Pond Boss Forums INTRO Questions & Observations 2009 pond pics

Al thanks for the pics. I bet you could catch a fish or two around the water control structure. What aspect of it needs work?

Theo what happened to the rats you guys trapped ? Dog food ?

I wonder if we could collectivlly do a Pond Boss fur rug ? Everyone could contribute there rodent pelts ( rats , beaver , otter , TJ's mink , etc and we could ship it to Bob for deployment in LL II.

Thanks! There is some much cover in my pond that my bass just play hide-n-seek with us!

The work I was referencing was all that debris and stuff that has floated down in front of my drain-box/overflow control. We pulled a lot of it out but, you'd have to see that box when the water is at summer levels - you can actually walk from the dam to the backside of the concrete structure without getting your feet wet. The water is almost 4 feet higher in the wetter months.

We've found that it's easier to move those floating logs when they're floating than when they're sunk in the mud. Duh...yep, we figured that out all by ourselves.

Along with my Chessie. Of course, he'd probably just think it was another friend to play with and go nuts chasing it around until it swam back into its den. On second thought, bring your lab and come on down!

We had a storm dump 2 1/4 inches of rain, so yesterday, I went down to see what Lake Marabou looked like. I can't see it from the house, and with work, short days and all the mud, I haven't even see it in over a month.

The spillway is flowing big time. I drove through on the fourwheeler and estimate that water to be six inches deep as it comes out!!!!

Eddie

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As my ole pappy used to say, "so muddy you can track a coon across it".
Eddie, can you tell me what type reeds are in the water? Are they naturlly occurring or planted? My pond is going on 3 yrs. and no edge type vegetation yet. Only cattails keep trying to establish in a low spot between field and pond hollow.

I think somebody mentioned what they might be earlier on in this thread if you want to try and find it. They just appearedon their own. At first, they were sporadic, but all the way around. Then they started to fill in until they pretty much make it completely around the pond. Once or twice a year, I'll mow them down with my bush hog, but they come right back in just a few weeks. If we're having a party or a campout, I'll mow them in an area for swimming too.

If you are ever in the Tyler area, I'm just off Interstate 20. You can have all that you want for free. I'll even lend a hand in digging them up for you!!!!

Eddie

Eddie: your pond is beautiful!

I know that water color - I've been having it for months now, myself. Our spillway has been running a few inches, too. I'm going to go check my dam and flood control box again tomorrow.

The way it's been lately, we don't even bother taking fishing gear these days.

Still, I think all the nutrients and such that are washing in will be good for the forage and the fish as long as there are a few blue-sky days between the heavy rains.

Ponds thrived long before we ever tried to manage them.

Read that agian guys you might learn something. Well said Al.

Eddie, mine do the same I like it, makes a great border to mow too. No mud line.

Went out today with my pond partner and pulled out about 10 very large floating logs that had migrated up to the drain box. Hard work - some of them were about 12" diameter and over 15 feet long.

We got the drain box opening completely cleared down to about halfway and the water dropped almost 6" during the 3 hours we were there and it was still running hard.

We needed to do this today because we're about to get another 3 or 4 days of rain. We are now in, officially, the wettest fall AND winter on record for our county.

We fished about 45 minutes because the water was slightly less muddy than it has been but, no bites. I'm beginning to think we should get one of those augers you guys use for ice fishing so we can cut a hole in the muddy water and fish!

Pictures of my pond.

Oops, back to the drawing board. My wife is trying very hard on these pictures. If you don't see me around its because she has killed me. Mikel

These are pictures of my pond. I hope!

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hehehe...OK, mikel! you're getting the hang of it!

Beautiful place!

Now, go take some more so we can see what it looks like in the winter time.

Nice place mikel. I see you're using your garden hose to keep the pond at full pool.

And here I though the lad was just using Cecil's RAS trick to fill the pond!

How big is the water pump that is spraying upward in the picture? Very nice looking pond and I really enjoyed the pictures.

It really is a beaut', ain't it?

Very Cool Blue Color and pretty floweres, wish I was there instead of here where it is snowing.......blah, bring on the summer of funner.

I've had a well put in since the picture of the water hose. The well company went down 146 feet and hit really good water. The well is about 200 feet from pond but I've run 2" pvc from well under my deck and it discharges right out the end of my deck. Well man said 50 gallons a minute.

The de-icer/aerator is a kasco 3/4 horse power motor that I have set on a timer. It started tripping my braker so I had it checked out and water was leaking into the sealed motor. Kasco has repair guy in Paris Tennessee that put new seals and fresh oil in motor. The motor was a 2003 model so its time for seals and oil to be replaced. Motor is running great now.

Guy sitting on deck is my nephew, my brothers son and the picture in the boat is me and my 2 sons who are now 14 and 12. I'm not sure if it was the camera angle or what but the picture sure made me look kind of large.

The red blooming flowers were azaleas and the picture was taken around March early April 2009. I put in a creek right where the azaleas are which was an old road bed. I put a pump in the pond and ran a 1.5" pvc up to where my creek starts and it circulates water back into the pond under my cross tie bridge. I enjoy the sound of the running water.

When I took a lot of these pictures I was putting aqua shade in the pond but I've stopped doing that and am now fertilizing.

Hope my wife doesn't quit trying to perfect sending pictures. I'll try and get some that are more current.

mikel:

For a well to pump 50 gpm, what size is it (4", 6", ?)and how big of a well pump do you have?

Well casing is 4" pvc with a 220 volt submersible pump that has a 1 1/2 horsepower motor. The well man came highly recommended and did a good job.

That seems like an effecient pump. Mine is like yours, although I believe it's a 1 hp pump and it only gets 25-28 gpm. It may be 3/4 hp tho, I can't remember. I only remembered the gpm figure.