Although I don't post much, I thouroughly enjoy reading the forum daily. Additionally, even though I'm official pond guru, to my runnin' buddies, I feel kind of like a poser giving advice on this learned forum when I don't actually have a pond. I guess that will change next week.
My contractor informed me yesterday that he would start clearing trees today, dam next week, shaping, contouring, sedimentation pond week after next. We dug holes yesterday, in the bottom I've got beautiful black gumbo below 18" of topsoil, on the slopes an 8" layer of shaley topsoil, with yellow/orange clay thereafter. I'm so darn excited I can hardly work.
180 ac watershed, 50 ac land, mostly brome, 4.9 ac of surface area as presently planned. Wife decided yesterday we needed more water, did I tell you how much I love my wife... so contractor reshooting elevations today, raising dam 3'. Contractor thinks will give us approx 7 to 7.5 surface acres.
I pity the first stocking, b/c as soon as I have 2' of water, don't care what the visibility is, some fatheads and bluegill going in.
I'll take pictures of the process and post at a later date. Wish me luck.
