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Hidden way back in the mountains on my
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new farm is this pond. A pond I didn't
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even know existed when I got this place.
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Over the last year, you guys have
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watched me turn it into something
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special. I've [music] stocked smallmouth
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bass, flathead catfish, hybrid bass,
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channel catfish, [music] and even a gar
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in here. But today, I'm about to drain
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the whole thing and kill all the fish. I
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know that sounds bad. I know it sounds
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like I'm just killing all my fish for no
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But the truth is, the dam is on the edge
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of failing, and if it breaks, I could
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lose the entire pond, all the fish, and
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a whole lot more. So, before that
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happens, [music] we're draining it,
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finding out exactly what's in here, and
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getting this place ready to rebuild the
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right way. But here's the crazy part.
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Supposedly, over the years, all kinds of
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stuff have been thrown into this pond.
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Nobody really knows what's on the
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bottom. So, today, we're not just
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pulling the plug on the pond. We're
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uncovering a mystery that's been buried
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back here for years. But this whole
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video is not just about the pond. We're
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bringing the farm back to life. We're
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going to be brush hogging, killing off
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the invasive autumn olives, prepping new
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food plots, putting out deer feeders,
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and doing [music] the kind of land
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management work this place desperately
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needs. But before we can get started, I
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made a quick run to Tractor Supply and
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load up [music] on everything we're
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going to need to pull this video off.
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I'm draining my pond and killing all the
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fish. So, for the last year, you all
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seen me put all kinds of different fish
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in here. Channel cats, flatheads,
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bluegill, green sunfish, gar, hybrid
1:30
bass. If it's a fish and I've caught it,
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I've put it in this pond.
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Trace is over here hooking up a pump
1:36
right now, and we're going to slowly
1:38
start pumping the water out. But the
1:39
reason why we're draining the the pond
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is because the dam is starting to go.
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And what you don't want is the dam
1:44
busting, and then all this water coming
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rushing out of here. There's a main road
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down there about a half a mile, and we
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could end up with a nightmare on our
1:51
hands. So, check this out. Slowly, I
1:53
began noticing this was starting to slip
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right here. This is a hole that is
1:59
starting to give way. You can see all
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the dirt that's fallen right here on the
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This is my spillover right here.
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And this is where the water
2:08
when it gets too high it's supposed to
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go. Well, the thing is it's not. It's
2:11
got a leak. You can actually hear water
2:14
flowing down in there.
2:16
The water's flowing under this. And then
2:18
where it's undercut and it's created
2:19
this massive hole going through the dam
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and it needs some serious work to fix
2:24
it. With all that being said, we're
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going to drain the pond and
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unfortunately kill all the fish unless I
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can figure out a way to transport them
2:31
and then I may relocate them to another
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pond. It stinks because we put so much
2:34
work in putting all these fish in here.
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It's either us draining the pond or the
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pond is going to drain itself one day.
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Trace has brought this pump
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and that's how we're going to start
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getting the water out of here. How long
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do you think it'll take to drain it?
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>> I'm going to say 5 days.
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>> 5 days? I'm going to keep coming back
2:49
every day and documenting, you know,
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what it's doing. I'm really excited to
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see what's down in the bottom of here. I
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was told there was a pontoon. I've been
2:55
told there's a couple bodies. I'm just
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kidding, kind of. I'm not sure. That's
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what some people said. I don't know. But
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yeah, this pond has been here since
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either the 50s or 60s. I still don't
3:04
know the answer to that. To my knowledge
3:05
it has never been drained. So it'll be
3:07
pretty wild once this water goes down
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and we uncover what's really here.
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So this is our hose and it is moving a
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ton of water. Check that out.
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It's 10:42 right now. The pump's been
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running for like 5 minutes, so we'll
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come back in a little bit and check it.
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Just to see how quickly the water
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level's dropping. All right, fast
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forward I don't know how many hours.
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It's 8:12. We're here at like 10:30
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something. Now Trace has ran up here and
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put gas in it a few times today, but as
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you can see it's running out of fuel
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pretty quick. I'm going to see if I can
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figure out a way to rig up
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fuel system that'll run longer. Yeah,
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it's dropping. I mean the water you can
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see the water line. It was up here.
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That's a pretty good amount. If I can
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figure out a way to add more fuel to
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this without us being here?
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Like just running off an external tank
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or something. That will speed up the
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process. Who knows? I mean, that may
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have been that like that for the last 2
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hours. And if that's the case, this is
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not going to take 5 days. Might take
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All right, we're back to running. We'll
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do an update tomorrow at some point, but
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ain't much to it. Sucking water.
