FISHING POND BUILD HOLDS WATER!!! -POND UPDATE-
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- This pond build has been a lot of work but its holding water now! Now we are focusing on building fish habitat.
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Pond veteran here. You're going to need a water source and you're going to need to aerate that pond. Otherwise all of your hard work with the fish will be for nothing. If you get a dry spell you're gonna need to get water into that pan otherwise the pond while overheat and the fish will cook. If you don't aerate, especially with ducks on the pond, you're going to get algae growth which will choke off the oxygen and that will also kill the fish
or second pond above as a bog filter, it could be filled with gravel and pump water up though and then run off back to main pond. He would need to dig a deep hole filled with gravel (use liners on intake and bog pond)at the main overflow as the intake and water storage, he could solar power the pump with a small power shed and couple batteries and decent panels
I had planned on getting a liner and a pump, Maybe solar panels on the roof of my three stall garage, idk if it’s worth trying to make a pond or not
@@breonnataylorspuckeredturd8116 check out natural swim ponds or koi ponds on you tube, but could be nice place to swim with the fish on hot summer days. I will admit its will only be as efficient as the size of your bog and intake pits, it may take some work and further research on your part but I doubt you will be disappointed.
@@breonnataylorspuckeredturd8116 Yeah..you'll need to consider a water supply and aeration if you do. For that small of a pond, you may as well just install a liner and make it into a koi pond.
Nature has aerator and water source. It’s called plants. Pond Plants protect from heat, evaporation, filter the water, etc. you need to immediately plant the daylights out of that pond.
Aeration! Especially necessary with ducks pooping in the pond.
Aeration does lots of good things. Stops the formation of “dead” anoxic water at the bottom of the pond; helps cool the water and add oxygen; etc.
To keep the lake clean, it must be regularly cleaned of silt and algae. This can be done with a dirty water motor pump and a Bagermaster suction nozzle.
How lucky I am to have just found your pond videos. I just purchased 4 acres (Louisiana) this past August and in October I had a pond dug. It's about 80'x90' (7200 square feet) so not all that big, but very compatible to the size of yours. Despite two hurricanes passing by in close proximity and a few rainy days the pond is not filled. I'm confident it will hold water, it's natural soil is that red clay. I planted 8 bald cypress trees by it. This weekend I will try to build a dock for my pirogue before it does fill up. We're having a new well tank installed, and once done I'll run a line to the pond and start to fill it. I am excited to see how your pond develops. I'm one or two steps behind you in my development, so I'll be learning from your experience. Thank you for posting your videos. Keep them up... I'll be watching!
I think that those 20 bass will eat ALL of the fry that you put in the pond really quick. I think a better idea is to put all ages of bluegill in and then after the bluegill have been in it for about a year or so, then add some 6 inch bass. That way the bass will have ample forage as they get older. But one bass can eat so many minnows daily that you wouldn't believe it. Also, ask a biologist about the type of forage fish and when to add the bass. I am probably all wrong. So ask a biologist to be sure.
If you plant the edges with water plants 🌱 the water will clear naturally 🤔
Just be careful you don’t add plants that will run wild and become a problem.
@@danl.909 Yes, ponds require maintenance.
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Of course, but it’s a question of how much maintenance you’re creating for yourself by the decisions you make. Like deciding to stock crappie in your pond, for instance. Bad decision! Some plants in some climates can spread so fast they become a problem. You should carefully research the plants you are considering before installing any, lest you regret your decision later. Your county extension agent is a good place to start if you’re in the USA.
Cattails and water lillys do wonders for filtering water
What plants besides the most recent reply would you recommend? Gonna need to do that before it gets hot and my pond turns into a brown cloudy mess
Nice pond. I have two ponds that I ran PVC pipe to from my deep well. I ran them out a good ways with an upright pipe and put a cap with holes in it. It not only keeps the ponds full during extended dry periods, it aerates the water for the fish. It is a pretty cheap fix and has the added benefit of looking very nice when the fountain is running! You can also solar power a small pump between your well and the pond with the batteries stored in a small shed.
