Originally Posted By: Bobbss
(snip) Cutting and burning wood and brush is starting to get old,thats about all I've done for the last 7 months.lol!


It does get old. I did that pretty steady during the cooler months from November of 2013 (when we moved to this place) until I mostly finished by late spring 2016. Parts of this place had been totally neglected for 10 to 20 years, and I had only a chain saw, brush mower, loppers, and only limited extra help to get it done. We also hauled off about a ton of scrap metal and old fencing mixed in with parts of the brush.

You will want some cover in the pond. I made a few large bundles of briars and honeysuckle that were wrapped around small trees and sunk them in the ponds. It helped to build the forage base by providing shelter for fry and small fingerlings.