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All right, quick update. Day two of
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draining the pond. It's 6:34. Here's
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what it looks like. Coming down big
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time. What stinks is we're not going to
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be able to gig it this year, I guess. I
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don't know what the bullfrogs are going
4:26
to do, but I can see bullfrogs here on
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the bank. There is some tanks in there.
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Day three at the pond. 4:59 p.m. Big
4:39
changes. Big changes. Trace has been
4:41
here working today. He's really cut down
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the dam a bunch. Y'all remember this
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thingy? We hopped in it earlier. Well,
4:47
yeah, now the water is all the way Oh my
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gosh, a dog just came out of the pond.
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There was a dog in there. It's a sea
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Looking way different. The water's
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coming way down. There was a tree that
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stood there forever on the dam. No
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longer there. Trace is now going to
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knock this tree off the dam. Cuz from
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what I understand, you don't want any
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trees on your dam cuz the roots spread
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out and then when that tree dies one
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day, the roots die with it and then it
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causes everything to break up and you
5:14
lose your dam. This next part's going to
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Don't get too crazy with that thing.
5:45
Geez. That's a serious piece of
5:48
machinery right there. Okay, so the tree
5:50
is down. Now he's going to dig a ditch
5:53
cuz that trash pump doesn't pull uphill
5:55
very good. So we got to get it lower in
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the water. So he's going to dig a ditch
5:59
through there and start draining off the
6:01
water just over the dam now. This is
6:04
where it could get interesting. Well, I
6:06
mean what am I saying? This is already
6:08
really interesting, but I can't wait to
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see what's in the bottom of this thing.
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All right, well Trace is over there
6:15
working on that. I just wanted to walk
6:17
around and just see what I could see in
6:20
here. And there are tadpoles everywhere.
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I mean, look at this. There's just
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tadpoles everywhere. There's bullfrogs
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all along the bank. If there were bass
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in here, which I haven't put a single
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largemouth, I put smallmouth and big
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smallmouth. I just can't see there
6:34
being, I don't know, a lot of predatory
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fish in [music] here. These things would
6:38
be getting wiped out. I mean, look at
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all these tiny little fish on top of all
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the frogs and tadpoles. There's just a
6:45
ton of fish, small little fish, which
6:47
probably means like the fish in this
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pond are stunted. Like they're just not
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going to grow big at all cuz there's
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too many. But there was too many before
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I ever started putting fish in it. What
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I'm curious is, is the fish that I put
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in here still in here or did they die?
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Looks like Trace is getting ready to
7:03
start letting the water flow cuz get
7:05
over here. The amount of tadpoles is
7:06
unbelievable. If you walk down that bank
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and look out there, there's thousands.
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He's getting ready to cut it.
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It's going to get wild.
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No, man. Here, let me get in there.
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That's the last thing he does let me get
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All right, we're about 5 ft away from
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>> All right, it's busted.
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So now that it's broke, I know that was
7:54
a little anticlimactic. Everybody's
7:55
wanting to see like a tsunami wave.
7:57
Trace doesn't want to see that. He's
7:59
slowly just pushing it out and just
8:01
gradually taking it down.
8:04
It's higher up here than it is right
8:06
here. And I don't want to lose all the
8:08
water today cuz there's some fish that I
8:10
want to save, at least attempt to, and I
8:12
need some help and equipment to
8:14
transport them. I'm waiting to see if
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huge catfish just come swimming down it.
8:24
That's moving a ton of water out of
8:29
Come on down the stream. It's got mud or
8:31
something on it. Looks like a channel
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cat. What the heck is it doing?
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See its tail right there.
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Oh, I just saw it for a second. There's
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a go Oh, yeah, there's a goldfish. Cole
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and I put that in there last year.
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We're getting some fish action.
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>> I can't believe that goldfish is still
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>> All right, so this is the end of day
8:51
three draining it, making big progress.
8:54
The water's still coming down. I think
8:56
Trace's prediction of 5 day We could get
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it drained. I don't know. We could get
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it drained in one day if we wanted to.
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There's still quite a bit to go. I mean,
9:02
it is really deep right here on this
9:03
end. We did see that catfish earlier,
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which is pretty cool. So there's
9:07
obviously fish in here and we're about
9:08
to see here and what else is in here. So
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see you guys tomorrow.
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Day number five. We're right back where
9:16
we were yesterday except the water
9:18
level's dropped even more. So we're done
9:21
I think. We might use it at the very
9:23
end. Look how much the water's dropped,
9:25
guys. There's at least 10 yd of bank
9:28
right there exposed. Total depth, I'm
9:30
going to say 7 8 ft right now. Of
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this is the deep end of the pond and
9:36
this is the shallow end of the pond.
