Finally

[mill929]

Been 7 years since this tank was full. About 15 feet deep now.

[elkbowhunter]

NICE!!!! now go stock it with Catfish!!

[mill929]

thats the plan. Hopefully soon I will. What I dont get is the last rain we got filled it up about half way. It had been completely dry for about 3 years. I showed up 4 days after the rain and there were thousands of minnows swimming around

[flufster]

amazing...i sure wish ours would fill all the way up

[bwssr]

That's a lot of water!

[mill929]

rented a dozer and did alot of work on the gullies feeding into. Only tood 2.5" to fill it up this time.

[flufster]

rented a dozer and did alot of work on the gullies feeding into. Only tood 2.5" to fill it up this time.

I think thats the main problem at our place...i was there during a down pour and I walked down to one of our tanks and most of the water ran down the road and then behind the dam...land owner needs to make some adjustments

[mill929]

Before we did the dozer work the 2.5" that just filled it up might have filled up the deepest hole in the bottom and thats it. It made a huge difference.

[pyrobow]

thats the plan. Hopefully soon I will. What I dont get is the last rain we got filled it up about half way. It had been completely dry for about 3 years. I showed up 4 days after the rain and there were thousands of minnows swimming around

I hunted with an old timer a good while back, that swore that where he was stationed in WWII, it would rain minnows. He said that they would go outside after a good rain and there would be monnows on top of the 55 gal drums.

[avidhunter75]

One common way to get fish in a newly filled pond/lake is that Fish eggs are usually transplanted off of birds' feet like heron's, cranes, and such