Small Pond Project.........

[wngsprd]

Trout for Thanksgiving! Now, there's a great idea.

Beautiful place, great project. Thanks for sharing and updating us.

 

[Kyle_in_Tex]

Hummm. Using your backhoe as an "ice breaker". That's new to me.

 

[Larro Darro]

Hummm. Using your backhoe as an "ice breaker". That's new to me.

I always used an ax to break the ice in the cow trough. But then that was Florida ice

Larro

 

[cartod]

My pond runeth over! Full pool reached yesterday at about 10:00.......:cool2:

 

[dave1949]

Nice! How are the trout doing? Do you feed them? I've heard that new ponds may not support fish until they have time to build up some water plants, insects and algae.

 

[cartod]

Nice! How are the trout doing? Do you feed them? I've heard that new ponds may not support fish until they have time to build up some water plants, insects and algae.

Trout are doing fine, no great. There have been no floaters and the ones caught were feisty and tasty! I feed them very little as the water temp is below 45. They get about 1/3 lb 2-3 times a week.

 

[dave1949]

Trout are doing fine, no great. There have been no floaters and the ones caught were feisty and tasty! I feed them very little as the water temp is below 45. They get about 1/3 lb 2-3 times a week.

Thanks. Sounds like they are doing fine.

 

[cartod]

Went out tonight and caught this 18" pig! I can't believe how fast these fish can grow!

 

[HarryN]

Enjoying the pictures. Simply beautiful!
What are your plans on trimming around the whole pond when the grasses start growing?
Sides look to steep for a lawn mower.

 

[dave1949]

Nothing beats fresh fish, from the hook to the skillet in 10 minutes.

Someplace I can't recall we traveled in rural Germany, a restaurant out in the country. If you ordered trout they went out to their little holding pond and netted one. That's fresh!

 

[Kyle_in_Tex]

I can't believe how fast they can grow in cold water.

 

[cartod]

Enjoying the pictures. Simply beautiful!
What are your plans on trimming around the whole pond when the grasses start growing?
Sides look to steep for a lawn mower.

My plan is to plant grass and mow it with a modified mower on a rope. Or weed eat it ......not sure.

 

[cartod]

Nothing beats fresh fish, from the hook to the skillet in 10 minutes.

Someplace I can't recall we traveled in rural Germany, a restaurant out in the country. If you ordered trout they went out to their little holding pond and netted one. That's fresh!

Absolutely spot on. There is a restaurant here in WV that nets them fresh. Fresh trout is a totally different fish than a trout even 3 hours old.

 

[cartod]

On frozen pond! We have 3 1/2" of ice on now so it's finally time to build the dock.

 

[cartod]

A few friends are coming over tomorrow to help me put up the dock and they are going to ice fish too so I wanted to be sure it's safe.

We're gonna build a fire on the shore and cook whatever we pull out. It's safe, me and the dog walked all around it. Ice Will be even thicker tomorrow. Cut out a piece with a chain saw.

First a boat

Dog followed

 

[Larro Darro]

That is quite the ice cube. Good luck with the fishing.

 

[wngsprd]

Amazing you have that much ice already.
Still have some trout left?

 

[Kyle_in_Tex]

I wouldn't know what to do if our pond froze over.
Hope y'all catch some trout. Stay out of the wind. More weather coming your way from down here.

 

[EddieWalker]

My pond froze over a few years ago and I wasn't sure if it was thick enough to stand on or not, so I gave it a try. It wasn't, but fortunately I was only in six inches of water!!!

How are you building your dock? Are you able to drive your posts into the ground? I watched a crew build a dock last year and they had a massive version of a t post pounder. The cut the tips of the logs into a point with a chain saw, then set the log from pontoon boat. Once set, three of them stood all around it and pounded it in just like a t post. Having ice to stand on would make it easier then using a pontoon boat!!!!

Eddie

 

[Pirate]

Having ice to stand on would make it easier then using a pontoon boat!!!!

Eddie

Ain't that the truth. I would really like to have ice to stand on while building a dock.