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Chase said it's going to be tough to
9:38
have it drained by tomorrow. Now, if we
9:40
were working at this non-stop, it would
9:42
already be drained, but we're doing it
9:44
with the time that we got, really the
9:46
time that Chase has got. [music] But,
9:47
here's the thing. You see all these
9:48
trees, it makes it really tough to fish
9:50
your pond unless you're floating a
9:52
bobber up on top or fishing the top
9:53
water when you got all these hang-ups in
9:55
here. So, we're going to clean all this
9:57
out and also we're going to remove as
9:59
many trees as we can around the edge.
10:01
That way these limbs don't keep falling
10:02
in. I do worry about that being a
10:03
double-edged sword though. I feel like
10:05
these trees are providing a bunch of
10:06
shade which makes the pond cooler and
10:08
probably better conditions for the fish.
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So, real quick, the only fish that we've
10:12
seen is that one catfish I videoed
10:13
yesterday and there's still just a
10:15
gazillion tadpoles literally everywhere.
10:17
We've probably lost a good amount of
10:18
tadpoles though in the stream. I don't
10:20
know that we've lost any fish, but you
10:22
know, we weren't here when it was
10:23
draining yesterday. Let's say a a
10:24
catfish gets bold and decides to go for
10:26
a swim, but I don't I mean I really
10:28
don't think we've lost any fish.
10:30
Okay, so we did dive the pond last year,
10:32
but this is not my flipper. It's
10:33
somebody else's. Somebody else has been
10:35
doing some scuba diving in here. Chase
10:36
just uncovered that. There's supposed to
10:38
be a pontoon in there too, so I mean I
10:40
don't see it. So, we got a lot more to
10:56
All right, so we just figured something
10:57
out or say Chase figured it out. Right
10:58
here is where we're running into an
11:00
issue. This is where the dam was
11:01
breaking whenever you come across and
11:05
There's a culvert right there. It's now
11:07
flowing into that pipe going underground
11:10
and coming out down there in the creek.
11:11
>> That pipe's been in there 70 years.
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>> And right in here is where the dam was
11:15
starting to bust, so the water is really
11:17
starting to move now.
11:27
All right, look. I just saw I've seen
11:29
multiple catfish. They're coming up on
11:31
the off the bottom. There's one.
11:35
Barely see it under the water. Oh, right
11:47
The sun just went down over the ridge
11:48
line and the fish are getting way more
11:50
active. Tomorrow is going to be wild.
11:52
We'll be back here tomorrow, day five.
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All goes as planned, all the fish are
11:57
All right, so today is day five. We
11:59
brought the side-by-side. We brought a
12:00
big tank to help transport fish. Braden
12:03
and I just went to Walmart and got some
12:05
dog cages right there. And I'll show you
12:07
all in a minute my plan for the dog
12:08
cages. We got all kinds of stuff going
12:10
on here. We're going to take a boat to
12:11
the pond. That way we can easily float
12:13
around. It's a Field and Stream boat.
12:15
Got it at Tractor Supply. We can float
12:17
around and not feel like we're tipping
12:18
over in a canoe and stuff cuz that thing
12:20
is way more stable. We're going to go up
12:21
and check the pond. I'm nervous cuz the
12:23
water level started to get low yesterday
12:25
and it's hot outside. And earlier today
12:26
I was speaking at a Beyond the Backyard
12:28
event and I told the kids I'd put them
12:30
in a video. So, real quick.
12:37
>> And we're back. So, we're headed to the
12:39
pond. We're going to go see what the
12:40
fish are like. Hopefully there's a bunch
12:41
in there. Hopefully they're all alive.
12:43
I'm just nervous cuz it's been so hot
12:44
today. The sun's actually behind a cloud
12:46
up there right now, but we got lots to
12:48
do. We got to save the fish, at least as
12:50
many as we can. Man, that truck's
12:51
awfully clean. You want to get it dirty?
13:09
All right, so got the Kawasaki Ridge
13:11
loaded down. This is our transport tank.
13:14
So, we're going to put the fish in. We
13:15
got to go fill it up with water real
13:16
quick. Got the boat loaded up in
13:17
Braden's truck. Braden's got quite a bit
13:20
of boat sticking out the back. Not sure
13:21
if he's going to make this. We're going
13:22
to see if he can do it real quick. We
13:23
haven't put a culvert in here yet.
13:28
Take it easy. We'll tell you. Keep
13:30
going. You're good now. It's when you
13:31
start up that other side.
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Let's head to the pond. Day five.
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That one's been in here a while. That's
14:00
a nice channel cat. Dang it.
