Visiting a farm with Sturgeon! Also eel pit and cave hikes!

[@jic1]

If it wasn't for this channel, I'd never have learned that you can keep blue crabs in freshwater and feed them sturgeon pellets. This information is of no use to me whatsoever, but I'm still glad to know it.

[@lucasborg120]

Love your videos they are so calming

[@TheMasonK]

Lake Sturgeon are endangered in a lot of states (if not everywhere). The fact they were given permission to raise them in captivity tells you that these guys are very well respected. Very cool video!

[@thealleys]

"Hey Mr. BlueCrab where do you live? East Coast? The Gulf?" "I live in Kentucky."

[@outofreach.8479]

I wish you were more popular this is so calming, love your vids.

[@Sea-cucumber1151]

I could have watched an hour of more detailed pictures of the places. Too cool. Ok I need detailed directions to all, that was amazing. I am so jealous.

[@justinfisher8749]

Always get excited to see a update on the eel pit

[@ALC570]

The hike footage was so cool would love to see more local wildlife this summer

[@burchie1224]

4:14 Yeah, you're right. Bass are like the Golden Retrievers of fish

[@KrisPSouls9258]

I live in Southern Indiana and that's the best part about living down here is all the different kinds of animals you can find. It's one of the things my kids and I really like to do is looking for animals.

[@Rustybojangles]

Yellow springs is great! Spent a lot of time in that park when I lived there.

[@powerhouseboys3660]

Lol never heard anyone pronounce Urbana like that. I went to college there but it was closed down due to Covid… I’m in Delaware Ohio just North of Columbus. Currently renting but going to buy in a few years, would love to find an older house to have my own pit in. I’d have small mouth bass, black crappie, perch and walleye maybe some others. Sweet videos!

[@prepperboy4938]

Love Freshwater Farms. That's where we used to get our baby rainbow trout for our aquaponics IBC setup in our basement. We also have a large cistern under our porch that is unused. Just found your channel and was excited to see what you did with yours. Not a ton of info out there. It shares a common wall with our basement and I've heard some people busting a doorway and making a shelter out of them

[@CowTurtle]

Mine shares a wall too haha I dream of putting in a glass window and filling it all the way.

[@maximman102n7]

Great footage, in the future, try a polarizing filter for your camera if you want to cut down on glare from the water, for a phone camera you can also use the lens from 3d glasses.

[@mechengineer4894]

I did quite a bit of night float tube fishing on some of the inlets on Lake Ontario. That's where you sit in an inner tube with chest waders and your feet are dangling in the water wearing swim fins to propel yourself. On lakes with a lot of boat traffic, night time is when the fish are most active. I use to switch on my flashlight as my lure is almost fully retrieved to see if anything was following. I don't do that anymore after seeing something 7 to 8 feet long and dark grey looking up at me. Bull shark is the first thing that pops into your mind on a lake. I jolted and we gave each other heart attacks. It did a 180 to take off and that's when I saw the whiskers and spikes.

[@jamescanjuggle]

Im planning to move soon (in about a year or so) and watching stuff like this really solidified what i actually value in a place i want to live. Just having nature around me, cool forests, hikes water to explore. Also i never knew the USA was so diverse until i found youtubers like yourself that show the lil nooks n crannys of the country!

[@dr.thaliaw9881]

Awesome footage. I appreciate the many views of nature at its best. Thanks for sharing CT❤

[@JustEyeIt]

How much does it cost for one to maintain+begin an eel pit?

[@davidec.4021]

Asking for a friend

[@Turquoise_Shores]

Move into a house with a rain cistern.

[@sandyloyst1811]

I subscribed the day you got your diamond sturgeon. They are my favorite. Excellent video and I love the editing. Thanks Ontario Canada

[@andrewcheney3766]

Hey man!! I saw that you were in Cincinnati in one of your videos. I was wondering if my girlfriend and I could check out the eel pit ‽ we have a 30 gallon tank ourselves and a couple loaches in it so we really love watching your videos!

[@dogaso8928]

when you made that cricket light up i lost my damn mind

[@joojoosasa]

Honestly, if you're looking to add a group of panfish to your pit, you really can't go wrong with black or white crappie. If you'd like something a bit more colorful, I think a group of Green Sunfish or Pumpkinseeds would be awesome & fit in pretty well. Loving your videos, man!

[@tylerc8871]

Nice man your living the best life! Great video as always !

[@CwPlatapuZ]

Wear is that cave you visited? I love in Cincy and never heard of that before!

[@cobalt1754]

Damn, dude, your whole trip was radical. I'm gonna go outside and shine a blacklight on everything now. Update: passionfruit flowers fluoresce a little bit, as do parakeet yellow head feathers and blue cheek patches.

[@burchie1224]

Hey, can you show us some more of that alligator lizard sometime? that thing kicks ass

[@oldsmugglerflyfishing]

Awesome video

[@EVERYTHINGGUY226]

You should go to Ohio fish rescue

[@ErinOmelette]

are those sturgeons not bored in that plain tub? do fish get bored? I would be bored

[@micaiahwolfe]

Dust devil I think

[@Sea-cucumber1151]

Where is this place it’s amazing. Ohio!

[@Dogrin]

Hell yes my dude. Creatures

[@benjansss4659]

Now I know you’re probably sick of hearing about plants and have explained why you don’t want them in the pit but hear me out. Firstly I completely agree any “typical” plants are a bad idea things like pond weeds, rushes, lilies etc are definitely a bad idea. But there is a group of plants I think you should seriously consider and that’s aquatic mosses and liverworts and not stuff like Java moss that grows out of control. I can’t speak for the US but where I live there’s a wide range of smaller incrusting species that will form nice little “lawns” on rocks and wood. Unlike typical plants which you have legitimate concerns about these grow well in low light, don’t grow big enough for fish to get stuck in, won’t have bits constantly detach that you have to deal with, and because of how slow growing they are won’t produce lots of dead material that could cause problems. In the long term having these in the pit could combat the algae problem you’ve started to have and let you stock slightly more animals. Again I can’t speak for the US but where I live most shaded forest streams/rivers will have such species so they shouldn’t be hard to find, often times species which grow in the constantly wet splash zones of waterfalls will happily grow fully submerged.

[@danwatkins1636]

You were in my neck of the woods. Hope you enjoyed it!

[@scottmclaughlin1410]

You must not be far from me. Been meaning to hit Clifty, but usually end up going to Charlestown State forest

[@CarsonRH]

Is this trip a business expense?

[@CowTurtle]

I wish haha I need to learn how to make it one.

[@TheMasonK]

If you claim your video as income I believe then yes you could consider any expenses related to the trip business expenses.

[@m4xter_]

How do you find places to hike?

[@griffingerrein8831]

Is that cave a public place or is it a private/secret location?

[@ianlachey1726]

My mom met Dave Chapelle at Yellow Springs

[@postmaloneolin4412]

Put a turtle in the eel pit

[@pleasekillyoursef]

5:11 did he pet it?

[@sewerrat7612]

Agree with you on the bass fun to catch but not an interesting fish to watch

[@allin4clemson133]

Hey, u created a drinking game for me and my group of friends...every single time u said "eel pit"... We drank....I got drunk before one of your videos ended....bluuuuurrrryhh wasn't driving....fosho

[@SnapeKillsDumbledore2k10]

White crappie for sure! Like 12 of em yesterday.