My first post on the forum I recently bought a house with some land, and it had a 2.5 acre pond on it. I'm fairly happy with the current size and depth, but am wondering whether it would be worthwhile renovating to an extent to increase surface area and/or depth. I'm attaching a picture showing the depths of various parts of the pond. I'm a bit disappointed as the previous owner said it was supposed to be 24 feet at its deepest, but I guess I should have checked for myself before buying. The pond was kind of a bonus to the overall property, so I wouldn't have changed my buying decision either way. The shoreline is relatively shallow (<12 inches generally), but it does drop off fairly well in most spots to the numbers shown on the chart. I could possibly raise the dam, but not by much (1 to 2 feet maximum). Also, I could dig out the narrow side of the pond and make it more rectangular in shape. My goal would be to have a pond that will hold decent sized bass and bluegill, and some channel catfish. My question is whether the existing pond has sufficient depth and area to hold good fish or whether it would be improved greatly by expanding a bit.
