Pond Boss Forums Thread Like Summary - Safe Structure

I have concerns about swimers on my pond. The pond is shared by about 11 households. I dont want someone jumping into the pond and impaling themselves on a tree branch or a pvc pipe. I thought about just posting signs but then I thought about all the crazy lawsuits that actualy get awarded. If someone were to jump in and get hurt even worse die from my structure I'm pretty sure a sign would not cover my butt.

So... my question is do any of you have any Ideas for swimmer safe structure? I have come up with a few but I thought I would run this by the forum to get some more Ideas.

So far I am going to use tires, plastic gutter, and Backer rod. The tires and plastic gutters have been discussed in other posts but i'll describe my backer rod idea.

I plan on cutting 4-5 foot strips of backer rod and anchoring them to a cinder block and sinking them in about 6-7 feet of water. Has anyone else tried this? Is there anything I need to worry about with using Backer Rod (decay, loss of bouyency, etc..) ? I was basically trying to simulate an emergent plant reef. I assume BG and LMB would frequent this structure.

You won't need 'em in the new pond. You shouldn't stock crappie and definitely not flatheads. Why not crappie? They will be a management nightmare in that small of a pond.