Pond Boss Forums INTRO Questions & Observations I' m Full!

We had some pretty good rains about 10 days ago where my pond is located and filled it up quite nicely. I had not been too sure about my builders ability to get the overflow pipe elavation right, but he was damn close. The pond was about 1 1/2" below overflow when the pics were taken. The areas where water is coming from (swampy lowlands)had any where from 3" to 15" depth and water was still flowing from higher elevations. I am keeping my fingers crossed that with every rain, it will flush a little water through and no leaks appear in the berm. Now I have to work on stocking and structure. I am going to hopefully take depth readings in a couple weeks. I have an old junky pontoon boat that would make some great structure.

The first pic is before water, the second the same area when full.

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Marty

Hey looks good !! I didn't know there was anymore land in Wisconsin that wasn't already a lake or pond !!

Marty, sweet lookin pond. Ya must be ecstactic now its full. Good luck with the structure and stockin. What do ya plan ta put in? About how deep, and app acreage? Bob-O

What's the approximate size when full, like in the last photo?

What's that white stuff on the ground?

Thanks for the complements fellas.I plan on putting in fatheads and BG this year. LMB and crappie next year. I have dozens of pallets to add for FH spawning areas. I also have hundreds of feet of plastic drain tile I can put in, in addition to the aforementioned pontoon boat.

Size wise it is about 400' long with widths varying from 75'- 150'. I guess about 1 1/2 acres. Depths at full should be up to 12-14'.

Eric,

The white stuff is sand. The soil is sandy in many places there.

Marty

Sorry Marty, bad joke on my part. I was talking about the snow in the first pic

Great looking pond you have there. How long did it take to fill?

Eric,

Yea I forgot we had snow in that pic. It was filling very slowly during the winter with every thaw. Then about 2 weeks ago we had a 1 1/4" rain over a 3 day period, and that filled it up to where there was water coming into the overflow pipe. The location is in a field where a drainage ditch had filled in over time. The natural flow is from the swamps upstream to my pond. Every good rain should add some water to the pond and hopefully offset any evaporation. The only thing that gives me pause is if we get a heavy rain when already full. I don't have my rip rap installed on my spillway yet. Can't get a tractor in there yet.

Marty