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Iowanian 04-08-2013 10:37 PM

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So....now you get to see what the American Dream looks like in progress.
I may remove this photo for privacy issues......but it's just worth sharing now.

By the end of the summer, the bed will be leveled and be topped with a deck.
The minute I saw this truck in a fence row on the back side, I had a vision of fishing with my kids from a deck on the back of this truck. I've already got the materials for the bridge and I've got some other ideas ranging from a fire pit to a solar charged bug zapper. Yes...It's going to be every thing I thought it would be.






In the background, you'll see a dam with a hole it it and a pile of dead trees. When those are burned out, that pond will be repaired, with a 6-8" open pipe hanging into the big pond. I'm going to stock the small pond with crawfish, minnows and sunfish. My hope is that when it rains hard, it will flood food into the main pond.

Iowanian 04-09-2013 09:58 AM

Have any of you ever constructed "floating structure"?

I've seen a design for something made of pvc and other materials that looks kind of like a palm tree that floats and is controlled for location/depth by nylon rope and a block.

I'm looking at suspending something 4-6' below the waterline in one of the deeper areas.

mr. tegu 04-09-2013 10:17 AM

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Originally Posted by Iowanian (Post 9570911)
Have any of you ever constructed "floating structure"?

I've seen a design for something made of pvc and other materials that looks kind of like a palm tree that floats and is controlled for location/depth by nylon rope and a block.

I'm looking at suspending something 4-6' below the waterline in one of the deeper areas.

I am not sure if this is what you are looking for or not.

http://www.homedepot.com/p/t/1004314...ct_description

R8RFAN 04-09-2013 01:17 PM

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Originally Posted by Iowanian (Post 9570911)
Have any of you ever constructed "floating structure"?

I've seen a design for something made of pvc and other materials that looks kind of like a palm tree that floats and is controlled for location/depth by nylon rope and a block.

I'm looking at suspending something 4-6' below the waterline in one of the deeper areas.

5 gallon bucket
Bag of cement
Big bunch of lush bamboo

= Crappie condos

El Jefe 04-09-2013 01:21 PM

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Originally Posted by Iowanian (Post 9570236)
Ok. I've hesitated to do this because it won't be that hard to identify in my area.

For years i've been planning on building a bass pond. 10 years ago my browser at work probably had something for work, CP and a pond management website open.

Well, last year I built it. I spent the fall and part of this spring building structure from pvc designs I've seen or developed, cement yard statues, pallets, dirt mounds.......and I'm working on my centerpiece. Not long ago I walked into an area gas station and heard 2 strangers discussing my project as a "monument".

Anyway......I'm posting a few pics of the pond, the structures I've built and maybe the centerpiece, which is a work in progress.

Well....it's coming together, filling with water as I type....and the next chance I get I'll be taking the kids to catch some bluegill to start stocking it.


Freakin awesome mate!!! I would love to be able to something like this sometime, hopefully before I am too old to enjoy it :(

El Jefe 04-09-2013 01:22 PM

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Originally Posted by Iowanian (Post 9570251)
So....now you get to see what the American Dream looks like in progress.
I may remove this photo for privacy issues......but it's just worth sharing now.

By the end of the summer, the bed will be leveled and be topped with a deck.
The minute I saw this truck in a fence row on the back side, I had a vision of fishing with my kids from a deck on the back of this truck. I've already got the materials for the bridge and I've got some other ideas ranging from a fire pit to a solar charged bug zapper. Yes...It's going to be every thing I thought it would be.






In the background, you'll see a dam with a hole it it and a pile of dead trees. When those are burned out, that pond will be repaired, with a 6-8" open pipe hanging into the big pond. I'm going to stock the small pond with crawfish, minnows and sunfish. My hope is that when it rains hard, it will flood food into the main pond.

Man that is awesome!! How big is the pond?

Iowanian 04-09-2013 01:41 PM

It's a little over 2 acres

A buddy built one a quarter mile away that is over 5 acres.

El Jefe 04-09-2013 02:04 PM

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Originally Posted by Iowanian (Post 9571508)
It's a little over 2 acres

A buddy built one a quarter mile away that is over 5 acres.

Whoa, that's some coin there. I looked into building a 2 acre pond and I was quoted almost 18k to dig it.

mr. tegu 04-09-2013 02:16 PM

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Originally Posted by El Jefe (Post 9571596)
Whoa, that's some coin there. I looked into building a 2 acre pond and I was quoted almost 18k to dig it.

What kind of shovel are you going to buy?

http://tierraderco.com/ProductImages/Worth/W2256.jpg

ptlyon 04-09-2013 02:20 PM

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Originally Posted by Iowanian (Post 9571508)
It's a little over 2 acres

A buddy built one a quarter mile away that is over 5 acres.

Shit, I'd just fish his...

Radar Chief 04-09-2013 02:28 PM

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Originally Posted by mr. tegu (Post 9571646)
What kind of shovel are you going to buy?

http://tierraderco.com/ProductImages/Worth/W2256.jpg

You would have to visit the Home Depot in a dozen different cities to come up with enough Mexicans to hand dig a 2 acre pond.

mr. tegu 04-09-2013 02:30 PM

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Originally Posted by Radar Chief (Post 9571699)
You would have to visit the Home Depot in a dozen different cities to come up with enough Mexicans to hand dig a 2 acre pond.

LMAO

El Jefe 04-09-2013 02:33 PM

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Originally Posted by Radar Chief (Post 9571699)
You would have to visit the Home Depot in a dozen different cities to come up with enough Mexicans to hand dig a 2 acre pond.

LMAO, that is the funniest thing I have read on here all day!

ptlyon 04-09-2013 02:38 PM

WHIP THEM! WHIP THE PISS RIGHT OUT OF THEM!!!

MahiMike 04-09-2013 02:40 PM

I have to admit I just sold all of my fishing gear. I did way too much fishin' and not enough catchin'.

Cheaper to pay $12/lb for Grouper or Mahi.


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