Joey sorry I missed your question. Your comment is true in a general sense but may not be for all ponds.

In some locations natural alkalinity is high (to high for fish in some places)and it would be a mistake to add lime (and a waste of money). In addition some places have droughts which further concentrate the elements in the water.

Most of the piney woods south needs lime for ponds but there are a few places that do not. That is why it is good to have a soil test baseline for every pond. They are inexpensive and provide the pond owner the basics to work from. Three years is about right on timing if you put enough in the first time.

If you are going to have 4 tons brought in then putting most of it in the pond would be ok. Do you have any food plots or other areas around the place that could use some? I assume they will bring the lime in a spreader truck. If so and you don't have any other places (food plots , gardens etc) to put some then I would put 2.5 tons in the pond and the rest spread around the watershed most near the pond. I would use at least 3.5 tons in the pond and watershed and if you have other places which could use it then you could spare a little to help those.

The report did not call for fertilizer. I thought you put some out in the watershed earlier. I would hold off on any fertilizer to see if you have a natural bloom this spring. Then go from there.