An Update - Thanks to all of you for your comments. I thought I'd post a follow up in case it's useful for others down the road. So I'll do a quick recap so folks don't have to read each post. North Texas, micro-pond, 1/4 acre, HBG, LMB, CC, severe drought with 105F days and found ~50 floaters mid August. So without a lot of options, I was able to run a 1/2" irrigation line ~500' from an outside garden hose. I ran it 1-2 hours per day for 2 months. It looks like the city water cost was ~$500. I was maintaining the depth at 2.5'. I also stopped feeding and turned the bubbler on except for the heat of the day (like 10am-5pm). This week we got 1" on ~Monday, 3" on Wednesday, and then another 2". With the first 3-4" of rain, the pond came up 4' and continued to rise to 8.5-9' now. I started feeding again last night and they were HUNGRY! So I've seen HBG and CC so far, but don't expect to see any LMB. I'm hoping to fatten them up now. Thanks again to everyone for the posts.
