I finally started my pond

[bullbreaker]

Boone Maybe someday you can come over and "fish".
hugs, Brandi

Thanks for the invitation ! :thumbsup:
Count on it. Tell "Booger" I know a great catfish recipe ! :thumbsup:
They taste better when you don't use a pole and you grabbem with your hands.

Boone

 

[bindian]

Sorry to hear about your catfish. It's a terrible feeling.

I've been digging out my small pond and trying to get it cleaned up, deeper and just a bit bigger. The area that still held water was only a foot or so deep. I dug a pit next to it so it would drain and allow me to get to the muddy silt after it dried out. I must have had several hundred fish in there. Cats up to a pound, and all sorts of everything else. I was really surprised and excited to see that so many fish where still alive and doing well in only a foot of water!!!

Eddie

Eddie,
Glad to hear you are mucking it out now. Is this where you dipperstick busted?
hugs, Brandi

 

[bindian]

Thanks for the invitation ! :thumbsup:
Count on it. Tell "Booger" I know a great catfish recipe ! :thumbsup:
They taste better when you don't use a pole and you grabbem with your hands.

Boone

Boone,
Are you part Hillbilly?:laughing:
hugs, Brandi

 

[tungularafishcamp]

Eddie, that's amazing that fish can live in that, is the whole area that mucky or just where you were working?

Boone, I thought you were supposed to let the catfish catch you when you noodled?

Brandi, third time is the charm!! Drought is over, you have the new aeration system, all is good this time around!!!

 

[bindian]

Eddie, that's amazing that fish can live in that, is the whole area that mucky or just where you were working?

Boone, I thought you were supposed to let the catfish catch you when you noodled?

Brandi, third time is the charm!! Drought is over, you have the new aeration system, all is good this time around!!!

Rick,
The drought is not over. We are aroud 30 inches behind.
hugs, Brandi

 

[tungularafishcamp]

Oh yea it is Brandi, I told the jet stream to get the he// outa here and go south so all the weather systems will hit the NW, we will get a nice fall and all that rain will spill over and get you all, Thought it would be better than a hurricane:laughing:

 

[tony Cecil]

Sorry Brandi---alot of hope and planning lost---now to re-group---Tony

 

[bindian]

Oh yea it is Brandi, I told the jet stream to get the he// outa here and go south so all the weather systems will hit the NW, we will get a nice fall and all that rain will spill over and get you all, Thought it would be better than a hurricane:laughing:

Rick,
I love hurricanes. I just don't like the tornadoes that tag along. Bring on the rain and thanks.
hugs, Brandi

 

[bindian]

Sorry Brandi---alot of hope and planning lost---now to re-group---Tony

Thanks Tony.
hugs, Brandi

 

[bullbreaker]

Boone,
Are you part Hillbilly?:laughing:
hugs, Brandi

If your part "Hillbilly" your a "Redneck".I'am 100 % Hillbilly,and I want you to know I graduated from the 6th grade and was the first of my kin to marry outside the family.

Boone

 

[bullbreaker]

Boone, I thought you were supposed to let the catfish catch you when you noodled?


Rick your correct in your evaluation ! :thumbsup:
But a major trick to this is tyeing chicken gizzards around your wrist,sticking your arm down in water and hopeing the fish that clamps on to you does'nt outweigh you. :laughing:

Boone

 

[bindian]

If your part "Hillbilly" your a "Redneck".I'am 100 % Hillbilly,and I want you to know I graduated from the 6th grade and was the first of my kin to marry outside the family.

Boone

Boone,
It is always refreshing to meet someone who is a graduate.:thumbsup: Congratulations on spreading the family tree.:laughing:

hugs, Brandi

 

[bindian]

I am installing a vacuum pump/air compressor in the barn to aerate the pond. It draws 5.3 amps. I was going to run it to a dedicated circuit breaker. How many amp breaker would be best? 10 amps or should I just hook it up to a 15 amp breaker?
hugs, Brandi

 

[CowboyRon]

I am installing a vacuum pump/air compressor in the barn to aerate the pond. It draws 5.3 amps. I was going to run it to a dedicated circuit breaker. How many amp breaker would be best? 10 amps or should I just hook it up to a 15 amp breaker?
hugs, Brandi

I'm no electrician but I don't see a problem with 15 amp. While it only uses 5 amps it might use more on the startup. How have u been Brandi?

