Howdy,all! First post on the forum.
I grew up on the KS/MO border and fished, fished, fished as a youth. Now I live on the UT/ID border and have 4 sons.
All that's available to catch around here are worthless stocked rainbow trout (slime buckets).
So I thought I'd recreate my childhood adventures for my boys.
The catch, however, is that I'm doing this on a budget of $0 and trade work.
I had a buddy come dig me a hole with his track hoe. He only got about 45% of what I wanted done. Hence, I currently have a .35 acre pond that runs to a depth of about 12' when full.
I pumped water in from a canal and it's probably 80-85% full.
Now, because I didn't find this site in time, I have no structure, no nothing. Just a big hole in the ground with water in it.
Today I took my boys fishing and we caught 32 bluegill and translocated them to the pond.
My goal was/is to have a LMB, BG, and CC pond... I think.
So where would you pros suggest I go from here?
