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Digging a Pond Questions - Best way for fish and managing snakes?
Posted on 5/24/13 at 12:36 pm
Posted on 5/24/13 at 12:36 pm
I am digging a pond on 10 acres of land to use for a house pad. I want to stock the pond with Bass and Perch. Has anyone had any success with this? What is the best way to create a good environment for the fish to flourish? Depth? Slope? Trenches around it or through it?
Also what is the best way to keep the snake population in control besides just shooting them or putting a honey badger on them?
Also what is the best way to keep the snake population in control besides just shooting them or putting a honey badger on them?
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Posted on 5/24/13 at 12:38 pm to tigereye58
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Digging a Pond
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managing snakes?
If you build it, they will come.
Posted on 5/24/13 at 12:38 pm to tigereye58
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Digging a Pond Questions
Ask Nascar.
Posted on 5/24/13 at 12:39 pm to tigereye58
don't poison ALL the grass. your bream need places to hide sometimes.
Posted on 5/24/13 at 12:41 pm to tigereye58
we've got two smaller ponds and one big pond/lake
typically the natural elevation of the land makes up about half of the shoreline of ours, and the other half is a dam.
when we clear shite, we just leave the trees in there, good habitat.
we havent had bad snakes at any of them really, but we do have a nutria and beaver problem from time to time, nothing a .22 cant fix
eta: looking for some pics to post of ours
typically the natural elevation of the land makes up about half of the shoreline of ours, and the other half is a dam.
when we clear shite, we just leave the trees in there, good habitat.
we havent had bad snakes at any of them really, but we do have a nutria and beaver problem from time to time, nothing a .22 cant fix
eta: looking for some pics to post of ours
This post was edited on 5/24/13 at 12:45 pm
Posted on 5/24/13 at 12:42 pm to tigereye58
nascar's pond is doing well. he stocked it with a frog.
Posted on 5/24/13 at 12:44 pm to tigereye58
We did it for the exact same reason you are
it isnt really sloped but about 8' deep all around. Not a huge pond, about 35yds x 15yds
perch and bass took to it well, as well as catfish that just show up in every pond/hole we make
I will suggest that you drill a freshwater well. Your pond will come close to bone dry in the summer and you'll have a fish kill if not
it isnt really sloped but about 8' deep all around. Not a huge pond, about 35yds x 15yds
perch and bass took to it well, as well as catfish that just show up in every pond/hole we make
I will suggest that you drill a freshwater well. Your pond will come close to bone dry in the summer and you'll have a fish kill if not
Posted on 5/24/13 at 12:44 pm to tigereye58
NASCAR is ready and able...
Posted on 5/24/13 at 12:47 pm to tigereye58
You need to know what the base will be because it may not water. I'm assuming it will be clay since you're using it for a house pad? If so you should be good. I've known several people to build ponds and they didn't put anything in them and they just drained away and never held water.
This post was edited on 5/24/13 at 12:49 pm
Posted on 5/24/13 at 12:55 pm to tigereye58
Have you checked to see if there is a clay pan underneath your land? You may end up digging a hole that leaks like a sieve, and will have to install a pump, or pumps, to hold water. The LDWF used to publish a book about pond construction; perhaps they still do. Does your land have a slope? Maybe use can build a small levee to retain water.
Here's a reference:
LINK
Oh, and you cannot "manage" snakes. Gators may find your pond as well.
Here's a reference:
LINK
Oh, and you cannot "manage" snakes. Gators may find your pond as well.
Posted on 5/24/13 at 1:07 pm to tigereye58
you need to have a creek feeding it or a fresh spring from the bottom or something, you can't just dig a hole or it'll drain or be a dirty brown color.
Posted on 5/24/13 at 1:31 pm to tigereye58
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I want to stock the pond with Bass
Pretty sure you have to stock those in the spring. We tried to do the bass route but our tank damn blew out after a big rain and we lost them all. We just went easy this time with catfish and perch, they can survive in anything. It helps they are fracing (fracking?) all around us so whenever we want some water they will run a line to it from our water well.
This post was edited on 5/24/13 at 3:54 pm
Posted on 5/24/13 at 2:49 pm to tigereye58
Call your county agent(extension agent). They will come survey the area and tell you how many acres of runoff you will have to fill the pond. This will tell you if you will need well to supplement or not. They will also do a soil test to see if the stuff underground will hold water or not.
Or they used to do this service. I would think they still do.
If you are in Louisiana
La Ag Center
Or they used to do this service. I would think they still do.
If you are in Louisiana
La Ag Center
This post was edited on 5/24/13 at 2:51 pm
Posted on 5/24/13 at 3:35 pm to tigereye58
I am not even gonna read this thread 
Posted on 5/24/13 at 3:42 pm to tigereye58
I would recommend some geotechnical borings before you start. Find out what the soil looks like from the surface to the deepest planned depth to ensure you have soils that will hold water.
Posted on 5/24/13 at 3:52 pm to tigereye58
Pondboss.com
Go there. Everything you'll ever need to know about ponds.
Dig it deep with ledges. Structure for bream, whose offspring will feed the bass. Get a cat and a 22 with ratshot for snakes
Go there. Everything you'll ever need to know about ponds.
Dig it deep with ledges. Structure for bream, whose offspring will feed the bass. Get a cat and a 22 with ratshot for snakes
Posted on 5/24/13 at 5:08 pm to tigereye58
In addition to some good info you've gotten here, there are pond forums if you are interested.
I have a friend with one and I donated some culverts to him that we dropped in with a front end loader. Good permanent habitat that algae will grow on.
Also, in one corner I brought him a couple of pick up truck beds full of broken slab pieces.
He had also anchored some big trees in it while it was dry.
PVC "Crappie Condos" too.
I have a friend with one and I donated some culverts to him that we dropped in with a front end loader. Good permanent habitat that algae will grow on.
Also, in one corner I brought him a couple of pick up truck beds full of broken slab pieces.
He had also anchored some big trees in it while it was dry.
PVC "Crappie Condos" too.
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