Eric,
I dont have details on my water at this point such as hardness and alkalinity...The pond was bottom was limed and filled and I have to sterilize now because some trash fish came in during the filling.
The flow through will dry up in the heat of summer but all in all this pond has good runoff and should not need any supplemental water from the creek.
I plan to aerate it with a Vertex Airstation aeration system.
As for depth - I'm about 10ft on average - 18 ft at the dam and a shallow end shelf about 3ft.
Total size is about 3 acres.
All female LMB would be nice!! Would you guys feel comfortable trusting a purchase of all females or would you grow them out yourself and move them in the spring when they can be sexed?