Bill,

I greatly appreciate the advice and reality check. I'll let mother nature do her thing the next few weeks in establishing grass all around the pond/banks and cease aeration in the meantime.

I'll get some rip-rap and do the eastern/northeastern banks since our prevailing winds are southwesterly...wish I had known that last year, I'd have had the builders put the stone in. Oh well, another project...

I am currently about 18" from full pool and thankfully now have more grass than that picture reflects.