Thanks for the input Roger, and everyone else. We've actually had one of our dogs fall in when we used to run water into the pond. It was pretty scary and luckily we found her shortly after she fell in. Everyone was pretty shook up.This could pose an issue like you guys mentioned. I'm not sure how much water will stay ice free with my new setup. Hoping even in the dead of winter they will overlap and extend to shore. Luckily there are no other dog owners or children in our neighborhood at this time.
We have an overabundance of pond weeds that we struggle to maintain in the summer. Wouldn't be so bad except for the dieoff in the winter and spring with horrible smell and sludge. I'm sure that's whats mainly killing the fish. Good idea to shovel off areas of snow.
I'll have to read the posts about the trout pond above 10000.
Thanks again for the great advice and insight.
Just out of curiosity, what kind of trout do you have in your pond, and where do you get them?
We've been getting ours from Hotchkiss and usually limited to Rainbows, with the occasional year of Cutbows and Brookies.
Cheers,
Aaron
