During my time in the USAF, I got to watch a night air refueling of a C-5 Galaxy. From the boom pod of the KC-135, I couldn't see the nose, tail, or either wing tip. It was HUGE! Later twice I flew as a passenger on the C-5 in the upper aft passenger section above the cargo bay. I nice ride even though the seats face backwards and there a only a few small windows for a view outside. Thanks for bringing back these memories.
You crushed it with the gravel placement! While watching I realized the beds are going to be even more productive because of your sandy hard bottom, it's better than heavy clay as it will stay less silty as the fish build their beds making it easier for them to keep it clean and their eggs oxygenated while fanning and protecting the nests. I would suggest making some horizontal brush piles, placing them around the edges of the beds as extra places for the fry to hide quickly once they hatch and leave the nest protection of the males. I love seeing your plan come together Brian!
You are giving your fish every opportunity to reproduce in large numbers, grow and survive to feed your bass. If you have some shady areas in other parts of the lake, you can place the gravel even shallower in 12- 20 inches of water, fish will stay on beds longer due to indirect sun light and cooler temps in those areas during the heat of the hot days around spawning periods. Brian you already have a existing population of big bass that will put the hammer down eating the existing and new bluegills as they expand into all the new areas of the renovated lake you've created. You are blessed to have your feeder pond coming online, you will be able hype feed your blugill forage to grow faster saving lots of money in restocking fees. By setting back up your automatic feeders you also will be adding more protein the bluegills can eat and grow quicker that tranfers to the bass upon eating them. I would hold off stocking anymore catfish for a couple of years to reduce competiton for food for your bass. You are making a amazing fishery Sir!🫡👍
Its looking great I can just imagine how good fishing going be in few years lat along how good it already is from seeing the fish when the dam was took out !
As an avid film photographer may I give you a tip? To stop your tripod tipping over in windy conditions, get a nice heavy duty bag and put dirt or whatever you have at hand, and hang it from the tripod. You can also buy purposes built sand baga for the legs. Have a play about and see what works for you. All the best from Western Australia 🇦🇺
Loving the updates and everything you are doing. You should put some giant freshwater prawns in before you stock it again. That why they can spawn a few times they really oit rhe weight on bass quick
Hey man, I’ve been watching your channel ever since the first day when Chris come over there and done the test holes all the way to the completion. Can’t wait to see it full. I’m just a little ways up the road from you in Angier North Carolina keep the videos coming stay safe God bless
If you hang one or two milk jugs full of water underneath the tripod, it will stabilize and anchor it better so the wind won't knock over the tripod. And you can just dump the water when you are done.
In a couple of years when that gravel has sunk in the mud, you can build 3 sided "form boards" lay in landscape fabric then put your gravel on top of that.
@@ryanthomas985 there were crappie stocked in the temp pond, forgot to mention them. I’m hesitant on adding any gar… There are some chain pickerels in there though, not sure how they got in. lol
You're really doing some very nice upgrades to your lake, Brian. How long after it's full do you think you'll be able to start fishing? Thanks for keeping us up to date.
Great progress! I'm interested in knowing what the plans are for the cabin. Will we ever see inside? Will there be renovations? Will it be a short term vacation rental? Will it ever be your primary residence? That would make for some more incredible content if you renovate it!
@@lindak.1672 hey Linda! The cabin was built in 1946 then an addition was added on in the mid 80s. I just completely renovated the entire thing, inside and out 2 years ago.. didn’t make any YT videos but I might be able to piece together something. It was in shambles when I bought it, to the point where I was debating on demoing it. Something said to rebuild it.. glad I did. It’s very nice inside and is mainly used as an in-law suite, guesthouse, getaway and airbnb.. I’d love to live there, wife says we need more room(kids). You could look it up on air bnb and see pictures (Bed, Bath and A Pond). Would have been fun to make videos of the renovations.
I have watched this these videos from day one to right now and what an adventure this was and still is I wish I could fish in the bass pond thank you for the videos y’all worked so hard❤
WOW. If i was a fish i would be booking a space in your pond. Luxury accomodation and even maternity facilities supplied. What else could a fish ask for. 😂
I'm no fisheries biologist but I've always been told to go with natural pea gravel and to avoid crushed slag. They say natural pea gravel is best due to it's smooth edges and fish are naturally drawn to it especially bluegill and bass. I really can't tell what you used but it looks like some quarry screenings. What did you use and what factors did you use to decide the best to use. My experience has always lain on the hammering end and not the spawning end. Personally I don't even fish spawning bass. If you explained it in the video, I'm sorry I didn't hear it.
