personal ponds.

[Fisherman_max]

its not even a acre in surface area, i have been told that if you make it to big that you have to purchase a lake building permit or somthing of that matter

[the1fishingpro]

Interesting Im curious to see how this works out!

[Fisherman_max]

lately it does not look so good, we have a person who lives down the road with a very nice pond that once supported large large rainbows, but the newest owners put koi or somthing in it and had the rainbows fished out. but there pond is there year round but we couldent keep enough water in it to support fish but yet we are only about 200-300 yards away from them. we tried lining it with a clay like substance called betonite (used to seal wells) but the water washed it down before it was able to expand and seal. so now i dont even know if we are going to have a pond, just a large hole in the ground that in the winter you can practice casting in. haha

[TravisRush]

You should let me C+R there if I paid you.

[Fisherman_max]

haha i am pretty sure i would and u might not even have to pay for it but i dont kow if my old man would like random people coming to our property to fish

[beresford13861]

x-mas trees would make structure great! if its a private/secret lake is there realy that many people watching???

[Fisherman_max]

yea its in the middle of my 20 acre property

[TravisRush]

I'm a high schooler and am very respectful to what your wishes would be. I just love to fish.

[travislikesfishing]

try getting really small gravle and sand below that it will hold in the water better

[Fisherman_max]

I'm a high schooler and am very respectful to what your wishes would be. I just love to fish.

yea i know i am a highschooler to, i always try to help anybody i can because for a 15 year old i reall y know a lot of stuff because of this site, i just eat sleep and breath fishing!

[Fisherman_max]

try getting really small gravle and sand below that it will hold in the water better

yea somebody else told me that and i know we are going to try it but right know its almost like a bottomless pit that we are pouring money into.

[Derrick-k]

Is there a nearby creek that you could divert water int your pond with?

[Fisherman_max]

the nearest year round creek is about a half nile away#-o but surprizingly there are catfish bluegill and trout in that creek, and our property is connected the the property that its on so i creep down to it all the time and fish

[Derrick-k]

Awesome.
You might be able to take fish from that creek and ut them into your pond.

[the1fishingpro]

Wheres your pond at? Is it next to or even close to your friends? What Creek has Catfish in it?

[Fisherman_max]

its at my dads house and no its not near "toms pond" and the creek i sneak through the woods from my dads house has like 1 catfish and 5 bluegill in it cuzz the guy who owns the land the creek is on dug the creek into a small pond and we gave him the catfish and the bluegill from our pond (yes we had fish in it before it lost all its water) abnd he put them in here

[the1fishingpro]

How do u know that then Catfish and Bluegill are even still alive or in the creek? Ur dad lives in Hockinson right? So, how close to BG lake are you? U need to show me ur personal pond when we all decide to hit BG lake, we can make a pit stop. Even if theres no water in it, Im still interested in seeing what u have got so far. Maybe if we catch ourselfs some trout at BG, we can put them in ur pond =)

[Fisherman_max]

its actually on the way to battleground so yea we can make the pit stop.

[the1fishingpro]

Now that I have seen your pond in real life, I have figured that It takes a lot of work to make a huge pond. You have to put a lot of sweat and blood into Digging and Structuring it all out. Im definitely interested in how your fish will survive in such an Impacted space compared to there original habitat. Best wishes with completion!

[JimLyons]

Hey,
If you just have a hole in the ground for the winter it is goining to be alot easier for Santa to get to your Christmas trees used for structure. I heard his scuba gear is getting old, and if Rudolph's nose is anything like the brake lights on my trailer...