DRAINING My Backyard FISH HATCHERY!!! (Surprising Find)

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[@brodyburke7628]

you spread a permanent net across the bottom of the hatchery so when youre ready to transfer fish you can just lift it up and theoretically not half to drain the hatchery fully

[@Stevecooter02]

Those little “walleye” were definitely perch ,perch do have a very sharp point on the gill plate and have stripes like that

[@BigPeej]

The mariachi music is a staple on the flair channel

[@binkoboy55]

I feel like I get more old game show vibes from it

[@brianronning2209]

Don’t like it tbh og music better

[@brentsolomon3266]

Ripped from kg

[@MackPaul-]

Every like is one bass in the pound flair you have to put that mini in

[@A.C._Taylor]

That heron is going to figure out that feeding spot real quick.

[@dom40864]

It's a waterbody.. they do not in any way eliminate all the fish.. you make a natural feature expect nature to come.. herons don't dive. So anything over 1 foot they don't hunt in

[@Outdoorlife-gh1bs]

Day one seeing if this is the top comment

[@Subtoflair]

And it is

[@jerrylykin6628]

It's my guy congrats

[@melissahamlin2152]

Netting - Putting a netting tautly over the pond will keep birds out. You won't have to leave it on forever, but it may take a while for herons to get the message! Trees - Plant some trees and put some bushes on the side of the pond that faces open space. Heron need a minimum of about 6 feet to land in. will keep heron out

[@Folded_Outdoors_original]

Day 69 of asking flair to go sturgeon fishing

[@bighuncho4xx120]

Big jr lettin tha f bomb almost slip 😂😂 16:50 SHEWWWWWWWW

[@Emily_single_again..]

Love your creativity, it's inspiring!

[@MyBackyardScience]

Dang, I wish I could have been there to help you guys with the sein net. I've been seining since I was 7 years old. We could have taken all of the fish out of the pond in just a few sweeps of the sein net, without all of the scooping! If you do it right, you can pick up the net at the end of the sweep and you will be holding a net full of fish! But it was still an entertaining video as usual, and the PERFECT finish to the weekend! The new pond is looking great! 🙂🐟🐟

[@chasestarling5961]

Give a city boy a sein net, and no doubt he will say "this sein net isn't sein netting". No surprise here coming from Flair.

[@eagle777dh]

Yep things they did wrong. 1 net wasn't long enough.(it should have been at least half again at least. it should form a U shape. 2 they weren't angling the poles forward.(helps keep the net on the bottom) 3 didn't pull the net all the way the the end. 3 stopped while pulling net. (stopping allows fish time to find a way out or around once you start try to keep moving.) Good video just wished I could be there to offer so help with something I have done for a lone time .

[@user-ie8qd3ke2n]

Flair I was looking through your old videos and I watched this one that you grew a garden for your pets I would like to see another video like that

[@littleboatgaming]

YOU NEED PEBBLE ROCKS IN THE BIG POND

[@AJCarpenter-no1gw]

I think flair should take banjo and big Jr noodling for some big blues and flatheads.

[@texastomsshavingtips6359]

Maybe they could learn from Hannah Barron and her father Jeff Barron, they do a lot of noodling every year, and Flair could invite them to go hunting on his land or one of his Nebraska hunting leases for deer season👍🤠😀‼‼ Jeff and Hannah can record everything for their channels, and Flair can do the same for his channel(s)👍🤠😀‼ .

[@texastomsshavingtips6359]

Don't forget about Jake, he is a fan favorite, and Flair's videographer👍🤠😀‼‼ .

[@user-ep4tf7sp8j]

After watching bamabass latest video, I saw a few good things that helped him now during the spawning stages. He put in a ton of soft fine gravel almost like sand which all sorts of fish are using. Add some pebbles in different spots besides the boat ramp. Bama bass also benefited greatly from man made plant structures in 3-5 feet of water. Love your videos! Check out bama bass for some things that have been working for him 🤜🏻🤛🏻

[@derrickheisler5781]

Build a floating dock/platform for your feeder and put it out when it’s not full of water attach an anchor and chain to it as the water rises so does the dock with the feeder. It gives you a good spot to all ways know there will be fish under the feeder dock.

[@jeb3415]

We went to our local Christmas tree farm and loaded a couple of trailers worth of various dead evergreen, tied cement blocks to them, only had a canoe at the time so we loaded the canoe and sunk the trees in the deepest part of the pond. We were in minnow heaven in no time. We also dumped a load of pea gravel at one of the shallower parts of the pond… made a great nest area blue gill used it until the bass moved in and the bass loved it where it was a bit deeper in. Enjoyed watching your video… bringing back some great memories of what my family called my giant aquarium on our property. 👍🏻 I never introduced them but we ended up with some of the best eating catfish I have ever had… that meat was so clean and tender. I reckon the herons or wild duck brought in the catfish.

