Building Lake Corona

[two_bit_score]

Glad to see the water wasn't any deeper. Time for a warm fire and a hot drink after that job!

 

[EddieWalker]

I was able to get the bar guard on this morning without draining the pond. Took about 30 minutes to get feeling back into my hands and glad I don't have to repeat this job. The pipe was about 8" below the water surface so I was able to drill a couple of holes in the pipe with a long bit and secure it with some 1/2" wide heavy plastic zip ties to make sure it doesn't pull out of the pipe.

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I would have found an excuse to not do that!!!! I hate ice!!!!

 

[dragoneggs]

I would have found an excuse to not do that!!!! I hate ice!!!!

Definitely... probably more than one excuse if it was me.

 

[Jstpssng]

If he hadn't done it now he would have been donning scuba gear!

 

[ovrszd]

Yep. Now or never.

 

[s219]

I was able to get the bar guard on this morning without draining the pond. Took about 30 minutes to get feeling back into my hands and glad I don't have to repeat this job. The pipe was about 8" below the water surface so I was able to drill a couple of holes in the pipe with a long bit and secure it with some 1/2" wide heavy plastic zip ties to make sure it doesn't pull out of the pipe.

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Wow, you are hard core! There comes a "low point" (pun intended) in most projects where you need to hitch up your pants and do a lousy job like this. So I am glad to see it affects other folks too. On my most recent project, it involved sponging out frozen muddy water and ice from five post holes in the ground (this after I sucked out as much as I could using a pump). Had to lay on the ground face down to reach my arm all the way in. Real joy.

 

[jk96]

Wow, you are hard core! There comes a "low point" (pun intended) in most projects where you need to hitch up your pants and do a lousy job like this. So I am glad to see it affects other folks too. On my most recent project, it involved sponging out frozen muddy water and ice from five post holes in the ground (this after I sucked out as much as I could using a pump). Had to lay on the ground face down to reach my arm all the way in. Real joy.

Yep this one was not fun but I also didn't want to have to drain the water again. It took me two trips. First try I had trouble getting the spikes to line up just right to get the guard inside the pipe. By the time I did my hands were painfully frozen. I was able to get one zip tie through the pipe and around the guard. Even though the 2nd tie would have only taken another 45 seconds or so I couldn't muster up the strength to try. My hands were done and had no feeling or dexterity left in my fingers. Had to come back out later in the day to get the 2nd tie on.

 

[KubotainNH]

Yep this one was not fun but I also didn't want to have to drain the water again. It took me two trips. First try I had trouble getting the spikes to line up just right to get the guard inside the pipe. By the time I did my hands were painfully frozen. I was able to get one zip tie through the pipe and around the guard. Even though the 2nd tie would have only taken another 45 seconds or so I couldn't muster up the strength to try. My hands were done and had no feeling or dexterity left in my fingers. Had to come back out later in the day to get the 2nd tie on.

Finger control goes so quickly in icy cold water. The warm up process is not so fun either. Good that you got it done though.

 

[MossRoad]

I've looked through Kansas, Ohio and Texas DNR sites and can't find any where they offer fish to stock private ponds. All of their info suggests getting fish from commercial fish hatcheries.

 

[aczlan]

Wow, you are hard core! There comes a "low point" (pun intended) in most projects where you need to hitch up your pants and do a lousy job like this. So I am glad to see it affects other folks too. On my most recent project, it involved sponging out frozen muddy water and ice from five post holes in the ground (this after I sucked out as much as I could using a pump). Had to lay on the ground face down to reach my arm all the way in. Real joy.

A Shop-Vac works really well for pulling water, or loose dirt out of post holes.
Good way to exercise your generator as well

Aaron Z

 

[lilranch2001]

A Shop-Vac works really well for pulling water, or loose dirt out of post holes.
Good way to exercise your generator as well

Aaron Z

Actually they used that technique this week in an episode of Alaska The Last Frontier when they lost a blast wire in a hole they were backfilling over the explosive getting ready to blast out a pond

 

[Ford850]

I've looked through Kansas, Ohio and Texas DNR sites and can't find any where they offer fish to stock private ponds. All of their info suggests getting fish from commercial fish hatcheries.

Yep, I looked up Ohio and found they stopped the program years ago. But some of those ponds are still under contract with the state, and considered public. Private ponds aren’t covered under state regs and don’t require a license. Those contracted ponds are posted with signs and state fishing regs apply.

 

[jk96]

Yep, I looked up Ohio and found they stopped the program years ago. But some of those ponds are still under contract with the state, and considered public. Private ponds aren稚 covered under state regs and don稚 require a license. Those contracted ponds are posted with signs and state fishing regs apply.

Made a call today and found out Missouri did away with their program as well a couple of years ago.

 

[EddieWalker]

Where I live, there are two ways to get fish. You can drive to the place that raises them and see what their fish quality is like and buy them directly from the source, or you can meet the fish truck that travels from feed store to feed store and either get them off the truck, or have them dump them directly into your pond.

If you get them out of a fish truck, odds are good that you really have no idea of what you are getting. You may or may not get healthy fish, you might not get as many as you paid for, and you take a massive gamble of getting mixed or different species from what you wanted.

 

[jk96]

Tried to work on my fish structures today. I quickly found out pvc is really brittle when cold. Almost impossible to drill without breaking. Looks like temps next weeks in the 40s with a day or two at 50 so will make another attempt then. I need to get it done soon. The deeper part of the pond is about full and and close to the flats. I also put the trail camera back up. Lots of deer and turkey sign.

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[MossRoad]

I might have missed it, but did you ever estimate how much dirt you moved overall?

It's gonna be a beautiful spot once it fills in and the banks turn green again. Nicely done. :thumbsup:

 

[pmsmechanic]

Are you going to move your hunting blind to the pond?

 

[dragoneggs]

Are you going to move your hunting blind to the pond?

Reminds me of the malaphor, 'like shooting ducks in a barrel'.

 

[jk96]

I might have missed it, but did you ever estimate how much dirt you moved overall?

It's gonna be a beautiful spot once it fills in and the banks turn green again. Nicely done. :thumbsup:

No never did.

 

[jk96]

Are you going to move your hunting blind to the pond?

Probably not. My kids have never really taken interest in hunting so will prob just put up a ladder stand. If I did an enclosed blind I would build a small one person blind that was easier to see out of in all directions.