Any of you following the thread know that a while back i got some bad news about my soil. Soil tests came back very silty and was told it wouldnt hold water. We commenced digging the catfish pond(1/4 acre) and found it to be very silty just like the guy told me. We dug about 16 ft deep and no change. The brainstorming begins. I noticed the opposite side of my property would hold water after a rain so i had my pond guy go dig some test holes there. To my surprise all the holes had black jack clay down to 12 ft.
Needless to say, we moved the bass/bream pond to where the clay is and will be taking clay from that pond and packing it into the catfish pond. After a good rain the bass/bream pond is full to the brim and holding full. you can see the difference in the dirt below.
Almost time to start building fish habitat