14:03
Got a dead fish. I'm guessing last night
14:06
while this was draining, I'm guessing
14:07
this one tried to make the run for the
14:11
So, instead of us using the creek water,
14:13
which the fish aren't used to, we're
14:14
going to actually take the water from
14:15
the pond because they're already
14:17
acclimated to that water instead of
14:18
putting them in that cold water and kind
14:20
of like shocking them. Chase is going to
14:21
use his bucket to fill up our tank on
14:26
Here comes our water.
14:43
It's working perfect.
14:45
So, I was just talking to Brayden and
14:46
Brandon. What if there was a body in
14:49
here? Now, of course, I hope to God that
14:51
there's not. This pond has been here for
14:52
70 years. And like bodies of water are
14:54
all the time places where, you know,
14:57
crazy people, [music] bad people dump a
14:59
body. Maybe, I don't know. I watch a lot
15:00
of like true crime and stuff. I hope we
15:02
don't find anything like that cuz that
15:04
would completely shut the operation
15:05
down. But like this pond has been here
15:07
for 70 years. Who knows what we're about
15:14
Man, that was a nice channel cat. So,
15:16
we're going to try to save and eat as
15:18
many as we can. If they die,
15:21
that one right there, I can tell
15:22
immediately it's bloated, not good to
15:24
eat. I get a lot of raccoons and stuff
15:26
on trail camera in this area, so he
15:28
won't go to waste. Something will eat
15:32
Could have been the next giant. That's a
15:34
nice channel, though. If you throw it in
15:37
he would he'd get furious. Hey.
15:43
All right, the water's moving again.
15:49
All kinds of tadpoles are going down.
15:51
There's no way we're not losing fish.
15:53
It's all for the betterment of the pond,
15:54
though. I'm just waiting for a fish to
15:56
come floating by. I'm going to pounce on
16:09
Pretty good way TO GET ACROSS.
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OH, SON, MUSCLES IS OUT. YEAH.
16:16
We got a We got a croc down already.
16:22
>> I thought everything in this lake was
16:24
>> Let's go down this log. You can walk it
16:31
Dude, watch. Watch yourself.
16:34
Step in it, Brandon. Tell me how deep it
16:41
>> My right foot is so cold.
16:43
>> I just wanted to get down here so you
16:46
>> You have to get in it anyhow.
16:49
Tell me there ain't food in this pond.
16:54
Last meal for the bass.
16:56
I'm going to go out here and see how
17:04
Cold, hot? How's it feel?
17:06
>> Dude, there's another crawdad right
17:08
here. This thing is full of crawdads.
17:09
See if you can noodle one.
17:12
>> I'm on that tree. I'm not on the bottom.
17:15
What Let's go to was barely
17:19
I'd say there's like 6 ft of water.
17:22
Dude, you you can't walk through this.
17:25
>> Hey, can you catch that frog?
17:31
>> I think it's I seriously think it's
17:32
going to be like puppy mush.
17:42
>> You shouldn't have said nothing. Like if
17:43
you just done that, and I wouldn't have
17:45
known, it [music] would have been crazy.
17:47
>> Look at his face.
17:50
I HAD TRACE RUN OUT HERE AND PUT A
17:54
that I ordered off of Amazon
17:56
in the pond. We didn't tell Braden. But
17:58
here's the thing, I had to do something
18:00
cuz I wanted to bring him in on it. I I
18:02
knew he was going to be so hard to get.
18:03
He already knew about the skeleton. I
18:04
don't think Cole knows about it, and
18:06
he's probably one of the most gullible
18:07
people I know. Your your face though, I
18:09
wish I had it on video. He was scared to
18:12
death it looked like. But when Cole gets
18:14
here, I need to expose more so they can
18:16
see it. I was doing everything I could
18:18
to show it to Braden. All right, so that
18:19
was good. Braden can say what he wants,
18:21
he believed it for at least 1 second. So
18:23
as you can see, this this is
18:26
just gunk and mud. Oh, you going to have
18:28
that in every pond, but there's so much
18:30
of it in here. Once the water's all the
18:31
way down, we're going to try to get as
18:32
much of that as we can out of here.
18:38
Okay, well Cole is on his way. I think
18:39
we can get him with the skeleton. I
18:42
Look at it laying over there.
18:44
We don't want to be close to it. We just
18:45
need him to spot it. But Braden is on
18:47
the other side of the pond and said he
18:48
just spotted a catfish. Hey, there's a
18:51
dead one right here. It looks like it's
18:53
been there for a little while. Dang,
18:55
Braden can see one swimming around in
18:58
Another dead one right there.
19:00
It's belly up, you can see that.
19:02
White spot right there in the water.
19:06
>> Hey, I see two catfish down here.
