Russ, The PVC is going to be tied into the gutters from the house roof as a source of water to the pond. Once the dirt is all moved and in place I am going to burry it. Thus double the direct run off to the pond. As for the PVC pipe I have one going through the berm that now has a anti seepage collar on it and a stand pipe going up for a drain off point. Near the road there is a drainage ditch when needed. Also you might see a few PVC pipes in the pond as fish runways for the smaller minnows and fish. I have used them in mine as well and find it keeps the smaller minnows safe from the big boys who can't get at them.
As for the perch most are in the 10-12 inch range now, but did have one that my brother inlaw pulled out that was near or at 14 inches. Was a lovely fish!!! A few ( 4 or 5 ) of the YP that came in were as large as 5-6 inches when they were added. Truth be told I think I have only had a pole in the pond about 4 times this season and maybe at most 10 times overall. Thus fish get no pressure and I have had tons of Fatheads and crayfish for the fish.
The strange thing about the area I live in is that the town has regualtions about everything and you must get a permit to breath, but they have NOTHING at all for Ponds. There is no setback regualtions. There are No permits required. There is absolutly nothing on the books for regulating ponds and locations. That being said, we are about 30 feet from the road and more than that from the Hydrant.
Trailsguy, I like that idea for the PVC pipe. I wish I thought of that!!!!!!
Meadowlark, My sister and I have already been discussing the additions and the manual work I am going to do this summer to modify the pond once we know how and where all the sides and levels will be.
As a note I added my sister to the members today. Her name here is Laura.
Welll enough for now. I spent a good deal of the day moving sod and boulders by hand and on a sled in the snow.
