Dono - I'm more interested in a refuge...not terribly concerned about more carrying capacity. It's pretty much only me and my family that fish it so with just 'wild' capacity it's got WAY more fish than we can catch.

Littlebass - in the 5+ years since I built the pond this is the only kill I've ever had. It appears that the total damage is:

3 CC's (10-15 lbs each)
17 HSB's
6 BG's
1 LMB

Almost every single floater was down at one end. And that end was NOT the drift end, so my assumption is it was some sort of relatively localized kill in the 'shallow' end. The area where the floaters are is the only real shallow section of the pond.

No there really isn't any way to divert the runoff, at least not without major cost.


Dale

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