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Can you put a liner over a spring or would you need to consider a new location for the pond? I would think the spring would "wash out" under the liner?

I think i lost my thread

Entrance to Property









Back side of Dam





Spillway

Small natural pond



Potential pond #3 spot. Looks like it would be around 2 acr +-

I found a place close by that has 6-8" trout. If i set up a feeder, will the have enough time to reach eater size by end of April, Mid May?

Oh gosh, even to my untrained eye that dam looks fit to wash out in the next big rain. Get some plants growing on that pronto! The spillway needs to be able to handle a lot more water and should be a few inches lower to give you more freeboard as a safety precaution. It already looks to have gone over the top once or twice. Good luck!

-Mark

we dont close until Jan 16th, so i really cant do anything until then.
They added the overflow and rocks last week, i think most of the damage came prior to adding the spillway. We have gotten a ton of rain the past 10 days and as current it looks to be handling it now. If it was to wash out, really would not be a big loss. It would have been much better if it had been placed lower in the ravine.

Closing in 10 days!

The real photographer (the wife) took some pictures this weekend as we walked the border of the property this weekend. This is the creek that forms the N border of the property.

Very nice!! beautifull. Will this be flowing into your pond, or is it the creek your pond will spill into?

Beautiful location. Looks sandy with rocks?

No the ponds would empty into the creek eventually. The only sandy rock areas seem to be the peaks of the hills. A 1000ft driveway was cut into removing 3ft of dirt on one side, and only one rock was removed and it was red clay, which is typical for this area.

Red in the creek = iron in the water?

CrazyJu that is a pretty parcel.
It is postcard-ish!
Love all the trees.
Congrats!

Essup you could be right, although it did not look like the typical iron stained water around here. The rock was colored, you could not wipe it off.

Yes, that is a beautiful piece of property. Great find! It would be a bonus if a house site were near that creek.

I dont think the creek is year round and there are not many building locations on that end. It is a pretty steep drop down to the creek. Here is the first stab at long term goals for the property. Ideally i would want one larger pond. But dam size may limit that. There are 5 or 6 good locations for a dam, so the water layout could be very different from what i am seeing now. The land bordering to the west is for sale (11 acre) and has another great pond site, but not sure if i will be able to aquire it at this time. There will eventually be 3 homesites on this property and a barn/garage.

Well, we closed on Friday, and I have spent most of the daylight time on the property. My brother came up Sat and helped clear an area for a fire pit. Put some more rocks on the spillway. It hasnt rained in a week and there is still water flowing.



Both ponds had an ice sheet on them when we arrived Sat. morning.





Picked up 10 lbs of fh and had to break the ice to put them in.
All Seemed healthy and have not seen any dead floaters. Ive walked the pond and drowned a cricket for a couple days and not one nibble, so far, no signs of any fish. Going to put in 50 lb of trout this weekend. Dont think they will make it past may.

My brother decided to cut a big oak stump flat to use as a grill stand. He worked on this for 2 hours. Going to need a better chainsaw.





He got it level and worked great.

Installed a feeder. Academy had the deer feeder on clearance. So i picked it up and made pontoons for it and now its a floating feeder. Only had enough floatation for 50lbs now, and if it works this way, i may put larger pontoons on it to hold more weight. It is anchored close to the middle with a rope running through an eye bolt, so i can pull one side of the rope to bring it to the bank, and pull the other side to pull back to the middle. It seemed to work well throwing it in about a 10ft circle.



Lisa celebrating the closing.



Athena checking out her new property

Exciting times. Big step becoming a property owner. You all will enjoy it.

And sharpen that chain saw! If it starts and runs it will cut wood if it has a decent chain and bar on it.

My thoughts too snrub. Get the chain sharpened properly. If the saw starts, most of the troubles after that is the chain, not the saw..... well--- sometimes its the operator and nothing else

That was a brand new chain. Must have been the operator then.

Hmmmm, could be. If that stump was the very first thing he cut with the new chain, probably not the chain. But if the chain was "new" and you did a little bit of clearing for the site, still a chance it was the chain. All it takes is one spot of mud, or a bump against a rock/stone and the chain dimishes cutting ability very rapidly. Most folks don't realize how critical it is to safeguard that chain from not cutting anything but wood, and how quickly it can become dull.

Either way, with the new property you will learn quickly. Lots of fun times and good memories ahead of you. Keep posting as you go. We are all excited for you.

Yep, my #1 problem is trying to cut sand and rocks. That sends me back to re sharpening every time.

I have actually seen a chain put on backwards. Don't ask me how I know.