On other posts I've talked about a renovation project in remaking a 50 year-old 1/4 acre pond into a new 2 acre pond. The problem I have encountered in this do-it-yourself project is getting the muck out of the old pond. It seems that without a large track-hoe some of the muck in the middle area will remain.
Okay, is that really all that bad? Is it a fatal problem? This 1/4 acre pond was virtually never fished and we have in the last couple of days taken 10 bass averaging 2 pounds out of it...the old pond still has about one foot of water remaining. The fish are really healthy and interestingly there are no small bass only blue gill and 2 pound bass with one fish pushing 4 pounds. I'm inclined to conclude that the bottom muck isn't all that bad. Other than eventually in another 50 years turning the pond into pasture, is it really all that bad?
The new pond will add water depth of about 6 to 7 feet in the area of the old pond, plenty of water to support a fish population and postpone the pond's demise another 100 years. Why should I spend mega bucks on a track-hoe to get to this inaccessible gem of an old pond with lots of muck?
