Welcome 'finally' to the site. Good to see another Louisianaian join the pond discussion. Advice is to keep reading and asking questions.
We have recently finished excavating our 1 surface acre pond. We applied lots of things in the excavation process that we learned from this web site.
We are currently adding fish structure and finishing up on the bulkhead
For a custom pond you will need to plan, figure, measure, plan, ask questions, run the numbers, change your mind, draw pictures of what you want, plan, measure, doubt your doing it right, seek advise, plan some more and finally reach a point where you say, 'awh heck just do it.' Then when your custom pond excavation is complete, you will step back and think dang that wasn't so bad why did I wait so long.
Stickem what side of the Cal river were you raised?
