Wow ! is about all I can say to all of the info.about ponds on this site you guys are all awsome ! Now for the bad news. I now know that every thing I've done to build my pond has been wrong.It's so hard to find any home made ponds in California(larger than 1000 gallons) so I've felt like a loner. My 1500 gal. pond with 2 bass just didn't do it for me so we bought 20 acres 3 years ago, and of coarse "pond" was at the top of the list.The property is hilly so there was not much flat land. We turned a gully into a 200 by 80 foot pond with a max depth of 21 feet. It is a one pc. liner 4.5k lbs. .The shore is lined with moss rock (20 tons hand stacked) It is filled with winter rain and maintained with well water powered by a gas generator. I built a floating dock (no peirs 'cause of liner).It is airated by a windmill.I will try to post a pic.in the near future...I only have a small 10x15 sandy patch at one end 1 to 5 feet deep.The rest is pretty steep sided ,about a 45 degree angle.I put in about 20 l.m.bass 7 to 11 inches and about 20 blue gill. 100 lbs of live crawfish, and a couple thousand feeder fish(gold fish)from a pet store.The pond has been full for 2 years now and the bass have reproduced several times and I have about 20 12 inch gold fish. What I do know now is I need some structure. Any sug. for structure that wont rip the liner (40mil. thick). And most of all how do I fix my stocking screw-up ? Is ther any therapy for "pond envy" , I think I should of been born in Texas where I could build a real pond. Any help would be great!