We built a small pond three years ago, a little less than a half acre.We dug it in two parts joined in the middle, the first part is 30 feet deep and is sloped at a low angle and the deep hole slowly goes from one end to the other at an angle to be about 6 feet deep. I liked this but felt as dry as we get in the summer I wanted more bottom area for water and for the wintering the fish. So we dug a nearly square hole 15 feet deep with a 10 foot wide,6 foot deep ledge around it. i planted 25 bass, 25 catfish, all were 4-6 inches and 200 BG 13 months ago. Today we caught 2 catfish 17 inches long and a bass 13 inches. I was worried our muddy clay pond would not grow anything, WOW. you don't meed much if you feed them and let them do their thing! You may dig now and want to adjust to your needs in a few months or next year, make it yours!
half-acre pond, LMB, HBG, BG, GSH and CC ....goal is to have fun fishing. And I subscribe!
