Congrats, PFF. Maybe on your next rain dance you could skip a couple of steps.

Bruce, a week ago Friday and Friday night, I got 4.6 inches. It raised the water level of my main pond, the one closest to the house, about 18 inches. I went up Friday afternoon and found that we had another 3 inches which brought me up another 18 inches. It rained another inch that night and I got about an 8 inch rise but the water was still running in from an upstream small pond. I had to leave and get back home. I expect it will come up another 6 or so inches. I figure to still be about 3 or so ft. low. Bring on more rain. The ground is saturated so I'm getting pure runoff.

The one acre pond on my other place was about 6 inches from overflowing. It probably filled. Its not as deep as the one by the house.

One neat thing is that all of the clear water inflow appears to be sitting on the muddy water I had. I had about 4 inches of visibility and now, it looks like about 10 inches. I attribute it to filling above the level of the exposed banks.

I want to get back up there real bad but gotta put in some desk, telephone and internet time this week. Work sure interferes with my value system.

Hey Ponds, wait at least a month before stocking. Give the alkility time to leach from the soil. (Yeah, I know it's tough.) Do a water test with a pool test strip. It should be close enough to give you a general idea of what you are dealing with. Make a Sechi Disk to check visibility. And you despaired of ever needing one. I've been thinking about your mixed emotions. Cowering in sheer terror and wanting to run outside to see what is happening to the water levels.

It's not about the fish. It's about the pond. Take care of the pond and the fish will be fine. PB subscriber since before it was in color.

Without a sense of urgency, Nothing ever gets done.

Boy, if I say "sic em", you'd better look for something to bite. Sam Shelley Rancher and Farmer Muleshoe Texas 1892-1985 RIP Grandpa