One other important note. Make sure the contractor realize's he's building a pond & not just a dam.
Have a sketch of the pond you're wanting for him to look at when he bids.
Read on here (lots & lots of info here) to get ideas of how it should be layed out with structure & such & do as Dave says, get back issues of PB to read Mike Otto's articles.

Pond Boss Subscriber & Books Owner


If you can read this ... thank a teacher. Since it's in english ... thank our military!
Ric