anyone have a pond? check out mine, in progress (1 Viewer)

[MommySaint]

http://pondboss.com/

here is a cool forum my fiance and I use when we need tips or advice on ours.

I would say you have a small lake and not a pond. very nice

 

[MommySaint]

Might want to invest in a LOT of deep woods off. Mosquito hatchery?

If he throws in some Mosquito fish those things work wonders we have about 500 or so in our pond and we dont have mosquitos around our pond. the nice thing is the bass and bream eat em too and the mosquito fish breed pretty quickly so there is never a shortage in our pond

 

[Zardnok]

My pond is called Cross Lake.

 

[diat150]

here are some recent pictures. just about finished now. just has a little bit of ring levee left, then it will be time for water testing and stocking.

 

[diat150]

here is a satellite shot that is kind of old, this thing is big.

 

[Bush4life]

Socaleigh???????

 

[hockey2112]

Is there such a thing as a salt/brackish pond? Something that could hold redfish? I'd assume that it is not possible, but just wondering...

 

[BHM]

My advice from the pond my dad had about that size.

1. You will need and aerator pump and sprinkler. Long hot summer days with no oxygen will take a toll on the fish.

2. Kind of late now but before the water was added would have been a great time to build a wharf.

3. It helps if you can drive a riding mower around the levee to keep the grass cut.

4. Suspend a bug zapper over the pond. The bug zapper kills the bugs. The bugs fall in the water. The fish eat the bugs.

5. Do NOT let those pond lilies/grass get out of hand.

6. See #5.

 

[diat150]

yeah I figured I would need a aerator. Ive been looking at a few options, solar, and windmill type.

I built a land dock I guess you would call it. a 20'x20' piece of land that sticks out.

levee is big enough for my tractor.

 

[BHM]

One last thing. Be careful cutting the grass on the levees with your lawn tractor. That;s how I found out how deep my pond was on the dam end.

I almost put my brand new ATV in my dad's pond the first day I had it. I stayed off the levees after that.

 

[BHM]

yeah I figured I would need a aerator. Ive been looking at a few options, solar, and windmill type.

I built a land dock I guess you would call it. a 20'x20' piece of land that sticks out.

levee is big enough for my tractor.

I would go with solar power. Too many dog days of summer with no breeze. You just need enough power to run a smaller pump with a sprinkler attached.

 

[Rob Beaux]

Careful what you stock. And make sure you remove enough of what you stock to stop overpopulation. Better to catch and kill a few every so often than to have to kill the whole thing and start over. A few trees for shade wouldn't hurt the fish or yourself while fishing.

I am jealous. Once i find the right piece of land.....

 

[Rob Beaux]

I almost put my brand new ATV in my dad's pond the first day I had it. I stayed off the levees after that.

A friend of mine put his lawn mower in the pond. It rolled and trapped his knee under it. HE could stretch to get his mouth out of the water to breathe. HE couldnt get it out. It started raining and his wife decided to hop on the ATV to go see if he ran out of gas. She found him and was able to get help to get him out.

We bought him a life jacket to wear while mowing...... Actually they were floaties and a frog innertube.

 

[diat150]

damn that guy was lucky. crazy how a simple task can turn fatal really quick.

 

[ROBOT DEATH SQUAD]

My god when does a pond become a lake