Pond Boss Forums POND CONSTRUCTION Creating habitat Depth of Structures and Covers?

I see you have not got any answers yet so I will chime in, although I am far from being any sort of expert on the subject.

Some cover at all depths is good in that as seasons change and the fish go deeper the deep cover will be good in the winter months.

It depends on if you aereate or not also. With aereation fish will use more deeper cover than if there is a thermocline and the deep water is mostly devoid of oxygen.

Another thing to think about is your goals for the structure. Are you trying to provide cover so YOY fish do not get eaten as quickly so they provide more forage for your predators? Then some very shallow near shore cover from a few feet deep all the way to the surface would be beneficial.

Are you trying to concentrate fish to make them easier to catch? Your cover will be different in that situation than trying to provide cover for newly hatched fish.

Also depends on what natural cover you already have. Have lots of shore line weeds to 3' deep? Probably do not need to worry about adding more shallow cover.

I know I ask more questions than I gave answers, but these are the thoughts that go throuh my mind when thinking about the subject.

Check out the cover/structure archives in the forums list for some more discussion ideas.

Give us some specifics about what you are trying to acomplish and some of the experts (not me) can give you more specific answers.

Hope this helps.