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

[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.