Building the ULTIMATE MAGGOT FEEDER for My Back Yard Fish Pond!

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  • @TheWoodedBeardsman
    @TheWoodedBeardsman  3 роки тому +14

    *Complete NEW FISH POND PLAYLIST:* ua-cam.com/play/PLDg2Qmw9pKidyb4i41XtKUhop40BUcL8_.html

    • @jpsapartmentcustom9541
      @jpsapartmentcustom9541 3 роки тому

      Full stop

    • @Code3GamingOfficial
      @Code3GamingOfficial 3 роки тому

      You should keep a breeder pig

    • @conniepitts8392
      @conniepitts8392 3 роки тому

      WHAT TO HECK KINDA FLY GOING TO DELVOPE FROM THAT THING.🤯😮

    • @N0xKn1ght
      @N0xKn1ght 3 роки тому

      Repurposing a clothes line would be 100% more efficient. In your defense you where part of the way there with the gondola rope. But a clothes line would be 100% more efficient, you can push, or pull the box where needed without needing to pull a rope from side to side manually!!!

    • @N0xKn1ght
      @N0xKn1ght 3 роки тому

      My next concern is the water quality... you have rotting meat and fluids leaking into the water with nothing to really clean the water source I'm concerned the pound will become a cesspool. I mean there is a real threat of waste contamination from decaying, rotting animals and insects continually dropping for only 4 fish. There is no way that 4 fish are cleaning that water source. Possibly adding catfish or carp that are filter fish bottom feeders would help with future upkeep?

  • @experienceofchris1108
    @experienceofchris1108 3 роки тому +107

    Never thought I would be looking at a “maggot feeder” on UA-cam but here I am and it was pretty sick

  • @stokesjo82
    @stokesjo82 3 роки тому +89

    My grandfather told me to hang a rope across the pond with an LED lightbulb hanging from the center and 2 plexiglass baffles. The insects see the light and drop into the water when they fly into the baffles. Also, check out the bojo fish light. I bought one for my father in law.

    • @Nickcooperrei
      @Nickcooperrei 3 роки тому +2

      Smart tactic.

    • @threehalos4542
      @threehalos4542 3 роки тому +1

      He did it bro he took your advice😂

    • @benthere8051
      @benthere8051 3 роки тому

      I was going to suspend a light over a fan to blow the bugs into the water. Your "baffle" idea is much better as it is almost completely passive.

    • @michaelmaltese939
      @michaelmaltese939 3 роки тому +1

      Do they have the lights that come with the stank? You taking all the fun out of it! I mean what are you supposed to do with that huge pile of road kill you been saving up?

    • @abandonbelief
      @abandonbelief 3 роки тому +2

      @@michaelmaltese939 Roadkill Cafe

  • @WesS2016
    @WesS2016 3 роки тому +100

    Full Stop. And my wife said not to do this ever again, the chicken run smelled horrible for weeks. LOL

    • @hawghawg381
      @hawghawg381 3 роки тому +4

      You lost me when you said your wife said something. She evidently don't cook and clean. It's your fault, weak men.

    • @HEMPHILL84
      @HEMPHILL84 3 роки тому +1

      Use black soldier flies larva

  • @verdatum
    @verdatum 3 роки тому +15

    I would've done it like a clothesline: a loop secured by pulleys on both trees. Then the box doesn't need to slide on a tube. It could be knotted to the clothes line directly. But this seems to work. There's so much good design presented in this video!

    • @Verschlimmbesserung
      @Verschlimmbesserung Рік тому +1

      My thoughts as well. It would eliminate the need for that third rope and having two people pull it in the opposite direction. Plus the friction would be insignificant and the rope would last a long time.
      BTW, is the maggot feeder still in use?

  • @kitanapantin3271
    @kitanapantin3271 3 роки тому

    OMG I FINALLY FOUND THIS CHANNEL BACK I watch the the episodes some years back I’m so happy I found this back

  • @Alchemicalmalpractice
    @Alchemicalmalpractice 3 роки тому +1

    Honestly, these videos are really great to relax to on fridays

  • @donniev8181
    @donniev8181 3 роки тому +19

    What a brother Kevin is, he used like $800 in lumber to make that box for you lol. Tell him to make sure and write it off on his taxes.

