Hello folks, my name is Josh and I hope you will be able to either lead me to some links or give me any of your knowledge on a problem I seem to be having. I have a 134.7 length by 87 w 10 foot ( acres?) deep pond that I excavated myself 2 July's ago. The water level however, only stays about 3 feet deep all the time. I would have already drained the pond but the fish are in their and i wanna try to aviod that. I know alittle about constructing a pond from a freind that did him one, he refered me here. I made the pond with a keyway of solid clay so I can rule that out so here it is. When I exacavated this pond I notcied some areas had water puddles the next morning. Since i'm not a expert I didn't think much about it much til now. I notcie when the pond fills after a good rain it's drops about 3 inches a day until it gets to the level I mentioned. I looked today at it and where the water came at from construction as mentioned, there is a hole going through the side of the pond about the of a soup can ( in circular form). It looks like it goes deep but I dont know. The water is right on the edge of this and not losing any water so I know it could be the problem. Anyone recomend anything or able to tell me what this can be. Is it something i can fix or am i screwed? We haven't had rain in a while and I the water being like 3 foot cannot be good for to long. Thanks Josh