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That looks like the perfect size. Easy to siene out when needed. Congrats looks like the plan came together beautiful.
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So far, so good. Need to finish landscaping the berm and around the outside of that, but I've got a feeling that will have to wait for the sub-soil to re-coagulate. I expect it's going to need a couple or three freeze/thaw cycles for that to happen. For now I'm just happy that it's full of water.
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Are you worried about it overflowing? o rnah bc its just baitfish?
Im going to ask a lot of questions, but only because I'm clueless
5-20 Acres in Florida. Bass/Tilapia/Bowfin/Gator
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Have you put any structure in it yet? Are they taking to pellets. I want one of these now lol. My wife would give me the side eye. It took like 2 years to do the work on my pond.
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Overflow is not a major concern. It's possible for the creek to rise enough to get into the pond, but the worst thing that would do is allow some bait to escape. I've put a couple hundred yoy BG/HBG in already, and I'm catching 20-30 more every day out of the front yard cow pond.
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I'm not planning to add any structure other than a pallet stack in one corner for FHM spawning. I want to keep it open so I can drag a seine without it getting hung up.
The water is clearing nicely now that it's full. The BG/HBG hear me coming and stack up on the bank waiting for pellets. They get a cup of Optimal Jr. every evening, and I toss another two cups of cheap catfish food for the crayfish.
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