[@trevanburruss8958]

Hey flair here’s a top for eating big catfish! If you soak them in butter milk overnight and or bleed them out right after catching them it really helps! I used to live in Texas and we’d do that with EVERY big cat we caught!!!

[@fomomofo6917]

I keep a 55 gallon drum full of water. Throw them in the drum and Let them live in some clean water for a couple of days and boom. Farm raised catfish flavor. Don’t want them then? Freeze them before cleaning. An alive catfish can be frozen for months and if you thaw it out in water it will come back to life just like a crab.

[@nathanbauman8384]

@@fomomofo6917me to flair I do that

[@Steve-ev6vx]

I have heard you can soak the meat to get rid of the fat where the muddy taste is. I just only go catfishing in clear, sand bottom rivers. No mud puddle kitties.

[@trevanburruss8958]

@@Steve-ev6vx it’s not the fat it’s the meat itself c but yeah the soaking does work!

[@trevanburruss8958]

@@fomomofo6917 not a bad idea, I was always cooking them like flair, just fresh right after catching them (if I caught em during the day) or the next evening (I’d I caught em at night). I’d definitely be interested to try that method tho, especially with some of the trout we have around me (mud bath of a pond) and see if it helps!

[@corbinbuckelew9633]

should build a tiny floating pallet for the feeder and anchor it down right there so when we water comes up it will float up to the top eventually then u can take a boat to it and fill it up

[@brianloger6922]

You should build the baby hatchery 3ft deep with a culvert to the big hatchery with a irrigation gate with a 1 ft slope. It would be a easy transfer

[@turinturambar347]

When I built a pond, I scooped up mud from other ponds and dumped some in my big pond to introduce many micro-organisms and bugs into my pond. I let it sit for a year and allowed those micro-organism populations to build. I then introduced minnows and let it sit for another year. The next year I introduced panfish like bluegill and long-ears. Then I finally introduced crappie and bass. Just a handful of each at first, but breeding size. It took several years, but I finally got a pond put together that had a balanced biome. A healthy population of big bass and not too many small bass, a healthy population of breeding size bluegill, and plenty for the baitfish to eat as well. I did it all via fishing in my local creek and introducing the species one at a time. It's amazing what a couple of spawns can do for the populations.

[@joshuabrouillette7061]

Make some gravel sections for spawning locations and use pvc porcupines fish spheres, fairly cheap and easy to build for good structure.

[@sethvaughn1931]

Boy I love when I randomly get new flair videos!

[@joanneganon7157]

Thursdays and Sundays 🎉

[@sethvaughn1931]

@@joanneganon7157 right, I meant the upload times

[@Eric-fs7jl]

I would have added the crappie an trout in the big lake to..baby trout an crappie will be food for bass...an u can alway make a grow pond for some shiners to feed ur bass..to many bluegill can be a bad thing

[@Steve-ev6vx]

Should raise some tiger prawns to feed the bass.

[@calebkirchner2890]

Man I just love it when flair posts it helps me get through these hard times by bringing me so much joy. (I dislocated my elbow and broke and tore every ligament in my elbow and tore almost every major muscle in my forearm last week. I already had one surgery and I'll need alot more to make a full recovery)

[@Steve-ev6vx]

Good luck man. Hope you heal up good.

[@joshuaramsey4604]

I heard that happiness in big junior's voice. They're touching me.😅

[@CollinNicklay]

You guys should put the underwater drone in the pond and see what is going on down there

[@jacoblabossiere1554]

Can’t wait to see this pond done, looking forward to it

[@TERBIZ]

Take some 12” pipes 6’ long put a 2x4 on each side to prevent the concrete at the bottom from leaking while in the drying process and artificial grass in the concrete before it hardens they will bed in it and it would be a incredible structure, you can also use dog igloo houses as a concrete mold and make structure that way aswell !!!

[@dom40864]

Why put garbage in the pond? It will break down and make a mess

[@bridgetgreene2457]

It was great to see what was in the hatchery, many fish for the pond ! Well done guys ! 🔥

[@BrokenRanch918]

The pond is coming along very nicely guys great job! Awesome video as always 👌

[@ericdreher-jx1ut]

It’s always a great day when flair posts

[@mamawnamidreviews9978]

I love how you jump every time you get touched, lol.😅 Big J, your a pond climbing king!🤴🏻 Looks great, can't wait to see a full pond!💧

[@shanechappell9305]

I would sink a big old boat for structure we did an it's great for cover an looks awesome on the fish finder!!!

