fed by a small spring and although water is limited when very dry to just the spring area there are fish in this one. The other three ponds used to have water and fish in them up until probably 1990. One of the ponds would like to make deeper and really manage it for some decent fishing. Each pond is only probably a acre in size. They are probably 50 yards long and probably 25 yard across each one. My uncle dug the ponds years ago and we do not have drag line anymore. We do have a bulldozer though and can get access to an excavator. These are just ponds holes with water. We are in southeast Georgia and we call them bar pits. I would like to dig one of the dry ones out and start brand new and stock some fish to catch. Is this as easy as just getting excavator and go to digging. There was water before in them so I know they will hold water. The pond that has water in has a mixture of all kinds of fish. mudfish, jackfish (redfin chain pickerel, I have caught some small bass, tons a stunted growth bream, I assume the the top predator is the jackfish since some of those are over 2-3 lbs. That pond used to have bass, bream, catfish.