Creating Spawning Beds for BASS & BLUEGILL With 18 TONS of Pea Gravel!

Spreading 18 tons of Pea gravel to make 6 spawning beds for the Bass and Bluegill.
I added more after the recap so the bed sizes actually ended up being: One 30x40, one 12x30, two 12x15s, one 12x10 and one 6x12 section.
These beds should make for some great spawning habitat!
Enjoy!
-Brian
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[@michael_3985]

By the looks of the clouds this was the last chance to put the pea gravel in. Looks great. Thanks for the Sunday morning video.👍👍👍

[@GoBlue79]

This will the Crème de la crème of all ponds!

[@TGSamantha091]

This Wildlife habitat is coming along nicely. TY for sharing the journey.

[@brucevogel2693]

Quite the wind... knocking over the tripod!!! Enjoyed every second of your latest. Great looking progress.

[@scottharbaugh4078]

thats gonna make some great fish beds. can't wait to see the finished product when full

[@williamchristy8123]

Thanks for the fly over.

[@johnmarshall9065]

Thanks for update. Happy Thanksgiving.

[@bottleforty1]

Love your music selection.👍

[@BrushCommando]

@@bottleforty1 thanks, it takes a long time to find music for each shot.

[@johnbeam-d3v]

Educational video. Lern something new every day. Great video. Enjoyed. Thanks for the ride.

[@rogermeyer5695]

Like how to spell. "Learn"

[@ronaldharmon9891]

Looks like that 4-1 bucket is an excellent tool for this job👍🐟🎣

[@BrushCommando]

@@ronaldharmon9891 it worked great! Just have to switch the hoses around because when I hit the switch in the cab to close it, it opens 😆

[@tonycole613]

Hey man, I’ve been watching your channel ever since the first day when Chris come over there and done the test holes all the way to the completion. Can’t wait to see it full. I’m just a little ways up the road from you in Angier North Carolina keep the videos coming stay safe God bless

[@BrushCommando]

@@tonycole613 small world! It’s been an adventure. Holler when it’s full and you can come fish.

[@tonycole613]

@ I would like that

[@philmccormack6925]

As an avid film photographer may I give you a tip? To stop your tripod tipping over in windy conditions, get a nice heavy duty bag and put dirt or whatever you have at hand, and hang it from the tripod. You can also buy purposes built sand baga for the legs. Have a play about and see what works for you. All the best from Western Australia 🇦🇺

[@BrushCommando]

@@philmccormack6925 Using a tripod and carrying around a sand bag isn’t ideal when you’re always on the move. Mine is collecting dust somewhere.

[@williamd6967]

LMAO ​@@BrushCommando

[@maxmacdonald7174]

Good video. You should have plenty of happy spawning fish.

[@BrushCommando]

Hoping this will kick spawning into high gear!

[@begoodjohnny62]

Looking good, video not at Chris's level but content relevant and grateful for the share and updates on your lake project.

[@BrushCommando]

I’m original, you get what you get here bub. Glad you enjoy the updates

[@spiritdancerify]

I have watched this these videos from day one to right now and what an adventure this was and still is I wish I could fish in the bass pond thank you for the videos y’all worked so hard❤

[@BrushCommando]

It's been a journey, glad you've been along for the ride!

[@09FLTRMM77]

MM77 Approved 👍🏼 👍🏼

[@redfish7644]

That will do 😎

[@ryanthomas985]

This is gona be a great lake man awsome fish habitat id add some crappie and a couple gar to eat the carp

[@BrushCommando]

@@ryanthomas985 there were crappie stocked in the temp pond, forgot to mention them. I’m hesitant on adding any gar… There are some chain pickerels in there though, not sure how they got in. lol

[@AnthonyValentine-vm1yc]

I must be drunk watching this, I keep falling over! LOL!

[@TGSamantha091]

If that was only 16 Tons of Pea Gravel, I coulda' made a Tennessee Ernie Ford reference hehe

[@kengriffith4968]

Going to get alot colder next week

[@j.walker3498]

In a couple of years when that gravel has sunk in the mud, you can build 3 sided "form boards" lay in landscape fabric then put your gravel on top of that.

[@BrushCommando]

@@j.walker3498 There’s none of that in their natural environment. We’ll see how it holds up.

[@j.walker3498]

@@BrushCommando lol but plenty of cinder blocks growing in the wild huh.

[@BrushCommando]

@@j.walker3498 😆 hey it’s structure

[@tomswindler64]

Nice.👍👍👍😎😎😎

[@kengriffith4968]

😊

[@peteglander4146]

Did you put any gravel in the feeder pond?

[@BrushCommando]

@@peteglander4146 not yet, going to have to toss a lot in there with the excavator at some point… Not planning on putting the bucket on until everything has been burned.

[@TonyBaroni]

I'm no fisheries biologist but I've always been told to go with natural pea gravel and to avoid crushed slag. They say natural pea gravel is best due to it's smooth edges and fish are naturally drawn to it especially bluegill and bass. I really can't tell what you used but it looks like some quarry screenings. What did you use and what factors did you use to decide the best to use. My experience has always lain on the hammering end and not the spawning end. Personally I don't even fish spawning bass. If you explained it in the video, I'm sorry I didn't hear it.

[@BrushCommando]

@@TonyBaroni I’m no expert either.. I ordered pea gravel and this is what showed up lol. There’s a river rock quarry down the road, may get a few tons from them as well.

[@bernardsteffen2788]

Hmmmmmm

[@dankenney7827]

What is the tall tower off a ways?

[@BrushCommando]

@@dankenney7827 maybe a comm tower

[@keithwilcoxsr8103]

Viewers like myself would encourage videos of clean up on the far side of the lake and plant more grass there as well. Burn that brush and logs, clean up that scrap metal, level out all that dirt, plant some grass.

[@BrushCommando]

@@keithwilcoxsr8103 one thing at a time, we’ll get there.

[@raymondheckard234]

I wonder where Marylin Chambers is flying off too? A friend was a load master on a C-130, and he always gave the C5 pilots guff about flying Marylyn Chambers and some times he call the C5 a FRED ( Flying Ridiculous economic Disaster!)

[@BrushCommando]

@@raymondheckard234 they’re enormous! The c130s, Chinooks and Apaches are always flying around here. It’s a sight to see!

[@rmacsrmaddog2192]

🍗👍

[@bfcmik]

Could you not take a couple of buckets full of the pea gravel and tip them into your 'houses' to make a well protected habitat? Or would that not work at all. My knowledge of fish spawning habits is about as detailed as my knowledge of how to build a nuclear reactor, i.e. zero ;)

[@BrushCommando]

@@bfcmik good idea, we’ll do that soon, as well as lace PVC through the blocks.

[@webefree]

Ft WHAT Son.....Do You mean Ft BRAGG, home of the All American 82nd Air Borne DIV....Home of the Army Rangers , 18th Air Core and Special Forces????? Yes try that again Son!!!

[@BrushCommando]

@@webefree haha I prefer to call it Bragg! Every time I say that people say, “you mean Liberty.” Can’t win lol

[@ronaldharmon9891]

I'm not trying to spend your 💸but when you build your floating Tiki bar🛖how about an electric motor, it would be so peaceful cruising around you lake with a🍸or🍺

[@BrushCommando]

@@ronaldharmon9891 that’s actually on the list!!