In my case, I pumped the pond down so that the fish concentrated in the deepest part of the pond. Then used an excavator to make a temporary dam isolating that deep area from the area that we were working on. I threw a bottom diffusion aeration system in there "just in case".

Dug out the rest of the pond, making it deeper than the holding area. Broke the "dam", made sure all the fish made it to the new side of the pond, then worked on the old side.


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