A friend sent me this URl and I am happy he did!

GREAT SITE! I am sure I will be spending some time here. I purchased 162 acers back in 2000 and have been intensly managing it for whitetail deer. The land has 2 beaver ponds, but the only thing it is missing is a good bass fishing lake. Well, we had the NRCS map the placement 3 weeks ago, and I sent the permit application to the Corps 2 weeks back and just waiting for aproval. Looks like we will soon be pushing dirt on our soon to be 2.85 acre lake.

Can't wait! I just signed up for the POND magazine subscription, and I would be open for all suggestions and ideas that some of you more experienced lake owners have been through. We're doing a ram pump from the base (18.5'deep water) at the dam, we're also adding an irrigation hook up line to be used in watering wildlife openings etc. We plan on building bottom structures in selected aeras, doing some bottom trenching for fish to travel, as well as adding some sand and gravel etc. Anything else, I am open for all ideas.

Thanks in advance and I am sure I will be enjoying your site in the future!

early riser

private property owner, wildlife manager.