We bought a home in central Arkansas that had a small cattle pond. It wasn't very useful, and much of the land surrounding it was too low to keep clean. So, we hired someone to expand the pond. The pond was supposed to be about 3 acres and average 4' deep. The end result is probably 2.5 acres, but the pond is not as deep as expected. I think we can raise it a couple more feet by hiring some additional work, but I wanted to check with people who know more about ponds first.

The pond is stocked for fishing. Bluegill, Redear, channel cats, and largemouth bass. I paddled out on our canoe and measured the depths you see in the attached image. As you can see, the deepest spot was only 5' and the vast majority is 3.5' or less. Any chance this will be OK, or would it be wise to raise the pond a couple of feet?

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