what happened is that my pond is gonna be about a foot below what i orignally thought. so i will end up with 1/4 of my 0.25 acre pond being only 1-3 feet instead of 2-4 feet. i decided to use a mini excavator to dig out the area down to 5-10 feet with the extra dirt i will create a small island with shoreplants and a bench the island will drop off to the creek channal which is about ten feet deep. i still will have an area of 1-3 feet for bluegill spawning but i thought 5-10' of water would hold fish better then 1-3 feet. my question is has anyone used a mini excevator? how did it work? i cant use a backhoe in due to steep slopes and only a narrow 6ft wide path into the area. the mini is 4.5ft wide with a 8 or 9 foot dig depth. the area would be exclusivly for fish no swimming so what structure would be good?
Thanks i was hopeing to due this over my spring break in april before i let the pond fill

0.22 acre dam pond LMB, BG, and CC