Cheap & Easy DIY Fish Structure For Our Backyard Lake
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- Опубліковано 29 чер 2024
- Part 3 of a series on our backyard pond rehab. After draining and dredging the lake, we added a bunch of fish structure before filling it back up.
-Rock Piles
-PVC Pipe
-Cinder Block Reef
-Downed Trees
-Landscape Rock
-Dock Pilings
-Depth Changes
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VIDEO CONTENT:
0:00 Intro
4:15 Adding Contour To The Lake Bottom
4:35 Trees
6:00 Tree Stumps
6:34 Rock Piles
7:11 Cinder Block Reef
10:06 Retaining Wall Block Reef
10:39 Plastic Tube Artificial Brush
11:50 Dock
12:43 Filling The Lake Back Up
15:18 Bloopers! - Навчання та стиль
Looks like another hit! Where did you ever get such great assistants? They must be paid professionals! We look forward to the next one!
The Ring and The Grudge were scary as heck! Also thanks for the advice, Married Guy.
WOW!!! All of you took on a very large undertaking. Totally awesome!!! Make sure you hang onto the wifey, she's a keeper!!!
Thanks for sharing!!!
Mrs CityBilly is the BEST!
Great video. This was so nice to see after the school I work at just filled in the science department's pond.
Your pond looks awesome. Can't wait for next video and the the pond to be completely filled. 👀 🏊♂️ 🦈
Thanks! It's definately been an up/down project, but the lake is full now and we're gonna build the rest of the dock in the next couple weeks! I appreciate the support
I think it is available overhead storage space that pushes people to the front of the line
Outtakes are hilarious 👍
Thanks! Gotta be able to laugh at yourself amirite??
Damn man now that was a project!
This is pretty good content. I'm surprised you aren't at 10-100k subs. Keep it up man.
Thanks! Hopefully we'll get there someday. Still honing my craft. Thanks for the kind words!
Looking forward to seeing your next video
Thanks! Hard at work on a couple videos that I'm trying to get out there soon! Thanks for the support!
People lining up to get on the plane is 100% a pet peeve lol
Together we can raise awareness, Dave 🎗
I hope that was a "personal" drone you guys crashed into the tree 🤣
Great Job !!!
Good job on the video and explains the structure plans. Not over doing it but like you hopefully you got the correct balance. Looking forward to you catching some in the future.
Thanks! Couple update videos coming soon! (Dock, stocking, and fishing)
Excited about seeing the progress, especially hearing that you're another northeast ohioian
Thanks! Worked on the dock all day today, gonna be stocking some fish soon too!
#OhioAgainstTheWorld
Some good ideas Thanks
Loved the video! Thanks for all the advice! The outtakes are priceless too! Lol
Awesome!
Came across this from the mention in Ryan newsletter
Personally not interested in the subject matter however I was surprised at how interesting the video was & nice story telling. Great to see the whole family involved & the outtakes are fun too
Keep it up, great work!! Keep going
Well it sounds like I owe Ryan a beer! I appreciate the kind words. I'm headed down to Texas to see Ryan today actually, they'll be some UA-cam collaboration going on this week!
Thank you again for checking out the channel
I like your funny humor.
Thanks! Glad you enjoyed it!
Outtakes 👍🏽
Well done.
Thanks!
Nice video again
Thanks!
I’m so jealous
Shout out to bamma bass got you a sub. Also it’s a pretty cool project! ✌🏻🇺🇸
Thanks! Have to give credit where credit is due!
Oh no. You are not a clev fan ? Lol. Just kidn. Awesome bideo
Oh yeah gotta love my Cleveland sports! They sure are hard to love haha
I bet when u waded in and got to the boys deep u said uh Houston we have a problem
Yes but in a woman's voice hahaha
Adding structure gives me places to hide and reproduce. I use to prefer the "Underwood Motel" aka under the boardwalk.
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hello! nice pond! what aerator do you guys use for your diffusers? do the geothermal coils really work?
Thank you! We have a Sweetwater 3/4 hp compressor with three hoses/diffusers. We bought it through JonesFish.com
The geothermal coils are part of our furnace system for the house, and yes they work great!
Did I miss it (I watched all the videos), or did you put in an overflow drain pipe or a permanent siphon drain to keep the water level constant once the pond fills? If you used either, what size pipe did you use? Also, did you install a spillway at one or both ends of the damn? Thanks!
Kudos to you for watching all the videos! The lake has a 6" pvc pipe that goes horizontally through the dam and drains into the creek. It was there when we started the project, so it never occurred to me to mention it.
Problem with line is carry on bag space totally get what you are saying.
How often does a lake/pond need to be dredged? Im in the process of building a pond and am worried about sediment filling it up. Great vdeos by the way. Very helpful!
It depends a lot on a few factors. Like whether or not your pond is near trees that dump leaves in it every year. Or if you have aerators that add oxygen to the water, which helps break down waste. But in general, about every 30-50 years it needs drained and dredged. Good luck with your build!
Ultimately it depends on how well designed the lake is. The best lakes never need to be dredged. When you consider the cost of dredging a lake is very often more than the initial construction cost because wet muck is much slower to remove.
I'm curious about the bubblers and the geothermal coils in there. Do you cover any detail of those in your videos?
No not really. What do you want to know?
@@CityBillyAdventuresHI, yes what type of geothermal system, how many btu it generates, etc?
Also, installing bubblers in an "old lake" can be very detrimental to the water quality and kill a lot of fish. It stirs up too much sulfer based anaerobic byproduct from the sludge.
Wondering what type bubblers you are using used and if you saw any issues?.
Read stories of folks killing nearly all fish after installing a bubbler or circulator.
I have a similar situation w an acre lake that's 70 years old.
Also wanted to mention that there are pond cleanup services where they scuba dive and pump out all the sludge from the "pit".
They call the pit the most important place to remove the sediments from as it generates the most nasty anaerobic compounds.
You didn't deluge your pit. (The deepest part of pond where the thickest sediments are).
I have about 3' in my pit and 18" is most other places. Not bad for a 70 year old pond. But alas, I need to do some cleanup at this point and gathering info.
So ... fish can survive in green water ...?
You should put some shovelhead in there it's a catfish
We've thought about catfish. I've never been a fan of fishing for them so we're researching the benefits they bring to the ecosystem besides the fishing aspect. Thought about trout too but so far we feel like simpler is better
I wonder how much sludge is in the deepest part 😱
I wondered the same thing. I walked around with waders on and it seemed to be on par with the rest of the lake
When the next pond update
I know, I've been slacking on my updates. Lake Restoration Part 4 comes out in about 2 weeks! I have one small thing left to film, the rest of the video (dock build) is ready to go!
part 4?
Currently working on Parts 4 and 5: Building the floating dock and stocking more fish. Not sure which episode will be #4 and which will be #5. Lots of new content coming soon!
Burying the bases of those trees next to your peninsula is going to kill them.
How many acres is your lake?
Roughly 1.5 acres
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The pond is fine for fishing, but it will not be suitable for swimming after the first several years due to the build up of anaerobic sediments. This does not apply to much deeper ponds where the swimmers never get close to the muck. If the muck stinks, it's anaerobic, which harbors human pathogens. Be safe, have fun!