Well, this is a picture of the pond finished and pretty much full.
Lessons learned:
When building an island, peninsula, levee, etc., consider packing. We talk about it with dams, but internal structures that we want to utilize above the water line is just as important. Also, if you think it is tall enough, add another couple of feet. How do I know this? When I was brushhogging the island at full pond with water trickling over the spillway, I nearly added pond structure in the form of a '64 model JD 4020. Even though I was at least three feet from the back, the seepage into the new structure made it quite soft. Packing and building it higher would have limited this problem.
Newly moved dirt grows weeds. Keep up on it while short because it will get out of control, FAST.
To do it all over again, I would have completely removed all fish and started over. I know have several larger bass and nothing to feed them. I've transplanted several larger BG from my other pond, but a dozen fish in a 4 acre pond is gonna take a while and any new fingerling stocking is going to be mostly SNACK! See these other posts:
http://www.pondboss.com/forums/ubbthreads.php?ubb=showflat&Main=9281&Number=97241#Post97241http://www.pondboss.com/forums/ubbthreads.php?ubb=showflat&Main=2211&Number=24029#Post24029Thanks to everybody for their interest and their remarks.