19:08
Braden, grab the net. See two catfish.
19:10
One's getting close to the
19:17
You ain't You ain't missed nothing.
19:21
Be careful going through that.
19:24
No, I don't think so.
19:26
If it did, it just did I mean it
19:27
literally just did it. We This We
19:29
haven't got one out yet.
19:34
Dude, he just hops right in.
19:36
Thought I just saw a tail to the right.
19:39
Brin, walk on that log. See if you can
19:41
spot any from up there.
19:53
Brin, why did you do that? THAT GAVE IT
20:01
MAN, ALL kinds of prep work went into
20:03
that. We got Brin with it earlier. I
20:08
Seriously, grab the skeleton.
20:16
Uh, well, it didn't go as planned. I've
20:19
had it sitting in my office forever.
20:21
Ah, sorry guys. I thought that was going
20:23
to be a better prank than what it was,
20:24
but these guys are tough to get.
20:34
The bullfrog is done.
20:55
THE FLATHEAD! OH, WE GOT THE FLATHEAD!
20:58
THE FLATHEAD'S ALIVE, GUYS. I put this
21:00
in back in September or October. It's
21:02
gotten smaller. IT'S GOTTEN SMALLER
21:04
unless that's a different one.
21:06
That's got to be a different one.
21:08
I didn't put another flathead in here.
21:10
We already got the tank full of water.
21:14
>> Pretty fish. Honestly, it's healthy.
21:16
>> It's got a big belly on it.
21:18
>> For anybody who thought the pond wasn't
21:19
keeping them fed, that thing right there
21:21
has got some belly meat on it.
21:24
>> Didn't you say you put a smaller
21:25
flathead in the end of last year?
21:26
>> A bigger. It's way bigger than that.
21:29
I don't know. That fish was already in
21:30
here. All right, one down. So, they're
21:32
going to stay right there in our our
21:34
drain. That one catfish was in the
21:35
drain, so we're kind of worried we've
21:37
lost catfish already.
21:42
Now, that actually is a real bone.
21:44
Probably a deer bone, though.
21:52
Go left and see if it gets deeper. That
21:54
water's pretty cold, isn't it?
21:58
His head and nipples could cut steel
21:59
right now. There's a dead one right
22:02
You want to get it out and throw it up
22:07
Man, you're walking good in that.
22:13
Dead cat number three.
22:19
Okay, so we got we got some MORE FISH.
22:21
WATCH OUT! WATCH [screaming] OUT!
22:27
TRACE IS PUTTING THE TREE DOWN. PUSHING
22:29
THE TREE DOWN. SO, BRENT HAS just been
22:31
holding the net down. Look how
22:37
>> Tiny little bluegill.
22:38
>> All right, hold me up.
22:39
>> All right, sorry. Yeah, keep keep it
22:40
going. Keep it going, boys. This is a
22:41
pretty pretty good system here. Man, it
22:43
looks a lot smaller from here.
22:55
I'm guessing that's a really old Coke
23:00
That's a 22. 22 Budweiser.
23:04
Trace is getting to grab some now. We're
23:06
dropping it quicker than you should, but
23:08
that's okay. We're we're trying to make
23:09
it happen while we got all this help
23:32
All right, here's an update. I can see
23:34
some catfish coming up. They're actually
23:35
getting air. They're sticking their head
23:37
up out of the water and doing one of
23:38
these. I see one down there. I think
23:40
I've seen like four so far. And on the
23:42
top of the water I'm seeing now just a
23:44
bunch of tiny little bluegill
23:46
everywhere. Get ready, Cole. Braden's
23:48
going at Braden, there's one to the left
23:50
of it. Do you see it, Braden?
23:52
You might have to go after it.
23:55
Dang, where'd that one go, Cole?
23:57
Okay, okay. Oh, you're close. Close
23:59
Close Close Get on. GET IT.
24:07
>> BRADEN, GET IN THAT WATER AND START
24:08
STIRRING IT UP, MAN. Run them down to
24:10
Cole. We're going to do a catfish draft.
24:13
Me and Braden are the only smart ones
24:15
>> Go get it. Go get it.
24:16
>> We got one flopping down here. Go get
24:20
It's It's kicking around right there. It
24:25
Dang it. I think it got away.
24:38
Just lift your feet.
24:57
COLE'S AFTER ONE, TOO.
25:01
WE ABOUT had the hippie lake double.
25:05
Oh, son. Channel. You can throw him in
25:08
Got two going in the tank.
25:12
All right. Getting low.
25:25
>> Run Run him up into that
25:27
into that end, Cole. You might be able
25:28
to literally push catfish in there.
25:33
Hey, right here. Right here. There's a
25:35
It's a flathead. It's a flathead.
