Hello all, what a great site. So I thought this is simple dig a hole fill with water and onto fishing . Didn't actually think it would be quite that simple but also didn't know what all was involved. Looking forward to learning from all of you. Can anyone suggest a good book on pond water quality and how to test and treat. I built a pond a few years ago that would have been about 2 acres and 12' deep at the dam there was only 5' of drop from one end to the other so it was mostly a dug pond. Well I said would have been because before I could complete the spillway it came a flood and cut the dam so it ended up being about 1 acre and 6' deep. I was also building a house and didn't have the time to repair until this summer. I was in the process of enlarging the pond and coming up an additional 4' on the dam and just my luck got rained out again and couldn't complete. I still need to remove about 2' of dirt over about an acre to maintain 6' of water depth on the upper end and 16' at the dam and will be about 4 acres total when complete. I have a temporary drain in where the dam was cut before to keep the level down until I can finish the dirt work on the upper end will probably be late August before I can get back in there. Do you think I could go ahead with stocking some flathead minnows to get a head start? Its going to be bare ground all around the pond so is going to stay muddy, will this be a problem for the minnows spawning? All I have for cover now is quite a few stumps scattered thru out the pond. When complete will add rock and busted up concrete around the bank.
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. Didn't actually think it would be quite that simple but also didn't know what all was involved. Looking forward to learning from all of you. Can anyone suggest a good book on pond water quality and how to test and treat. I built a pond a few years ago that would have been about 2 acres and 12' deep at the dam there was only 5' of drop from one end to the other so it was mostly a dug pond. Well I said would have been because before I could complete the spillway it came a flood and cut the dam so it ended up being about 1 acre and 6' deep. I was also building a house and didn't have the time to repair until this summer. I was in the process of enlarging the pond and coming up an additional 4' on the dam and just my luck got rained out again and couldn't complete. I still need to remove about 2' of dirt over about an acre to maintain 6' of water depth on the upper end and 16' at the dam and will be about 4 acres total when complete. I have a temporary drain in where the dam was cut before to keep the level down until I can finish the dirt work on the upper end will probably be late August before I can get back in there. Do you think I could go ahead with stocking some flathead minnows to get a head start? Its going to be bare ground all around the pond so is going to stay muddy, will this be a problem for the minnows spawning? All I have for cover now is quite a few stumps scattered thru out the pond. When complete will add rock and busted up concrete around the bank.