@@TonyBaroni I’m no expert either.. I ordered pea gravel and this is what showed up lol. There’s a river rock quarry down the road, may get a few tons from them as well.
Viewers like myself would encourage videos of clean up on the far side of the lake and plant more grass there as well. Burn that brush and logs, clean up that scrap metal, level out all that dirt, plant some grass.
when chris was there, we didn’t hear wind noise, you should find out what mic he uses. I bought the Media Mod from GoPro for my Hero. that helped a bit. I also bought a Rode Mic when Rode was in fashion. that helped a lot. I noticed that the youtube channel that recommended Rode now uses DJI. 😡
@@peteglander4146 not yet, going to have to toss a lot in there with the excavator at some point… Not planning on putting the bucket on until everything has been burned.
I started following your channel since Chris repaired you pond dam. Good job with the Skid steer and the spawning beds. What else do you do? (i.e. how do you make money to pay for the pond?)
What's the price per ton for the pea gravel in your area i live west of winston Salem and it getting outrageous last time I checked on the price of pea gravel it was $39.00 a ton.
I wonder where Marylin Chambers is flying off too? A friend was a load master on a C-130, and he always gave the C5 pilots guff about flying Marylyn Chambers and some times he call the C5 a FRED ( Flying Ridiculous economic Disaster!)
Could you not take a couple of buckets full of the pea gravel and tip them into your 'houses' to make a well protected habitat? Or would that not work at all. My knowledge of fish spawning habits is about as detailed as my knowledge of how to build a nuclear reactor, i.e. zero ;)
Ft WHAT Son.....Do You mean Ft BRAGG, home of the All American 82nd Air Borne DIV....Home of the Army Rangers , 18th Air Core and Special Forces????? Yes try that again Son!!!
I'm not trying to spend your 💸but when you build your floating Tiki bar🛖how about an electric motor, it would be so peaceful cruising around you lake with a🍸or🍺
By the looks of the clouds this was the last chance to put the pea gravel in. Looks great. Thanks for the Sunday morning video.👍👍👍
@@michael_3985 glad you enjoyed the video. Supposed to get some rain this week
Who Knew, having a permanent puddle out back would be so much work and cost so much money! Shaping up and looking good. 😎😎
@@davidmiller6010 I used to have a sport fishing boat and though that was expensive 😆
During my time in the USAF, I got to watch a night air refueling of a C-5 Galaxy. From the boom pod of the KC-135, I couldn't see the nose, tail, or either wing tip. It was HUGE!
Later twice I flew as a passenger on the C-5 in the upper aft passenger section above the cargo bay. I nice ride even though the seats face backwards and there a only a few small windows for a view outside. Thanks for bringing back these memories.
fish are gonna love that pea gravel.. lake is filling up now
This will the Crème de la crème of all ponds!
Your 4 yrs skid steer experience is truly amazing, not to mention the entertainment value 🤣
@@Scot_WestTexas Scott! you mean 20 years.. this is my 4th skid steer! 😆
@ haha! My bad… doesn’t surprise me. You really crack me up 😂
You need a beach started next!
Educational video. Lern something new every day. Great video. Enjoyed. Thanks for the ride.
Like how to spell. "Learn"
@@johnbeam-d3v thanks! Glad you enjoyed it. Let’s hope the fish use it!
You crushed it with the gravel placement! While watching I realized the beds are going to be even more productive because of your sandy hard bottom, it's better than heavy clay as it will stay less silty as the fish build their beds making it easier for them to keep it clean and their eggs oxygenated while fanning and protecting the nests. I would suggest making some horizontal brush piles, placing them around the edges of the beds as extra places for the fry to hide quickly once they hatch and leave the nest protection of the males. I love seeing your plan come together Brian!
@@BassGuy1 thanks, plenty of sand in the areas where the beds are. Placing brush piles close by is a great idea.
You are giving your fish every opportunity to reproduce in large numbers, grow and survive to feed your bass. If you have some shady areas in other parts of the lake, you can place the gravel even shallower in 12- 20 inches of water, fish will stay on beds longer due to indirect sun light and cooler temps in those areas during the heat of the hot days around spawning periods. Brian you already have a existing population of big bass that will put the hammer down eating the existing and new bluegills as they expand into all the new areas of the renovated lake you've created. You are blessed to have your feeder pond coming online, you will be able hype feed your blugill forage to grow faster saving lots of money in restocking fees. By setting back up your automatic feeders you also will be adding more protein the bluegills can eat and grow quicker that tranfers to the bass upon eating them. I would hold off stocking anymore catfish for a couple of years to reduce competiton for food for your bass. You are making a amazing fishery Sir!🫡👍
thats gonna make some great fish beds. can't wait to see the finished product when full
I'm hoping so!