  • @CampingwithSamBananas
    @CampingwithSamBananas 3 роки тому +10

    Damn dude, that's quite the compound you have going there!

  • @brandi8778
    @brandi8778 3 роки тому +1

    Go Woodbeard, we're watching all videos all the way through because I think I know how much work is put into delivering this to us. And thank you again! And I also want you to know that I think you and Jeremy make an awesome team.

  • @ArielleViking
    @ArielleViking 3 роки тому

    Those flies were crazy fullstop. 😊👍

  • @robertanniford8687
    @robertanniford8687 3 роки тому

    Your channel brings me so much joy

  • @D11Alpha
    @D11Alpha 3 роки тому +2

    Morning coffee & my favorite YT channel with a beard! All is right in the world.

  • @blakethlabuuth6776
    @blakethlabuuth6776 3 роки тому +15

    "It rained and the water is chocolate brown..." man what kinda chocolate you eating!? 😂

  • @anthonyxiong3304
    @anthonyxiong3304 3 роки тому +11

    I think you need to add in some minnows it'll be fun to see the trout's going after the minnows as they eat the maggots.

  • @michaelmaltese939
    @michaelmaltese939 3 роки тому +1

    The progeny of flies. Somebody should name their band that

  • @davidparker536
    @davidparker536 3 роки тому

    Full stop. And if I had a pond I would do this. Such a good idea.

  • @spideymcgee4718
    @spideymcgee4718 3 роки тому +5

    I love listening to Chris ramble on and on. The ingenuity and everything else is just a great bonus.
    Thanks for all you do. Good luck with the Canadian government. America isn't all that great either.
    I'll be watching your videos no matter what. Also, I'm trying to convince the fiance to let me get some Woodobo.

  • @beangardener
    @beangardener 3 роки тому +1

    Yes! I was waiting exactly for this. Love the feed/biomass conversion videos

    • @beangardener
      @beangardener 3 роки тому

      It would be awesome to see you tinkering with making fish protein entirely from vegetable waste. With beetles or worms or cockroaches.

  • @circleviii1801
    @circleviii1801 3 роки тому

    This was awesome. full stop. love the underwater footage

  • @chandrasekharlimit4547
    @chandrasekharlimit4547 3 роки тому +1

    This is like an IRL Minecraft automation feeder how to tutorial, thanks UA-cam algorithm, 10/10

  • @aznswag6030
    @aznswag6030 3 роки тому

    UNDERWATER fish footage is always amazing !!

  • @BlueKnows
    @BlueKnows 3 роки тому +3

    The best homemade backyard maggot feeder on UA-cam full stop

  • @jesterrobin6830
    @jesterrobin6830 3 роки тому

    I first wondered why you'd put a cadaver above the pond until I realized that there will be a lot of flies and their offspring ready to be eaten by the fish. This is genius. I love it and I would do something similar if I ever have the chance to do something this exciting!

  • @RiverbendlongbowsOutdoors
    @RiverbendlongbowsOutdoors 3 роки тому +1

    Canadian Jam Knot 🪢👌😁
    Awesome man
    I need to do this
    Great dry heave 😂
    Full stop

  • @surfersurfer8824
    @surfersurfer8824 3 роки тому +1

    hi Chris, that was pretty smart thing to do!! be safe, thank you, bill

  • @elifdilek9478
    @elifdilek9478 3 роки тому +1

    Hello Thank you very much my dear freind beautiful 💓💓🍰🤗💌☕☕💓🥰👱‍♀️

  • @NeliusBowhunter
    @NeliusBowhunter 3 роки тому +2

    I suggest you put a plate on top of the wire mesh so that the smaller maggots do not fall straight into the water. Leave space all around so that the pre-pupae will fall when they start crawling for dry ground to burrow. That way you will have optimal fat maggots

    • @TheWoodedBeardsman
      @TheWoodedBeardsman  3 роки тому +1

      That would help a bit. I put a cam underwater, and let it run for 2 hours...some pretty good sized ones dropping at a regular rate!

  • @chadmathers9328
    @chadmathers9328 3 роки тому

    I'm going to be 100% honest, I was skeptical, but holy crap man, this works awesomely! Smart work.