25:36
Seriously. I'm not kidding. It's big.
25:39
Right there there's branches. You can
25:40
see where it's muddied the water.
25:42
Be careful. Don't push it down the
25:44
spillway. Let Cole Hey, stay right
25:45
there, Braden. Let Cole go around.
25:48
>> He was right here.
25:55
>> [ __ ] he's right here. He's big.
25:58
>> This is going to get good.
26:00
>> That's a big one.
26:02
>> So, we think there's a big flathead, and
26:03
it's probably the one I put in there
26:04
last year. Cole and Braden are trying to
26:08
Y'all push Y'all push towards each
26:10
>> There you go. I just pushed him back up
26:11
through here. Oh, it's a gar.
26:15
THE THE GAR. THE GAR IS ALIVE.
26:21
>> HOLD IT UP, COLE.
26:25
I remember when you caught that one,
26:27
>> So, last year Cole caught that one. We
26:29
were We were river fishing, and he
26:30
caught it with a minnow.
26:31
>> That's the one fish I thought would
26:33
would you would see in here.
26:35
>> There's multiple catfish down here cuz
26:37
you all are standing down there. Go and
26:39
get them turned up. Turn them up. Make
26:41
something happen. They're in It's in
26:43
that tree. I don't know if it's the big
26:44
one, but there's one in the tree.
26:46
>> Does anybody want him?
26:59
UH-OH, WHAT HAPPENED?
27:03
>> COLE'S GOT THE FLATHEAD. Cole's got the
27:07
He's down there fighting it.
27:11
He's down there fighting it.
27:25
THAT'S THE FLATHEAD I PUT IN IN
27:31
He's going to lose it.
27:55
That's the one WE'VE BEEN AFTER.
27:58
THAT'S THE ONE WE'VE BEEN AFTER right
28:05
>> Oh, that's what we've been after.
28:12
>> I'm going to take him down there. You
28:14
>> Yeah. You can keep fighting hard when
28:16
>> Oh, it looked like it.
28:18
All right. I'm going to run them to the
28:20
creek and get that set up while they're
28:22
still catching them. Man, that was
28:23
awesome. Not nearly as many fish so far
28:26
as what I thought, but they're going to
28:28
keep catching them. I do I mean, I think
28:29
that was the biggest fish in there.
28:33
Okay, here's the plan. Get these cages
28:35
set up that we got at Walmart earlier,
28:36
and we're going to put the fish in there
28:38
in this real deep hole of water.
28:50
Honestly, that's what that's going to
28:52
hold all the fish that we've got right
28:53
now. I'm going to go ahead and take it
28:54
down there. I'm not going to
28:56
overcomplicate it. So, I want to get the
28:58
fish in the cage before I try to take it
29:01
Just because I don't want to carry the
29:02
fish across the creek and drop them in
29:04
the creek and lose them.
29:06
Easiest way to do this is going to be
29:11
It's going to take it a second.
29:15
There's a fish plugging I can feel the
29:16
fish. It's plug keeps plugging the hole
29:22
I'm going to give it just a little bit
29:23
longer. Try to keep them in the water as
29:24
long as possible. This is wild. This is
29:26
my plan though. Cuz of this sand bar
29:28
right here is a super deep hole right
29:29
there. And the water's real muddy right
29:31
now and that's just because we're
29:32
draining the pond up there, which is
29:33
then flowing into here. This water's
29:35
clear and it's going to be constantly
29:37
fresh water on them. So, this is the
29:38
best idea I had as far as keeping the
29:40
fish alive. And this will give me time
29:41
to figure out what to do with them.
29:43
Okay. Here's the smaller of the
29:53
Another channel cat.
29:58
Here's the gar. Okay, all that's left is
30:06
Now, this is where I needed help. I got
30:08
to get them across by myself.
30:14
Just going to drag them up through here.
30:15
Get them in this deep hole. I tied a
30:17
ratchet strap rope to them that way I
30:25
Got them in the water and they're all
30:26
alive. Trying to hustle back up here.
30:29
All right, let's see what they got. I'm
30:31
almost back to the pond.
30:35
How we looking? None? Man, I thought
30:37
y'all would have like 10.