It’s always been my dream to have a pond. Beautiful!
Mine too man. Catch some big mouths and trouts and throw them in there and fish in my backyard !
Persistence is the key! Very happy for you that you're diligence paid off! Recently had my kids fly in to fish our pond it was a great time and my daughter caught two personal best. You can't put a price tag on that. Best wishes for your future pond adventures!
Thank you!!
That compacter idea is great, I will try in our farm pond. Thanks buddy.
Congratulations Steve! This project was kind of a nightmare pond project!! But I think your persistence will reward you in the end! Best of luck with it filling all the way up, and your future success with fish and and such. Thanks, and best wishes!!!
I told you the compactor would work, looks great. Hopefully you'll get to fish it next year
I hope so!
Looking great. Gypsum may help with the clarity, but having fish and ducks will probably keep the particles fully suspended. Get some aquatic plants established to use up all that excess nutrient. And as a general rule at least 30 to 50% plant coverage will keep the water clearer and oxygen levels higher, meaning bigger healthier fish. Also it'll reduce algae issues.
I’ve got some plants started for that reason
I love this ,,I just moved to southwest Missouri too and am doing the same I have a spring just need to dig it out
That’s awesome to have
2nd time today I watch the entire video. My backhoe wont be able to make it tomorrow but I have plenty of time to build the pond. I believe I can do this now.
Thanks
I am here again. Today I hand dug a hole and went through 15 feet of sand and appears that I hit clay. I hammered a pipe into the bottom of hole and got a full 11 inchs of the material. Do you think a 20ft deep pond may be to deep? I can also did 10 feet and buy and apply 8" of clay for like $3000. I like your pond alot and see the water line is a few feet below the grass line so maybe can do similar to keep my dept at 15 feet. Many people around here said that a 8" clay liner wont work but you prove them wrong. Awesome videos and hope I can share my project.
I can’t wait to see how it fills up after the gutter run off starts flowing in!
Me too!
You could try setting up a radial flow separator. If you have the intake at or near the surface that would prevent it from sucking up larger particles of sediment near the bottom of the pond, and it would also act as a skimmer. If it works and the turbidity drops enough, aquatic plants should be able to get enough light to start growing at the bottom, and that would help to prevent more sediment from being kicked up into the water column. Even if the turbidity doesn't drop much, it's still good to have circulation. You could also try integrating this with a bog filter like another commenter suggested.
It's good hunter having habits and habitat.
The new concept is miyavaki Forest.
Good to try for you. Excellent increase in nature. Enjoy hunting 🙂
Put in the like 12 plastic milk crates tied together. Thats the safe haven for the baby fish. And add in the top floating plants or the cranes will eventually come eat your bigger fish.
I have not started my project yet but minimum size was a 50x100 pond. I'm in sandy loam material and did not know if to add $2500 in sodium bentonite or $1400 in clay soil. I was going for 9 ft deep max. This is still my favorite video on pond building.
Looks good I have been going back to the start of the channel quite different from today
Haha it all looks so much different
Looks great! You need aeration or it will soon be an algae toilet. Nice fountain too.
Happy to see it is finally working for you.
Me too thanks
Should probably build an overflow stream with large rocks. If the water rolls over the top of that pond that whole side wall could collapse and the power of all that water is no joke. Just a suggestion but good looking pond.
Good job. How about a windmill for arration? It should help with clarity.
I have an old windmill I’m restoring but I think I’m going to put in some solar airorators
It looks like I spam this video but I did testing on my property and found clay 17ft below ground level. I wanted to haul clay material but its about $200 for 10-12yards due to 40+ mile round trip. I found a cool guy in town that has a small Deere 120 excavator and was thinking if to dig the clay out for about 1 day and then build a 10ft deep pond on a different part. I did build 2 small clay lined test ponds and the results appeared good for only having 4 inches of clay. I am thinking on getting close to 12" of clay on walls. Cool video and I always enjoy it.