  • @julesincog7299
    @julesincog7299 3 роки тому +3

    the maggot video i’ve been waiting for 😂

  • @vuBran
    @vuBran 3 роки тому +3

    Full stop, these feeders looked awesome‼️‼️

  • @Zarei-q1g
    @Zarei-q1g 2 роки тому

    Grass idea for fishing management in pond 👍🏻👍🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻🐛🐛

  • @joshweaver4729
    @joshweaver4729 3 роки тому

    Full stop, no other way to do it. Idk what it is but these are my favorite videos you post. Something oddly satisfying about the maggot traps 🤣

  • @Nowrongdoer
    @Nowrongdoer 3 роки тому +7

    Wow Babe in the Bearded City

  • @5h4n368
    @5h4n368 3 роки тому +18

    I would have went with 2 pullies, so you can operate from one side.

    • @freakonaleash235
      @freakonaleash235 3 роки тому +1

      Close line pulleys, one longer rope and double the strength.

  • @SuperQuickfix1
    @SuperQuickfix1 3 роки тому +1

    Full stop,glad your doing more maggot work. Been using feeders fourty plus years. Brookies seem to really fatten up for the fall spawn.

  • @ActionMattGreen
    @ActionMattGreen 3 роки тому

    Full Stop friend. I love the channel and the content. And the family. Great people.

  • @geraldfountaine482
    @geraldfountaine482 3 роки тому

    Some Little Rascals stuff going on here👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻

  • @Bbfishman
    @Bbfishman 3 роки тому

    feel like ive been waiting a year and a half for this video. not a bad little system you got and its all free fish food....definitely way more nutritious than pretty much any feed you could buy too

  • @johnemond2190
    @johnemond2190 3 роки тому +1

    Gonna have some big old frogs too! Frog legs are delicious, go good with trout.

  • @southcanada6002
    @southcanada6002 3 роки тому +2

    I wish I had 1 percent of this mans DIY acumen

  • @thes1lentgamer70
    @thes1lentgamer70 3 роки тому

    i would use a come along for the line across too get better tension and pullies and rope fore the retraction that way you can put more weight on it, as for reducing smells maybe put some gasket around the lid and some acrylic glass that extends to the water on all four sides.

  • @XFreedomPrimeX
    @XFreedomPrimeX 3 роки тому

    You can put bowstring wax or regular candle wax on the main rope to help it last longer. It will also make it slide smoother and probably protect it from the friction.

  • @HendrikOutdoor
    @HendrikOutdoor 3 роки тому

    That's a pretty cool feeder setup, full stop!

  • @_AVF
    @_AVF 3 роки тому

    Full stop! Awesome contraption.

  • @GatorMike79
    @GatorMike79 3 роки тому

    Great job man! Awesome video too! Time to add some more fish. Full stop

  • @urstrulyimran9012
    @urstrulyimran9012 3 роки тому

    Big love from Dubai

  • @dreamlizard3111
    @dreamlizard3111 3 роки тому

    Full stop. Very cool maggot feeder!

  • @ZealousChuck
    @ZealousChuck 3 роки тому

    Nice one keep it up beardsman🔥🔥

  • @br3520
    @br3520 3 роки тому +3

    You should make a trapp to catch the flyes and send them in the water.

  • @gwenrrm
    @gwenrrm 3 роки тому +1

    use a trucker's hitch to easily adjust the line! it also gives ya a pulley advantage

  • @spaaggetii
    @spaaggetii 3 роки тому +2

    I hope Kevin is getting paid for this. You are one demanding man! hehe.

  • @natureswildplayground
    @natureswildplayground 3 роки тому +1

    Great video as always maggots remind me of rice I can’t do it LOL 😂

  • @trogdor8764
    @trogdor8764 3 роки тому +5

    I think you were better off with the bucket, I think that chicken wire is going to let a lot of the fish fall through as it breaks down. The wider dimensions of the box also make it more prone to tipping. Put a PVC pipe on opposite sides and hang it from 2 ropes, this will keep it from tipping, put less stress on the rope, and prevent the thing from falling in the water if one rope fails.

  • @stevenjennings8347
    @stevenjennings8347 3 роки тому

    Awesome informational educational video experience Y'alls God Bless Ya 🙏

  • @medtech1a
    @medtech1a 3 роки тому

    The trout are truly enjoying the maggots.

