Background: We have a 1/3 acre pond about 12 feet deep in middle in central OH. Pond was finished in late summer 2022 and stocked in 2023. Actually pulled a few decent sized bass and some blue gill out last summer. We had blue gill spawning beds around edge. We have 4+ acres of woods, so get quite a bit of leaves and such in it. A small creek feeds it and we have a spillway on opposite end. There is a 24" bypass and an 18" inlet with their tops level with each other so that no water comes in from creek unless it is deeper than 6". All in all it seems like a healthy young pond.
The edge is looking a little nasty right now. Some algae already blooming, dead leaves, etc. I have used Muck Out before, but my wife read somewhere it was good to take a rake and clean up around the edge. I started too, but kind of felt like maybe I was messing with something that Mother Nature takes care of just fine without my meddling. I attached a pic of the shore.
