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Thank you for this advice! We did run into this already at one place we were looking at...a pond at the back of the property was "seasonal." Filled up in the Fall/Winter and emptied in late Spring/early Summer. It turns out the land had been screwed up by the Army Corps of Engineers about 60 year prior, and they created a bunch of non-functional culverts and created a wet, soggy, nasty mess in this valley of about 10 acres. We were interested in fixing the culverts and bringing up part of the topography to create better drainage and year round maintenance of the pond--- but part of the pond (which the county had decided to name) was on a neighbor's property so we wouldn't have full rights to it. The icing on the cake was when I found out from a fellow farmer friend that they had JUST declared that swampy mess to be protected wetlands for the Salmon. So. We moved on.
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Well, it's payback for him always pissing other people off. He can't help it. He's just smarter than the rest of us is all.
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Good point. While treading lightly here, I'm going to go ahead and delicately say that doing ANYTHING to ANY land ANYWHERE is very difficult here. A property with a pond already on it would be fantastic, as it fits right in with our plans.
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Thank you for this link. This will be a great place to start.
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Odds are, if you're friends with him, you've got a few questionable qualities about ya.
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This was very helpful. I discussed this bucket test with Chris on the way out to view a property today that had a ten acre pond on it. Unfortunately, we'll never know about the pond. It was about 100 feet below the edge of a cliff.
However, I'll be getting a bucket to do this test with soon.
From talking to my farming friends, the land a bit north of us (Kingston) has very fertile soil. The land north west of us (Seabeck) has very rocky and crummy soil. Which seems strange to me, because I would think the soil closer to the rocky coasts would be full of clay (as it is on the "beach") and silt, but this doesn't seem to be the case. I obviously have a lot to learn.
Technically, we are on a peninsula. I guess. All I know is that I have island fever and I about lose my mind anytime I try to drive some place. I need more space.
I saw Dwight Bremer's name and immediately wondered if he was associated .... there are still quite a few reputable moonshiners out this way.
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This, I did not know. I will investigate your inquiry further. We are on a peninsula currently but plan to move OFF the peninsula. Regardless, there are MANY small lakes and ponds in the area. I'll have to look into this.
Why does salt help the freshwater fish?
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Bremerton, currently. Boy, it's claustrophobic around here. Thank you for the warm welcome!
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Thank you all for the warm welcome! I appreciate your advice!
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How big would you say is "real big"??
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Thank you for the advice. It's been like pulling teeth around here to get definitive answers as to what we "can"/"can't do with certain tracts of land. And every county has completely different methods of zoning. It's been fun. One way that I've found out to get an answer is to ask the following question. I want to do "this" to "this" piece of property that we are looking at buying. Can we do "this"? Oh we can? Would you put it in writing for us? If they say you can do it, but won't put it in writing, run very fast.
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All you can get around here is verbal permissions.....no official will put anything in writing.
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All you can get around here is verbal permissions.....no official will put anything in writing. You can get things in writing up here. Expect to wait a while tho.
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I had to get permission from both the county and the state for my pond. Called both guys, they gave me a verbal go ahead and I received it in writing in less than a week from both. Sometimes there are good guys doing their jobs out there.
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In my opinion there is a transition size around 10 acres. If you have more water than that, you can do more and have more diversity. If you have a one to two acre pond, most likely, it will be single purposed. IE a Bass/Bluegill pond or a catfish pond, but if you try to have LMB, BG, Catfish, and crappie in a two acre pond, it will be nearly impossible to manage.
Our big pond is larger than 10 acres and we love it and the diversity it affords.
Brian
The one thing is the one thing A dry fly catches no fish Try not to be THAT 10%
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Welcome Jessica! Dave is one of my favorites!
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Jessica, Welcome... You are lucky to have a grandpa like Dave; I've met him and he is a terrific guy. It sounds as though he is very fortunate for you and your family as well. Please pass along a "thanks for your service" to the chief.
Dan
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