30:40
You know what I think might be the
30:41
problem? The flathead's been eating
30:43
Okay, so I think they've only caught
30:48
which is disappointing. There might be
30:49
another one or two in there. The water's
30:52
so low now and it's just filled in full
30:54
of gunk that they've got the hose
30:55
running pumping what's left of the water
30:57
out. I know it looks like they're deep
30:59
guys. That's cuz they're walking in
31:01
leaves. Okay, we got one cat and some
31:03
bluegill. I'm going to get them in the
31:07
My gosh. Now that sucker's been in there
31:25
All right guys, that's going to do it
31:26
for day five. Not sure that's exactly
31:28
what I was expecting, but now I got a
31:29
lot to figure out. So, good morning. So
31:31
y'all didn't think we're done yet? Trace
31:33
is going to be working at the pond today
31:34
and I'm going to be getting the farm
31:36
ready for deer season. So, I've waited
31:38
to mow. This is just down here off the
31:40
road where I'm going to store some
31:41
stuff, but I've got some fields on my
31:42
property and the roads need cleared back
31:44
and I've waited to mow just for fawns
31:47
and turkey poults, but it's almost July
31:49
and I'm going to get started. As you can
31:50
see behind me, I got a skid steer right
31:52
there. My boys at Tractor Pros hooked me
31:54
up and they're letting me borrow their
31:55
demo unit. Trace and I went over there
31:57
yesterday and picked it up, but they're
31:58
letting me borrow this Kioti TL750 Flow
32:04
Climb up in this bad boy.
32:26
>> Well, that's a problem.
32:28
Something just flew up.
32:31
And busted the windshield.
32:33
Nothing worse than when you borrow
32:35
something and do this. Feels my own, I
32:37
just get it fixed, no sweat, but now I
32:47
it shattered it. Whatever hit it, hit it
32:50
hard, hard. I apologize to the guys at
32:53
Tractor Pro's, but we'll take care of
32:54
this immediately. I was just right here
32:56
in the road. I guess a rock just came
32:58
back perfectly. I have no idea how it
33:00
happened. All right, so I was literally
33:01
done for the day. Like, I was right next
33:03
to the truck when it happened. I'm going
33:05
to run to the pond real quick and see
33:06
what Trace is doing. Just been brush
33:07
hogging all day. Yeah, that's a major
33:09
setback. Probably going to be done brush
33:11
hogging for a while.
33:35
WELL, I SHATTERED THE WINDSHIELD.
33:39
Just one thing after another. So, the
33:41
skid steer is probably down for
33:46
Yep, she's done. It fell in. Tomorrow
33:48
we're going to be taking this back to
33:49
Tractor Pro's and doing some explaining.
33:51
Good morning, guys. We got a lot going
33:52
on today. We're going to be working at
33:54
the farm. Brayden and I went and got
33:56
some feeders out the other day. We put
33:57
out six Field and Stream feeders. They
34:00
were super easy to get out, and we just
34:02
went ahead and got them all out that way
34:04
we could come back and fill them today.
34:16
Yep, looks good. So, this is Whitetail
34:18
365 deer feed. This stuff is obviously
34:20
better for deer than just plain old
34:22
corn, and it enhances antler growth, as
34:24
you see right there. So, that's what
34:26
we're going to put in THE FEEDERS FIRST.
34:38
>> ALL RIGHT, SO WHEN BRADEN AND I GOT
34:39
THESE OUT THE OTHER DAY, the first one
34:41
we assembled in my garage and then
34:43
realized how easy they were to actually
34:45
put together. It's literally just bolt
34:47
on the legs and bolt on the hopper.
34:49
After that, we started just taking the
34:51
box and all in the woods and then
34:52
assembling them once we got here. They
34:54
each hold 600 lb. This is a gravity fed
34:56
one, but it also has a timing mechanism
34:58
in there that releases the feed.
35:12
All right, we got it filled to the brim.
35:19
All right, back at the pond. Trace
35:21
should be here shortly.
35:23
Listen to the bullfrogs.
35:25
So there's there's still a little bit of
35:27
water in there. We've been getting a ton
35:28
of rain. So while we're letting it dry
35:30
out, which the bottom still got water in
35:31
it, so the bottom's not drying
35:32
[laughter] out, but we'll get to that.
35:34
Trace has been clearing trees back here
35:36
around the backside of it.
35:38
You can see this whole area. Um it's
35:40
just a huge flat right here next to the
35:42
pond. I'm probably going to plane it and
35:43
I may move a feeder down here. But the
35:45
plan is to put a road all the way around
35:47
the pond, that way you can fish it and
35:49
clear back a bunch of these trees, that
35:50
way the limbs don't keep falling in
35:52
there. So yeah, we got a lot going on at
35:54
the Price Farm. All right, so there's
35:55
been multiple days going into filming
35:57
this video and this is the last day. So
35:59
guys, this is the biggest project, the
36:00
biggest land management improvement to
36:03
the farm as possible. When I bought it,
36:05
there was zero pasture or open areas.
