Pond Boss Forums POND CONSTRUCTION Building a dam Building a 10 - 12 acre lake

Catfish: I sent you an email earlier this week. Holler if you didn't get it.

Robert: I am probably around 100 miles almost straight east of St. Louis and close to the intersections of Interstates 57 and 70. 130 miles southeast of Springfield. 90 miles northeast of Carbondale.

All: We seeded the island this morning. The main dam should be finished this week. I am renting a dirt scoop to do some additional work myself. Mainly removal of some more topsoil and building the three previously mentioned mini-ponds for forage. I will also be using my trackhoe to do some contouring yet. Overall, I think it has gone well considering the rains and etc. Just trivia, the last guestimate I heard was that the dam contained roughly 43,000 cubic yards of dirt. I'll probably get some GPS mapping done later this year or early next year (once it fills up) for actual dimensions of everything.