Hello I have a new pond that was dug this week...it is pretty much a by-product of building my housepad and driveway....the pond is .5 acres and 4ft to 8ft at its deepest, soil is hard and heavy clay...I would like to raise catfish and bream in it, have some ducks in it.....will this be deep enough to support these fish?...I will be digging a water well that will supply water to it and will get aeration if needed...here in SW LA the summers are hot and i'm worried that its not deep enough and the water will evaporate to fast and that I will have to keep pumping water in it to keep it filled up..all the while running up my electric bill lol
I bought 5 acres of farm land(crawfish pond and rice fields), the guy that did my dirt work used a 21yard scraper to do everything...my housepad is .8 acres and my driveway is 400ft long...then he laser leveled the whole piece.....total cost for everything was cheap...$3000!! its not perfect but it fit my budget.
what do ya think of the pond? too shallow?
front yard
housepad
whole pond
back of pond
left side
front of pond
front view
21 yard scraper
