thought this would be fun if we could get people to write back on the size of pond and what state you are located.

louisana,5 acres,pond 3 years old

8.5 acres, 32 feet deep, North GA, start building in two weeks!...... 21,300 Cubic yards of dirt in the dam

Georgia neighbor:

Sounds like you've got a juicy project lined out. Exciting stuff. Make sure you post a few photos.

Mark McDonald
Founding editor

Georgia neighbor:

Sounds like you've got a juicy project lined out. Exciting stuff. Make sure you post a few photos.

Mark McDonald
Founding editor

Illinois. 5 acre strip pit. 26 ft deep. apprx. 50 yrs old.

South Dakota, 4 1/2 acres of water and 1 acre in six small islands. Started the summer of 2000 and will finish this year. This is flat farm land so everything had to be dug out and moved.

south louisiana,4 1/2 acres,2 1/2 year old pond,and still learning.

East Texas, 3+ acres, 1 acre, and two small ones at 1/4 acres, largest 3 years old, others more than twenty.

Catskill Mountains, New York. 1 1/2 acres. Was dug from an over grown bog. Was startedat the end of our 2002 drought. Finished it in August 2003. Has not stopped raining or snowing since. I take full credit for ending the East Coast drought!!! Sold a lot of the rich top soil to help pay digging cost. Hid the fill nicely around the outside. Looks like it was always there and the peeper frogs are going to make great food for the breeder bass we put in last fall. Just went thru first winter very nicely.

Georgia, 2.5 acres built in 2000.

Jake

8 acres with average depth of about 10 feet. Deepest part near the dam is 25 ft. Lake built in 1992. Largest bass caught is 8.75 lbs. Largest bass shocked up is 10.75 lbs. Lots of small bass and huge coppernose bluegill. Located in north Mississippi near Oxford.

Bill

6 year old 1/3rd acre 35 minutes south of Indianapolis. The max depth is at 12' with nice shelves around the egdes. Stocked with LMB, channel cats (many 12+ lbs), bluegill, hybrid bluegill, black crappie and hybrid crappie. We just bought a backhoe and dump truck and will be adding on to the pond as soon as I can get the guy out to mow and bale the field. I hope to get it at least up to 1 1/2 acre.

Sorry just seen old post....19 acre shallow water gravel pit mostly 6' deep or less but have 4-5 acres 12-14' deep. Pit was started from farmland in 1988. Still active with approx. 1 acre remaining.....funning thing these guys pay me to dig my lake why are you guys paying HAHA......just kidding. Location is Southwestern Ontario, Canada 1 hour from Detroit.

Rowly

Calling Brad Bortz......I see your similiar to me with a gravel pit but only a little smaller, much older and a lot deeper. How is your tank doing....what kind of fish....any SMB, LMB or Walleye? Is your lake very clear being a strip pit and how is the mature fish biomass? Have you encountered any problems with overpopulation or underpopulation of your species with forage and predator fish? Thanks for your time and a look into my future.

Rowly

Hey Rowly, We talked about a year ago about the simmilarities of our lakes. If you recall when I bought the place the water was crystal clear and had a ton of coontail as deep as 15 feet! I was told from the previous owner that it was spring fed. Well, there may be a spring or two in there but the culprit to the clear water was a neighbor that was putting copper sulphate in there to kill the coon tail. As soon as I heard that, we had a talk and he saw things my way, it's my lake not his! This spring I've got a beautiful bloom, 15-18" and the lmb are showing relitive weights of better than 90%. The coontail is receading and I'm one happy camper. The big bass biomass is super, thats what I'm after. We've taken over 100 crappie out this past spring and and added 300 adult b-gill and 500 res. All bass over 15" are fat as can be and I've finally convinced myself to remove SOME smaller bass, got alot of them. Surface water temp. is 84.2f as of sun. We hand feed the b-gill and cats every night, see a few carp(not grass) from time to time also feeding. My b-gill, last year were still spawning in sept. if you can believe that. And From the looks of it the bass spawn was real good too, lots of fry all over the lake. Feel free to E-mail me if there's anything else you want to know. bassnut17@yahoo.com

Update......Lake is now 9.3 acres and 32 feet deep hopfully it will be DONE!!! early next week...it is KILLING!!! my bank acount

Brad, yes I do remember you and our talks. It sounds like your on the right track. I'm hoping to do the same in time. My lake isn't as warm as yours yet and the real warm weather has stayed to the south of us so far. The LMB and BG are spawning well and filling up my biomass. Very good relative weight and only time will tell. Thanks for your home email as I will use it. Thanks again and best of luck.

Rowly

1 1/2 acres in the Catskill Mountains of New York. 16 feet deep in the deep areas. Just becoming 1 year old and it's looking great.

The best buzz I ever experienced was when visiting water gardens.

Perhaps it was the extra oxygen they put out on a hot sultry day when everywhere else is gasping for breath.

The feel of reflected light off water, convection currents, the sight and sense of diversity created in mineral rich clay waters, dragonflies clattering, toads gulping air, waterlily scents on the air...

Could be it was the experience of so many little things happening at the same time that reminds me what being alive can be

Since moving to North Carolina a couple of years ago, now there are 17 ponds around the house, what was ghastly Bermuda grass is being pecked away at daily, to create a little world surrounded by the best a water garden can muster

Some ponds are humble small affairs with a few waterlilies tossed in, others have become somewhere to swim, to keep koi, or to grow exotic tropical waterlilies.

Whatever they are, there's always some sort of surprise to find, whether it's as simple as a new lily or lotus bud, a hatchling turtle or just someplace exceptional to loaf on a dinghy when the waters are a cosey 85°f

Regards, andy
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