Its looking great I can just imagine how good fishing going be in few years lat along how good it already is from seeing the fish when the dam was took out !
@@Jammer.1 thanks! Let’s hope these super sized spawning beds really help boost the population.
If that was only 16 Tons of Pea Gravel, I coulda' made a Tennessee Ernie Ford reference hehe
16 tons, what do you get?
A place for fish have sex in the spring!
pond is looking great, gonna have some happy fish in there 🐟
Hope so!
As an avid film photographer may I give you a tip? To stop your tripod tipping over in windy conditions, get a nice heavy duty bag and put dirt or whatever you have at hand, and hang it from the tripod. You can also buy purposes built sand baga for the legs. Have a play about and see what works for you. All the best from Western Australia 🇦🇺
@@philmccormack6925 Using a tripod and carrying around a sand bag isn’t ideal when you’re always on the move. Mine is collecting dust somewhere.
LMAO @@BrushCommando
Every time you move it you dump the bag or I just cary 1 stake and have a small rope that I hold it down with
This Wildlife habitat is coming along nicely. TY for sharing the journey.
@@TGSamantha091 thanks for being part of the journey. Still more things to add for habitat, stay tuned.
Looks like that 4-1 bucket is an excellent tool for this job👍🐟🎣
@@ronaldharmon9891 it worked great! Just have to switch the hoses around because when I hit the switch in the cab to close it, it opens 😆
Pond 2.0 is going to have it all. Nice
@@BuckMasterNorm working on Catfish spawning tubes now
Quite the wind... knocking over the tripod!!! Enjoyed every second of your latest. Great looking progress.
@@brucevogel2693 glad to hear! The drone was struggling, It’s nice and calm today.
Thanks for the fly over.
@@williamchristy8123 puts things into perspective
Loving the updates and everything you are doing. You should put some giant freshwater prawns in before you stock it again. That why they can spawn a few times they really oit rhe weight on bass quick
Good video. You should have plenty of happy spawning fish.
Hoping this will kick spawning into high gear!
Hey man, I’ve been watching your channel ever since the first day when Chris come over there and done the test holes all the way to the completion. Can’t wait to see it full. I’m just a little ways up the road from you in Angier North Carolina keep the videos coming stay safe God bless
@@tonycole613 small world! It’s been an adventure. Holler when it’s full and you can come fish.
@ I would like that
Looking great sir!
If you hang one or two milk jugs full of water underneath the tripod, it will stabilize and anchor it better so the wind won't knock over the tripod. And you can just dump the water when you are done.
Thanks for update. Happy Thanksgiving.
@@johnmarshall9065 Happy Thanksgiving!
I must be drunk watching this, I keep falling over! LOL!
@@AnthonyValentine-vm1yc 🙃
Love your music selection.👍
@@bottleforty1 thanks, it takes a long time to find music for each shot.
In a couple of years when that gravel has sunk in the mud, you can build 3 sided "form boards" lay in landscape fabric then put your gravel on top of that.
@@j.walker3498 There’s none of that in their natural environment. We’ll see how it holds up.
@@BrushCommando lol but plenty of cinder blocks growing in the wild huh.
@@j.walker3498 😆 hey it’s structure
This is gona be a great lake man awsome fish habitat id add some crappie and a couple gar to eat the carp
@@ryanthomas985 there were crappie stocked in the temp pond, forgot to mention them. I’m hesitant on adding any gar… There are some chain pickerels in there though, not sure how they got in. lol
You're really doing some very nice upgrades to your lake, Brian. How long after it's full do you think you'll be able to start fishing? Thanks for keeping us up to date.
@@Vickie-Bligh was going to give it a bit for the fish to get acclimated, then fish it. Maybe a month after full pool.
Great progress! I'm interested in knowing what the plans are for the cabin. Will we ever see inside? Will there be renovations? Will it be a short term vacation rental? Will it ever be your primary residence? That would make for some more incredible content if you renovate it!
@@lindak.1672 hey Linda! The cabin was built in 1946 then an addition was added on in the mid 80s. I just completely renovated the entire thing, inside and out 2 years ago.. didn’t make any YT videos but I might be able to piece together something. It was in shambles when I bought it, to the point where I was debating on demoing it. Something said to rebuild it.. glad I did. It’s very nice inside and is mainly used as an in-law suite, guesthouse, getaway and airbnb.. I’d love to live there, wife says we need more room(kids). You could look it up on air bnb and see pictures (Bed, Bath and A Pond). Would have been fun to make videos of the renovations.
@@BrushCommando Thanks for the info! I will look it up!
