Thanks for the feedback - I look forward to getting more. Here's a reply to some of the questions...

1. What are your goals for the pond? (type of fish that you desire, etc).
Answer: A nice private fishing pond with large mouth bass and panfish (brim, bluegill, etc). The current owners told us they caught a 10 pound large mouth bass out of the pond a few years ago. They also told us that the pond is currently 3 feet low due to us having a very dry summer, with the creek that also feeds the pond being virtually dry right now.

2. Does the pond get run off from surrounding areas?
Answer: Half of the pond is surrounded by 8 acres of pasture where 2 horses roam and have access to one small corner of the pond. The other half of the pond has the house I'd be buying, along with 2 other houses that have their back yards end about 50 feet from the waterfront. any run off would be from backyards and would be basic rain water run off.

3. If yes what is on the surrounding properties (example is it natural land or a pig farm)?
Answer: Explained above.

4. What is currently in the pond? (fish and vegetation)
Answer: I've been told large mouth bass, brim, panfish, bluegill, etc. - They also put in 10 sterile grass carp years ago. We have seen these floating at the top and they are giant. I don't expect them to live many more years. Not much vegetation that we can see. There is the surface algae, but that keeps us from being able to see down into the water.

The bottom is very mucky. When I was doing my depth test out in the paddle boat I had a 5 pound weight on the end of a rope and everytime i picked up the weight from the bottom there was plenty of muck on the weight. There was also visible muck/dirt disturbance below the surface of the water that I could see everytime I pulled the weight from the bottom. I did a small stick test in the pond and it seemed to have 4 to 6 inches of muck before it hit a hard surface.

With 8 acres of pasture space I would have plenty of room to dump the muck if i chose to drain the pond, so I guess that would be a positive. I just have no clue what it would cost to have something like that done.

Thanks for all feedback and insight,
Drue