Bill, first off I'm still at the planning (dreamin) stage, that's why I frequent this place, amazing amount of info provided by guys like you. Our "dugout" was excavated last fall, approx. 150ft x 50ft x about 12ft deep,( I had the contractor come back and slope the sides after I came home and found a perfect rectangle with both sides at 90 deg. I was nervous walking close to the edge. To answer question 2, I originally expected to stock r.b and most likely will, but I still like the idea of Perch. I have two small boys and perch are a blast to catch, and they are "native" species here, I don't want to introduce anything that doesn't belong. Speaking of that, regardless of what I stock, I would still like to put some forage base in. Should I set minnow traps at local lakes? Legality is questionable.
2, local farm ponds have rainbows.
3, the only aeration I have seen is windmill and I'm not into that really.
5, I have a snow plow on my 4x4, it will be clear of snow, trust me, I sold the wife on skating already to justify the additional size of what was first "discussed"
6, We have 10 acres,Mature Poplar trees surrounding the low ground where dugout is.
7, Native people are not uncommon here, NWT is about 12 hours north of us. Once you get to -40, 20 degrees, either way really doesn't matter.
We had this dugout built mostly to abate a problem with backflooding of our land.....it was me that capitilized on it, and brought the whole fish thing into it. If it never becomes a fishery, I'm not worried, If a few ducks and misc critters choose to hang out, fine by me.
Thanks for interest Bill. Wood
