sgtmaconga
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I was wondering if anyone dives farm ponds? i'm thinking about offering to dive a farmers pond doing a fish count and drain pipe inspection. any thoughts?
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I was wondering if anyone dives farm ponds? i'm thinking about offering to dive a farmers pond doing a fish count and drain pipe inspection. any thoughts?
Funny you mentioned this. I've got a co-worker who has a small spring fed pond about an acre and a half big; he says its 27 feet deep but kinda would like to know if anything is on the bottom. The vis seems to be half way decent so this summer I plan on giving it a go, who knows maybe I'll find the creature from the Black Lagoon, or a model T
I have dived in our own pond a couple times. Not a lot of fun. Max depth 12', little to no viz, bottom is mucky so it's a pain to wade in and out. Our pond is fenced off so the livestock can't wade in it and it always has a little flow, but still, I wouldn't recommend it.
Ditto. Tried our pond once. Very silty, no vis, no joy. No reason to do it again. I do put on my drysuit and wade through parts at times to clear branches that have fallen in, but that is all the 'diving' I want to do in it.frogman159:I tired to do my inlaws, no animals within miles, 25' deep, stocked with bass and huge koi. Sometimes it looks kinda clear in the summer, they dye it to prevent weed growth. In the spring surface vis was about 3-4' after I put my head under and sank about 5' and looked down, and it was if I was decending into black ink.