I had a nice lake, about 2 acres but I wanted to add some technical structures for training my labrador retrievers. Last summer and fall drought gave me an opportunity to do some work on the main pond. First project was to take an old mudhole below the dam and turn it into a "swim-by" pond for training young dogs to handle in the water. Here's that pond.
The water on the left is the strip pit, a result of mining the area. My 2acre lake is on the right. I dug out the mudhole till it was about 6 feet deep and about 30 yards by 15 yards. Built a dam up on the left there.
