re: Digging a Pond Questions - Best way for fish and managing snakes?

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