  • @HandfulOfTranquility
    @HandfulOfTranquility 3 роки тому +1

    If you re-build then two pulleys would of course be great so you can bring it in or out from one spot. You would also eliminate the tube and potential for eventually cutting through the rope.
    But, if you only do a minor revision, heat the tube ends up and flare them

  • @xkitchick
    @xkitchick 3 роки тому

    Full stop . Great job, super cool.

  • @danaadams1746
    @danaadams1746 3 роки тому

    Good job Yankee

  • @TheRich464
    @TheRich464 3 роки тому

    Full stop Chris! ❤️ stay safe and be well

  • @bryanpaynechefbrybry1067
    @bryanpaynechefbrybry1067 3 роки тому

    Full stop.
    Great great episode Chris.. much better feeder than before.. hopefully you will get nice fat fish..

  • @christopherkeillor9728
    @christopherkeillor9728 3 роки тому +1

    It's also a good way just make the ropes a little longer so your gondola goes to the bottom and drags the mud and other debris out but you can dig your pond deeper everyday you could pull a scoop through let things settle drag it again and then move your beginning or end area a foot in either direction and do it again old-school dredging

  • @jasonb4520
    @jasonb4520 3 роки тому +2

    With how the mesh on the bottom is you could use a tarp and completly seal off the top.

  • @mylesfrancisbillington9125
    @mylesfrancisbillington9125 3 роки тому

    Glad to have come across your channel!

  • @tinalowell3045
    @tinalowell3045 3 роки тому

    Man dude you should count it and enter it into the Guinness book of world records but I think you said maggots more than anybody on the planet LOL love your guys' show

  • @Sir0blivion
    @Sir0blivion 3 роки тому +1

    Great video. Full stop!

  • @MrAndrewholde
    @MrAndrewholde Рік тому

    Man awesome!! Trout love maggots in the uk we catch lots on them! Your trout are most likely eating most of them as they fall through the water
    You should get a few catfish to compete with the trout on the bottom
    If you put it a bit higher up they’d splash more on the surface probably stimulate more surface feeding
    In the uk it was a old traditional method to just hang a rabbit high in a tree over the river. Writhing a few days hundreds of fish waiting there very easy to catch. Just two maggots on the hook dropped under the feeder bam every cast!

  • @kennethcruise7635
    @kennethcruise7635 3 роки тому +1

    With tadpoles you are getting ready for frog legs too .

  • @J0Dog
    @J0Dog 3 роки тому

    A friend of my dads used some old 50 gallon barrels he got along with some pallets to make a little raft. He used to use that to throw out roadkill for a similar setup to this. I was thinking if you got an opaque colored tub that was the same size as whatever raft you build you could keep it in the shade and covered to keep things going. If you built the raft to keep the pallet real close to the water you might be able to avoid some of the smell as well, though obviously you need some space for the flies to get in. Just throwing some different ideas not, not sure how well they would actually work though.

  • @mike050876
    @mike050876 3 роки тому

    Full Stop! Nice job on the feeder.

  • @polecat2576
    @polecat2576 3 роки тому

    It’s always fascinating to watch your videos. Loved it.

  • @nunzioification
    @nunzioification 3 роки тому +4

    Best maggot feeder video I’ve seen! Actually I’ve never heard of this till now

  • @dusseaulta
    @dusseaulta 3 роки тому +1

    If it helps, you could also use a clothesline with the pulleys. Just an other idea. Love your videos!

  • @danielsanto5407
    @danielsanto5407 2 роки тому

    Imagine being a trout and watching some crazy dude with a beard hang a gondola full of rotting carp over you to feed you maggots. Priceless.

  • @paulmiltiades6612
    @paulmiltiades6612 3 роки тому

    Great idea! Just a suggestion: If you put 2 pulleys on the trees and loop the rope you can just pull any amount of weight easily from one side or the cable with a zipline harness on it. Great for keeping your bait fish healthy i bet.

  • @wildernessexplorer8264
    @wildernessexplorer8264 3 роки тому

    Full stop. Good DIY 👍

  • @BBoyDrkNova
    @BBoyDrkNova 3 роки тому +6

    I’m only 16 minutes in . But why not . Make the line that you’re pulling with , 1 big line that loops , and put a pulley with a crank handle on both ends .
    So you can just crank it one direction or the other without another person having to help you ?
    Sorry just a suggestion . Love the videos !

