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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?
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 oldcharlie8
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don't poison ALL the grass. your bream need places to hide sometimes.
we actually fertilize ours once a year to encourage grass growth, again, for good habitat, shade in the summer, etc.
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 12:47 pm to wickowick
This could be the start of a great thread.
I would build a pond hoping for snakes to invade. I need target practice.
I would build a pond hoping for snakes to invade. I need target practice.
Posted on 5/24/13 at 12:51 pm to Nodust
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I would build a pond hoping for snakes to invade. I need target practice.
Not much is more fun than shooting water turtles.
Posted on 5/24/13 at 12:52 pm to bbvdd
Hitting a turtle head with a 22 is just good redneck fun.
Posted on 5/24/13 at 12:53 pm to Nodust
It an old rice field so I have about 2 feet of topsoil and then a really good clay base underneath. I need a lot of clay to build up my pad bc I have to dig out the topsoil of the pad also and then fill in. I should hold water. I have a creek nearby that will be my overflow. I think if I dig it 8-12 feet deep it should hold water all year.
Posted on 5/24/13 at 12:54 pm to Nodust
do people who go bass fishing in ponds think they did a very good job of fishing when they catch some bass in this itty bitty pond. Its like shooting a deer on a leash.
Posted on 5/24/13 at 12:54 pm to Nodust
Small pond. Dam on the right
Pond to the right of the above one, they share a dam with a culvert through it. This one has a pretty large dam around the back and right side
Big pond/lake, couldnt find a pic of just the lake, but you can see the dam behing this HOIST, and thats not me, my buddy caught this 6.5 lb out there a couple weeks ago
Pond to the right of the above one, they share a dam with a culvert through it. This one has a pretty large dam around the back and right side
Big pond/lake, couldnt find a pic of just the lake, but you can see the dam behing this HOIST, and thats not me, my buddy caught this 6.5 lb out there a couple weeks ago
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 12:55 pm to tigereye58
I have seen mention of a pond forum on here...
Posted on 5/24/13 at 12:56 pm to AHouseDivided
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Ask Nascar.
He's the expert.
Posted on 5/24/13 at 12:58 pm to chickman1313
That cammo pattern is hideous.
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