Really wonderfull, natural and very beautiful. Ducks paradise.
Although you mentioned collected stock from "local ponds" it's obvious you collected at least in part from your local stream.. I noticed Northern studfish, stone rollers and Longear sunfish in your video. I have a fair amount of experience with the fishes of Missouri. These mentioned species are stream obligates and won't persist long term in your pond.. I do not expect everyone to be familiar with the 200+ species in your state.
Cross your fingers you didn't stock any green sunfish, If so you might as well kill everything and restart, this based on experience. With aquatic plants the same thing if you don't know what it is, don't introduce it.. Regardless hopefully you able to learn from this experimental pond. I'm curious about the results.
You can make worms a spot next to the pond. The worms keep going in to feed the food chain.
Glad you did an update I’ve been watching for a long time
The pond is looking great, well worth the wait.
Haha good deal
Yes for sure get some plants on the edge to clean it naturally.
Thank you for sharing, Sir!
You may want to clip the ducks wings to prevent them from flying away and make them stay in your pond.
Great job, and well put togather videos. Keep up the good work. !!!
Thanks appreciate the comment and support
Great that you described how you got this to properly hold water by compacting the clay, really helpful as I'm about to dig a pond myself. Many thanks!
You should add a fountain for air for the fish
I was thinking about it….
I’ve been wondering how the pond was doing! Looking good!
I knew everyone was
buddy proud of you. u tryed and tryed over n over . but you finally won the game against mother nature her self . great job. awsome size yard. i would have a blast there . do a camping ground up for mates too that would look hell lit
Finally an update! pond looks awesome!! alot better then before haha, you could throw in some old Christmas trees as cover also, also might wanna get some tadpoles, great food for the bass, they will grow like crazy on tadpoles and frogs.
There were millions of tadpoles and frogs before I put fish in. The pond is much quieter now 😂
lmao, a friend of mine stocked my pond fishing at places he knew of that where over stocked. my pond after a few years was crazy full of a mix of fish. had 24 plus inch large mouth bass that would follow you around the edge . blue gill over palm size.
Fantistic job! It looks AMAZING. The only thing it gives me concern is that your house on the other side of the road seams to be in a level lower than the one of the pond and in case of heavy rains if the pond gets floaded you may have a problem..
Thanks! No my house is on the higher ground for sure
With a pond of that size you might need to consider winter aeration to prevent a fish killoff
Looks very nice! I would be careful with the drainage. If it is metal, it can poison the water, depends on the type of metal
The Blue dye helps with the sun not reaching the bottom so flora doesn't have temptation plus it can keep the water a little cooler.
That's a REAL pond. Very nice, makes mine look like a small puddle.
Great job sir!!
I like how pond sits down from house water has to run down to fill it smart idea put a waterfall or fountain in keep water moving.
Great to see it finally holding water. How sweet what a view from the front porch!
That's a lot of bass, the ducks will also eat the bait fish. Wrap some oak pallets in chicken wire, place a few around the pond at different depths. put as many minnows in as you can afford. even if its just stopping by bait shop every payday.
So cool man! I'm a fan ... I would suggest you will plant more tress around your pond bro ...tress also is a source of water and it will makes your pond look natural
That pond has come a long way! Your hard work has paid off!
This is just too wholesome 🥺
I have a wet weather pond was considering a pond liner. I will try this maybe this summer with my pond.
Aquascape beneficial bacteria for your pond is the best bacteria, your pond is beautiful
The pond looks really good
Appreciate it
I want to build a fish pond as well. As SOON as you said SW MO I subscribed,haha. I was born and raised in SW MO, that landscape seems similar to ours, so I'd imagine I'll run into the hot initially holding water issue myself. Thanks for the video!! Gonna definitely go check out some more. Have an awesome day!!
Man I wish I had half of your property. Maybe some day I'll have something like it.
