So I bought a picturesque 7-acre pond this year in upstate NY. Thanks to those that answer questions for me before I bought it. So it is a wooded canyon with steep banks. One side is hemlock forest, and the other very steep side is hardwood. Its absolutely beautiful, but I imagine those hundreds of hardwood trees dropping leaves in the pond mucking it up. Its been this way for 50 years since it was built and I do believe its mucked up alot- its max dept is about 6-f ft- it was probably double that originally. While I may need to drain and muck with dozers and excavators someday, I was wondering if there any system people use to gather leaves from small lakes like this before they sink? Ive attached some pictures.
