Thank you for the replies. OK First of all when I first bought the place, the previous owner has been filling his aboveground pool with the water from the lake and it was very clear. About 2 years after I added the goldfish I noticed that the water that was pumped up from the lake made the pool very dirty. I had a heck of a job keeping it clean so in the end I scrapped the pool.
I assumed that it was the goldfish that made the water a blackish brown color.
I am keeping the trout in the basin above the lake where the water from the lake in recirculated.I only buy enough for our consumption and restock every year.
My Goals for the pond are to breed the bass and to swim and generally enjoy the pond. I built a log cabin right there and I like to sit and watch the fish jump.
There are lots of big frogs and thousands of tadpoles (big ones) and also leeches. Do the Bass eat these things also.
I have caught other fish ( about six inches) but I dont know what they are and I have see hundreds of little baby fish I suspect that there is plenty of food.
I do not think that I can get bluegills here, I had a hard enough time finding Bass.
To sum up, I would like:
The water to be clearer
The Bass to breed
To get rid of the leeches
To be able to sit by the lake and watch the fish jump.
Thanks for any input.