Sealing pond and lakes is more complicated than you know. Your description indicates you were trying to compact clay that was over optimum moisture. We will do a sealing video to guide people soon.
put a few water fountains for some airation of the water good for the fish and will stop dead spots
Cool video that is a nice pond u sure have put in the work to make it hold water & create a good habitat in it,nice job bubba
Thank ya
Is there a next chapter of this? Love it!
Yes I’m gonna have more!
I wish I could own a pond, a small house and a pond I will be so happy, that's all I need and want. Semi off the grid.
Looks good congress on you over sized pool
Stack those big rocks you dumped in the lake a few high and the bass will hold to them better. The more obvious and stark the structure the better.
how do you handle the mosquitoes?
I only ever watched your pond videos so I'm glad I cought this lol. Awesome job.
Have you met any Koi keepers? There are a few simple things you can do to greatly enhance your ability to keep fish. Keeping outdoor fish has some universal principles.
Looks great and great idea with the gutter run off.
I waited a long time to see how it came out
Haha thanks
**Slow clap.**. Nice job! Way to stay after it!!
Way to go!! I hope it works great for you and your dad!
It’s been great! Dad fishes it a lot! Please sub if you haven’t
a fountain would look great on this pond and add some oxygen.
Seen some small bodies hold monster fish. I can see the future here
I hope that’s the case 😂
The pond is sure looking good
Thanks!
Looks very good. Please be careful on your fish choices. Your bass will do very well
Love the pond! Added a lot of value to the property too.
Good idea😍
Very nice pond
Thank you!
Great lookin habit in front of your house. 👍👍
Thanks! It’s starting to come together
Good job , can you control the water level in case of heavy rain?
I mixed claymaterial with 20% Portland cement and a little bit of water, just to damen it spread it in about 3" layers then tamp it. Repeat spreading the 3" mix 2 more times for a total of 3 time or layers and It held the water. This mix is used to make walls that have lasted literally thousands of years, but for the life of me forget what it's called. But when you tamp it give a light spray with a hose. The end results will be as hard a concrete. Good luck. God Bless Everyone
Good job
Thank you. I need to do a update on it!
We need to watching the progress
Think you'll do an update video on the pond soon? Did the gutter run off work?
Looks nice
I understand it has been a lot of work but as always I see the hard work has paid off! It really looks Awesome enjoying as always all the video you guys make and yes I comment and enter everyday in everyway Love to Win the hunting Contest!!!!! God Bless
Thanks Michael
I started a 1 acre pond. Been looking into lining with rubber liner for about $35k just need an installer nobody willing to do the job yet. might have to do it myself.
Looks great! Your hard work paid off.
Thanks 💪
👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼 man thanks!!!! I been waiting indeed!!! This is very inspiring!!! Need this bro
That's Cool
Thanks! I need to do an update!
Its beautiful Man congratulations on your yard.
It is so cool ❤👍👍👍👍🇸🇾
Bass loves ducklings...
If I do something like that in upstate New York can be a such of good place for ice skating
Very nice project I really like it..
I have an area of my property I would like to incorporate a small pond into as well
Gorgeous! You've done a superb job. Contrats. Pat, Qld. Australia
Start to finish! Congrats
Thanks
Can't wait to see you catch the first fish form this pond.
Looks great!
Thanks!
Great job looks really nice
Wow, finally a youtuber that knows what redears are.
Now you need to make an airiator. There are good DIY ones on UA-cam. All it is, is a fiberglass float with a pump on it, with screened inlets, under the water and snorkels aimed straight up, and several out to the sides and the power run in a hose, sealed from the water. Without one, and without natural flow-thru, any fish you put in there will die. The water HAS TO BE AIRIATED. Also, you need to invest into GRASS CARP. They will eat all the mill-foil and the various slimes, but watch out, because Herrons and Cranes will stab them all out. Its a war. Your grass carp will keep your pond clean, but the big long legged birds will eat all of them out. That's what a sling shot or wrist-rocket and a bag of marbles is for.