If you have any wave action your clay will wash down. Make sure you rock it all the way around. When I put mine in, in just 2 years it was 15 feet narrower at the top than when it first was put in. Depending on rock price it maybe cheaper to go with a wood structure.

61 acre water shed lake. bass, channel cat, black crappie, wiper, walleye, redear sunfish, blue catfish and bluegill. To many bullhead and common carp
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