I have watched this these videos from day one to right now and what an adventure this was and still is I wish I could fish in the bass pond thank you for the videos y’all worked so hard❤
It's been a journey, glad you've been along for the ride!
Looking good, video not at Chris's level but content relevant and grateful for the share and updates on your lake project.
I’m original, you get what you get here bub. Glad you enjoy the updates
MM77 Approved 👍🏼 👍🏼
Thanks, I’m trying to make MM77 proud!
@ Well, you are the only one! If I could just get my wife to have the same dedication to my needs as you have to your pond !! LOL 🤣
That will do 😎
@@redfish7644 simple yet effective
Thanks BC
@@BuckMasterNorm anytime, Norm!
WOW. If i was a fish i would be booking a space in your pond. Luxury accomodation and even maternity facilities supplied. What else could a fish ask for. 😂
@@nafcd haha, book now! Limited rooms available @ the fish condo inn! 😆
I'm no fisheries biologist but I've always been told to go with natural pea gravel and to avoid crushed slag. They say natural pea gravel is best due to it's smooth edges and fish are naturally drawn to it especially bluegill and bass. I really can't tell what you used but it looks like some quarry screenings. What did you use and what factors did you use to decide the best to use. My experience has always lain on the hammering end and not the spawning end. Personally I don't even fish spawning bass. If you explained it in the video, I'm sorry I didn't hear it.
@@TonyBaroni I’m no expert either.. I ordered pea gravel and this is what showed up lol. There’s a river rock quarry down the road, may get a few tons from them as well.
I’m afraid those fish will wear their tail fins off trying to hollow out a place to nest😢. Maybe not. Hope all is well 😅
Nice.👍👍👍😎😎😎
Going to get alot colder next week
@@kengriffith4968 great bonfire weather!
Viewers like myself would encourage videos of clean up on the far side of the lake and plant more grass there as well. Burn that brush and logs, clean up that scrap metal, level out all that dirt, plant some grass.
@@keithwilcoxsr8103 one thing at a time, we’ll get there.
when chris was there, we didn’t hear wind noise, you should find out what mic he uses. I bought the Media Mod from GoPro for my Hero. that helped a bit. I also bought a Rode Mic when Rode was in fashion. that helped a lot. I noticed that the youtube channel that recommended Rode now uses DJI. 😡
Did you put any gravel in the feeder pond?
@@peteglander4146 not yet, going to have to toss a lot in there with the excavator at some point… Not planning on putting the bucket on until everything has been burned.
wheres the boat ramp at ??? so i can put my boat in after it fills up.
😊
I started following your channel since Chris repaired you pond dam. Good job with the Skid steer and the spawning beds. What else do you do? (i.e. how do you make money to pay for the pond?)
Good job spreading the gravel around in different spots, that should help the whole reproductive process.
@@gerrycarter4929 thanks! Let’s hope so. Can’t wait to put a camera underwater in these areas.
When your fish has a bigger house than you
@@user-bt6hh9yu1n bahahaha they have a nice setup, for sure!
What's the price per ton for the pea gravel in your area i live west of winston Salem and it getting outrageous last time I checked on the price of pea gravel it was $39.00 a ton.
@@BigTader it ain’t cheap, this load was $850! $47/ton
Hmmmmmm
@@bernardsteffen2788 😆 it helps to know a good fisheries biologists
🙂
What is the tall tower off a ways?
@@dankenney7827 maybe a comm tower
I wonder where Marylin Chambers is flying off too? A friend was a load master on a C-130, and he always gave the C5 pilots guff about flying Marylyn Chambers and some times he call the C5 a FRED ( Flying Ridiculous economic Disaster!)
@@raymondheckard234 they’re enormous! The c130s, Chinooks and Apaches are always flying around here. It’s a sight to see!
Could you not take a couple of buckets full of the pea gravel and tip them into your 'houses' to make a well protected habitat? Or would that not work at all. My knowledge of fish spawning habits is about as detailed as my knowledge of how to build a nuclear reactor, i.e. zero ;)
@@bfcmik good idea, we’ll do that soon, as well as lace PVC through the blocks.
🍗👍
@@rmacsrmaddog2192 🐟 🔥 😋
Ft WHAT Son.....Do You mean Ft BRAGG, home of the All American 82nd Air Borne DIV....Home of the Army Rangers , 18th Air Core and Special Forces?????
Yes try that again Son!!!
@@webefree haha I prefer to call it Bragg! Every time I say that people say, “you mean Liberty.” Can’t win lol
I'm not trying to spend your 💸but when you build your floating Tiki bar🛖how about an electric motor, it would be so peaceful cruising around you lake with a🍸or🍺
@@ronaldharmon9891 that’s actually on the list!!