I'm currently planning to build up to three ponds later this year on my land. One about 10-12 acres and a couple in the 2-3 acre range.

In this area, we have a major problem with people sneaking on to private property and harvesting all those fish (deer, mushrooms, etc.) you've gone to the effort of stocking, feeding, etc.

I'm considering planting cattails or some other type of water grass (very tall - maybe 10 feet, grows in water up to couple feet depth, very narrow stem, few leaf blades and really fluffy type head) along the edges to make it difficult to fish from bank and also provide some cover for fish.

P.S. I've checked the statutes and it is still illegal to shoot them... ;( and prosecution would be unlikely to happen as likely would be extremely low priority for state's attorney.

Please advise pros and cons regarding the shoreline protection strategy.

Thanks for your advice!

Jeff

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