 

[bindian]

I'm no electrician but I don't see a problem with 15 amp. While it only uses 5 amps it might use more on the startup. How have u been Brandi?

Thanks Ron. 15 amp breakers have many other uses than a 10 amp. I am doing well Thank You. I have one more week of physical therapy, then I go back to work on the 24th.
hugs, Brandi

 

[jinman]

Brandi, the size of fuse is more often controlled by the gage of the wire leaving the fuse box, going to the receptacle. 15 amps is the normal size for a 14 gage wire. 20 amp is normal for a 12 gage wire. Protection for individual loads is normally done by a circuit breaker installed in the load circuits. So, your pump would work fine with the 14 ga/15 amp feed wire and it should have an internal breaker or motor overload protection built in.

How do you plan on controlling the pump? Are you plannng to use the breaker as a switch or put in a dedicated switch and/or receptacle? I recommend a motor control switch rather than a normal light switch. A circuit breaker is not a good choice for a switch because they are not designed to be switched off/on on a regular basis. A light switch may fail often due to the inductive load of the pump's motor. The best circuit would be to put in a motor control switch and a GFCI receptacle at the location of your hookup.

EDIT: If your pump has a built-in switch, all you need is a GFCI receptacle, of course.

 

[EddieWalker]

Brandi,

Something that I'm doing in my ponds is adding more structure. With the water level so low, I'm seeing where the catfish have build nests under the logs and stumps that I had in there. I'm also seeing that when I go down to the water, close to those log piles, that the fish will take off from there. The waves and sometimes splashing is very impressive.

I'm adding more trees to the bottom of my ponds. From what I see in your pics, your pond looks pretty clean except for the cinder blocks. Have you considered putting a couple of trees in it? I'm not using any pines, but I've always been told that Christmas trees are great for this. I'm using my hardwoods that I take out. Oak, sweetgum and all the others that I have. Everything from one inch thick trees to about ten inches or so. Basically whatever I can pick up with my grapple and get down into the bottom of the pond without getting stuck!!! LOL

Eddie

 

[beppington]

I hope all these trees & structures aren't gonna mess up my big plan to someday slalom ski on your lake.

 

[bindian]

Brandi,

Something that I'm doing in my ponds is adding more structure. With the water level so low, I'm seeing where the catfish have build nests under the logs and stumps that I had in there. I'm also seeing that when I go down to the water, close to those log piles, that the fish will take off from there. The waves and sometimes splashing is very impressive.

I'm adding more trees to the bottom of my ponds. From what I see in your pics, your pond looks pretty clean except for the cinder blocks. Have you considered putting a couple of trees in it? I'm not using any pines, but I've always been told that Christmas trees are great for this. I'm using my hardwoods that I take out. Oak, sweetgum and all the others that I have. Everything from one inch thick trees to about ten inches or so. Basically whatever I can pick up with my grapple and get down into the bottom of the pond without getting stuck!!! LOL

Eddie

Eddie,
I had a large stump in the pond. But decided to remove it as it was too much. I thought about getting a 2-3 foot diameter culvert instead, but haven't. The submerged island gives a lot of ambush spots, but not cover. The deep end also has some small corners cut back into the sides. I decided to not have a stump in the pond because the deep end is so small and I thought it would hang up every deep water cast of a fishing line.
The attached photo shows me removing the stump after I changed my mind.
hugs, Brandi

 

[Iowachild]

I'm adding more trees to the bottom of my ponds. From what I see in your pics, your pond looks pretty clean except for the cinder blocks. Have you considered putting a couple of trees in it? I'm not using any pines, but I've always been told that Christmas trees are great for this. I'm using my hardwoods that I take out. Oak, sweetgum and all the others that I have. Everything from one inch thick trees to about ten inches or so. Basically whatever I can pick up with my grapple and get down into the bottom of the pond without getting stuck!!! LOL

Eddie

There is a large reservoir,Kinzua Dam/Allegheny Reservoir , near here that gets a large dose of Christmas trees every year for fish habitat.