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    Default Building a pond


    Found this on YouTube and have enjoyed the videos and build. Thought others might as well.

    BamaBass - Building a 5 acre pond.

    Building a 5 Acre Bass Pond!! (Day 1) - YouTube

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    Lots of money involved…..but that would be a dream for sure!
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    Interesting stuff for sure !
    lots of hard work,planning and mucho money’s!
    but a fisherman’s paradise for sure!
    Too blessed to be stressed!

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    I had a 2 acre lake built in 1982 on 17 acres. While it was built well it involved nothing like this…..no telling the money this guy spent but hey…I’m happy for him. My dentist…and friend…..went in with another dentist…oral surgeon…..and built a 9 acre lake…no expense was spared. It is now full of huge Florida strain largemouth…..and no I don’t get to fish it….LOL. Pretty sure the agreement the two had was strictly family only…..and I can understand that. There was a time in Tennessee…..and I assume in other states…..one could get those done for free. Of course the lake had to be a certain size….watershed lakes. The guy next to my 17 acres….who I think has since passed……had a 10 acre lake built in late 50’s. Didn’t cost him a penny…..and I did get to fish in that one….LOL.

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    Pretty cool for sure.


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    Some of those ponds were sure loaded with fish
    The love for fishing is one of the best gifts you can pass along

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    Very interesting.
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    built several over the years , largest was in the 4+ acre range , the 4 acre one cost us $ 35,000 in 2008 .
    and additional $2,500 in fish stocking.
    it was an existing 1 acre pond me and my buds wanted to enlarge .
    I will try to find some photos of the adventure when I can .
    We just had a blast doing it , when they cut the dam on the old pond we gathered fish .
    Man was the silt deep , sure was one big ole play day in the mud that day .
    what a hoot ,4 of us and 2 dogs just totally covered in pond mud
    sum kawl me tha outlaw ketchn whales
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    Wow, that's some serious cash. We have an old farm pond if I could get a hold of the land would like to play with. Here I was thinking one could make or enlarge one fairly cheap with a tractor.... guess not. All I need is $$$$$$$

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    Quote Originally Posted by SuperDave336 View Post
    Wow, that's some serious cash. We have an old farm pond if I could get a hold of the land would like to play with. Here I was thinking one could make or enlarge one fairly cheap with a tractor.... guess not. All I need is $$$$$$$
    the first pond we built back when was in 2005 was 2,500 and a little over an acre , it required lots less dirt work , the larger pond required earthmovers and other heavy equipment due the amounts of materials being moved , both took about a week to build though .
    you might just want to dredge an old pond and deepen it , probably more affordable and possibly enlarge the dam height with the dredged materials ?
    sum kawl me tha outlaw ketchn whales

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