Sorry for the late reply Bob. I have been working away from home ( somebody has to pay for this pond!)I am probably too far south from you, 30mi south of DesMoines, But if you are looking to go into Iowa, the southern part of the state is by far pond heavy when compaired to the rest of the state see...http://www.onicetour.com go under articles titled southern style pan Fish. We tend to take our ponds seriously down here due to the lack of large lakes and reservoirs.To mister Lusk... what does a guy have to do to buy a hat around here any way?

Ted Kennedys car killed more people than my gun ever did.