  • @kendee5215
    @kendee5215 3 роки тому +1

    That is a great idea!!! Love the vids man👍👍👍

  • @cookingwithlie445
    @cookingwithlie445 3 роки тому

    good job my friend thank you for sharing video

  • @lifestylesharing
    @lifestylesharing 3 роки тому

    Life is so beautiful there sir, great sharing always !

  • @toohotsshakedat
    @toohotsshakedat 3 роки тому

    Full Stop, great video as always!

  • @hailsland
    @hailsland 3 роки тому +1

    I had no idea about tying around trees! Then again if I've ever done it it's been temporary so I haven't seen the potential damage that would cause over time.

  • @TheAngryFishh
    @TheAngryFishh 3 роки тому

    I like the pen you built for the Kanadian kops.

  • @nicolaigronborg2302
    @nicolaigronborg2302 3 роки тому

    I don’t have a pond or anything near it.. But this is epic! One day, I will build my own maggot feeder for my backyard pond (future pond)

  • @BigfootAnon
    @BigfootAnon 3 роки тому

    This is awesome my dude

  • @The-Trinity-Bro
    @The-Trinity-Bro Рік тому

    Scent free setup: 5 gallon bucket with lid. “T” fitting on lid leading down to bucket, drill holes on bottom of bucket. Add 3 or so inches of wood shavings add rotting protein over wood shavings and hang over pond or field for chickens. When the maggots start forming the will start trickling out of the bottom holes, but the wood shavings will block the scent and the t fitting will allow flies to lay eggs

  • @staringdowna45
    @staringdowna45 3 роки тому

    I met a guy at work who told me years ago he made one out of a five-gallon bucket for his chickens. He told me he stuffed the top of the bucket over the roadkill with hay. I assume timothy or alfalfa. He said the hay kept the smell down. I've never made one for my birds, but now I think I'll have to give it a go.

  • @torianholt2752
    @torianholt2752 3 роки тому

    Ingenious Sir

  • @Silvertoburn
    @Silvertoburn 3 роки тому

    Good times right there!

  • @ZaneofAustin
    @ZaneofAustin 3 роки тому

    pond looking great, awesome feeder :)

    • @ZaneofAustin
      @ZaneofAustin 3 роки тому

      20:05 could also just double the line up

  • @Lone_wolf2776
    @Lone_wolf2776 3 роки тому

    Full stop. Great video!

  • @angler2058
    @angler2058 3 роки тому

    I did that years ago. Works very well.

  • @baguiobestmmafighters2001
    @baguiobestmmafighters2001 3 роки тому

    for sure there is a steam nearby you can use that to provide permanent clear water in your fishpond..just use a long hose install it from the steam all the way down to your pond

  • @wantblackwolf
    @wantblackwolf 3 роки тому

    A cumalong or chain binder would take care of the slack. And like the others said clothes line like pulleys. But I'd step it up with 2x4s the same width of the box and 2 sets of pulleys on the ends. Also pulleys on top of box to hang on top rope with bottom rope going to bottom of box. That's 4 pulleys on box and 4 on 2x4s. Then you can load it full. If you use a cumalong for slack it could also set box on ground when loading.
    This might be overkill though.

    • @TheWoodedBeardsman
      @TheWoodedBeardsman  3 роки тому

      I like that idea! I just need to scale up the pond to more fish to make it worthwhile!

  • @newdogatplay
    @newdogatplay 3 роки тому +3

    U need to build it so the magots roll off into a space they can lay an dehydrate for future feedings as well as feeding in real time

  • @shimasfaris2917
    @shimasfaris2917 3 роки тому

    I was having a boring day till I had this notification

  • @Dawood1707
    @Dawood1707 3 роки тому

    Locking good gondola 😊😊😊😊love from India good udobo Spice

  • @Behaviorsinking
    @Behaviorsinking 3 роки тому

    Full stop! Greetings from across the pond. ;)

  • @gunznknives
    @gunznknives 3 роки тому

    Great proof of concept! I mentioned in Kevin's channel, when he asked about other projects, to put in a cabled zip line to send materials back and forth to the site. This was when the pathways was super muddy. You basically did exactly that. Gondola/Zip line, same idea. Great video! Full stop

  • @moonstruckskywalker9276
    @moonstruckskywalker9276 3 роки тому

    Dude that underwater maggot scene with the camera going above the maggot feeder and that "No Exit" sign almost looked like out of a horror movie :D