36:07
99.9% of it was either grown up, like
36:10
the field on the backside of my
36:12
property, it was an old homestead. It
36:14
was completely grown up when I bought
36:15
the place. Like it hadn't been mowed in
36:17
years. I don't know how long. And I took
36:19
a little DR brush hog and brush hog the
36:22
entire thing by myself by hand. And
36:25
since then I planted it in clover, but
36:26
I'm starting to get some weeds in it.
36:28
So, Brandon and I went to Tractor Supply
36:31
big 25-gallon sprayer nozzle rig deal.
36:35
It's a sweet setup. We put it in the
36:37
back of the side-by-side and sprayed it
36:38
with a chemical that kills everything
36:40
but the clover. So, all those weeds and
36:42
everything I got growing in there are
36:43
going to be gone. But, that is on the
36:44
opposite side of the property. So, I
36:46
wanted something on this side. And
36:47
originally, this started off as a house
36:49
seat, but it's going to be years down
36:50
the road before we build. So, now this
36:52
is a ginormous food plot. Chase has been
36:54
working on this off and on for a year
36:56
now and we just got it finished up the
36:59
We started this this was just all
37:01
timber. Can you see we're on a point
37:02
right here? This point runs straight
37:04
down and of course goes down there. Now,
37:06
we've got a road coming in here at the
37:07
bottom. It circles up, comes around, and
37:09
then what he did was cut that hillside
37:11
down and use this as fill right here.
37:13
So, what we're sitting on this is all
37:15
filled dirt from that point. I mean,
37:16
there was a little bit of a flat here,
37:18
but now we've got this massive flat
37:20
where one day I might build a house, but
37:22
for now it's going to be a food plot.
37:24
And who knows I may never build a house
37:25
right here. But, regardless, this is
37:27
going to add some habitat diversity. And
37:28
once I get it planted, there's going to
37:29
be a ton more browse for the wildlife.
37:32
Okay, so I'm back at the pond and I just
37:33
want to give you all the final update.
37:35
Here's where the dam was. It's been
37:36
completely cut out. It's insane how
37:38
actually deep this is. You don't realize
37:40
how big the dam is and how much dirt it
37:42
takes to make a dam until you get a
37:44
visual like this. I mean, look at me
37:45
walking through it. It's insane how tall
37:48
it is. It's like triple me. But, if
37:49
y'all remember back to all the fish I
37:51
put in here. I put a ton of channel cats
37:53
in here. I put hybrid bass in here. I
37:55
put smallmouth in here. When I bought
37:57
the pond, the landowners told me there
37:58
were bass and even showed me photos of
38:00
people that were catching bass in here.
38:02
I put the gar in here, which we
38:03
obviously removed, the big flathead
38:06
catfish, and then there was another
38:08
flathead catfish that I did not put in
38:10
here. I promise. I did not put that
38:11
smaller one in here. It was already in
38:13
there. But, when we drained it, there
38:15
wasn't much in here. Yeah, there were
38:16
some channel cats that died. The
38:17
flatheads, of course, were fat and
38:19
healthy, especially the one I put in
38:20
here last year. But, the thing is, when
38:22
I bought this place, I was just at the
38:23
mercy of whatever was in there. I had
38:25
fun with it last year filling it up with
38:26
fish, catching them, transporting them
38:28
in here. But, then I got to thinking, if
38:29
I'm going to actually have like a
38:31
manageable pond that's going to last for
38:33
years and years and years, number one,
38:35
I've got to fix the dam. Like, this had
38:36
to happen. Cuz eventually it was going
38:38
to break, and when it broke, it was not
38:39
going to be good. This is just a big
38:40
holler. It was going to flood literally
38:42
the main road down there, and I'd
38:43
probably get into some trouble. But,
38:44
then also, like the green sunfish and
38:46
stuff we were putting in there, those
38:47
shouldn't be in ponds. Flatheads
38:49
definitely shouldn't be in ponds cuz
38:51
they'll eat everything. So, now we're
38:52
going to start from scratch. All the
38:54
fish we pulled out of here, including
38:55
the gar, I'm just going to eat them. I
38:57
don't want them back in the pond. I want
38:58
to manage the pond properly. So, y'all
39:00
let me know what fish I should put in
39:01
here now that I'm doing things legit. We
39:03
got to get the rest of water out of
39:05
there, as you can see. It's been
39:06
raining. It's only been raining today. I
39:07
got to get it cleaned out. I want to add
39:09
some artificial structure, and then I
39:11
want to add an aerator. This is the big
39:12
reset, I guess. But, we're starting a
39:14
new chapter. It's going to be bigger,
39:18
cleaner than ever. We're going to know
39:20
every single fish that's put in here.
39:21
But, at the end of the day, this had to
