My brook trout pond usually stops going out the overflow and begins to drop around August/September for a while then flows again. It's been so dry here it's already down a foot. I have a spring with good cold flow about 1,500 feet away. I'm running 1" line from it to the Brookie pond. Will check the temp at the source and the temp coming out at the pond. I will run the line mostly through heavily shaded woods but I still expect a rise in temp. If it's excessive I plan to get the backhoe out and dig a couple deep holes in a mostly eastward facing low spot uphill from the ponds and loop a few hundred feet of line and bury it in the hole before continuing the run to the pond. This should cool the water sufficiently prior to allowing it to fall about three feet as it enters the pond to help with oxygen. The vertical drop from the spring source to the pond I estimate to be about seventy feet, perhaps a bit more. This pond is quite small, about 1/10th acre. Not sure if you have a layout that might allow you to try something similar but thought I would put this here for consideration. I plan to have this in place over the next couple days. Ran 600 feet after work this evening.
Last edited by Hollywood; 06/29/16 09:12 PM.