[@-Michelle122-CHECK-MY-PROFILE]

*Your videos are always very informative and entertaining, many Thanks for that 😊*

[@fisherjohnson7347]

i know some farmers use air cannons to make a noise periodically to deter birds from crops, maybe something similar would work for the herons

[@rhettg24]

Minners? Flair has been binge watching some KG.

[@isaacstotts6099]

Love the video Flair💪 another banger. Could you guys please do videos on the ranch this year🙏 I miss that place. Food plot and land management videos would be awesome

[@EdxPin]

Some floating lily's in the middle of the pond would possibly look amazing.

[@Ealonso_96]

Sink a boat for structure!! Bring the ocean to the pound born and raised in south Florida did a lot of wreck fishing if it makes great structure in the middle of the ocean it’ll make great structure in the pond!!

[@BIGT62]

Love your videos you should put a deer box blind with windows in it but take the windows out so the fish have spots to swim in and out

[@JamisonCurtis]

36:01 "a train!!!!" 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@definitelynotnz3500]

Surely come to nz for a hunting trip , 30+ point red stags Huge fallow deer Rusa deer Samber deer Sika deer Elk 20 pound + trout Would make the most epic video hunting one of each species!

[@faded_david20]

You should put blue dye in the pond to make it harder for the predators to see the fish as easily

[@thomasray99]

How about you get a large Flair logo made for structure. Water seems clear enough maybe you could see it while fishing or from drone shots if it’s in the right spot?

[@mcherry205]

Flair you shouldn’t have drained the Hatchery Pond you really need to buy a good big filter system for the Hatchery Pond instead of that homemade sand filter system which isn’t working good at all. You really should get a couple big Stocking Trucks that’s full with a variety of different Fish to come stock the Big Pond so the Fish will be growing while it’s filling up with water so the Fish will be a decent size when the Big Pond gets filled to full capacity of water. You really need to put in some Catfish,Grass Carp and Weather Loach in the Big Pond to help keep it clean so it doesn’t get nasty and really dirty. You really should go on The Pond Guy and order up a large variety of artificial structure really quick to put in the Big Pond for the Fish.

[@itsmewasa]

16:46 "fuuu uhhh.... shoot" lmao i caught that big jr

[@sextingwithdolphins]

Funny af

[@cadecampbell1367]

Shoulda put the feeder on skids so you could slide it up once the water gets higher. Gonna be a pain to move it when its full!

[@joanneganon7157]

Hey Flair, what a project😳! Well done Boy's 👍 Whoo Hoo the fish are stocked and eating! JO JO IN VT 💞

[@soswanson9120]

Weedy protected bay with small gravel bottom would be a great spawning area.

[@Adventure-plus]

Could build a few wooden box frames to toss around the pond, probably one thing they would love is something for shade/cover from the birds coming in

[@joshuaramsey4604]

I think the shape of an Airplane would be most recognizable from above even when it gets covered with Silt.

[@ArlineCampbell]

Can't wait to see what else you have up your sleeve!

[@anthonycardona89]

Love the dedication to the patience and pumping in bait only for now. Will pay huge dividends in the future

[@x7boarder257]

You should build a floating dock that the feeder goes on. This way no matter how high the water is you can always have the feeder going even when it’s full.

[@Milldog2023]

Love these 1am drop's... 😂

[@tommybambrick9991]

You should sink an old wooden boat. There are plenty of scrap boats sitting around ship yards not being sold. You have to promise that you’ll one day snorkel or scuba dive so we can see how all the structure turned out.

[@turinturambar347]

You don't remember stocking the bluegill? I thought you threw them in there when your big pond was leaking. You threw a bunch in there. They weren't big, but those things can sometimes grow rather fast. There isn't any other way they could have gotten in there. Bluegill can sometimes appear in a pond without stocking if they hitch a ride as eggs on the feet of birds, but those would all be small still. So it would have to be the ones you rescued from the leaking pond.

[@ajwebby3853]

Pump Builder Brads pond over to yours during the night when he starts filling 😂

[@crazykids2004]

Well glad to see your taking this seriously those are some large bluegill I'm excited for all these large panfish amazing video as always I can't wait for the next one I'm interested in this new pond plus the fact those were walleye and not perch I'm excited for all this new structure

[@chrism995]

you might want to put floating plants like lily pads and duck weed in the pond to control the agley that will form in the summer

[@LukePascoe]

You should put a couple of the big floating fountains for the big pond

[@korrawatertribe687]

Thanks Flair for the vlog!

[@codyshields8915]

build a floating dock with the feeder on top

[@mtwild7165]

You should put a trailer house in the pond!😂

[@cameronmelendrez8706]

add some floating plants!! will help with shade for the fish and help filter the pond!

[@Gdawg581]

It’s truly incredible how much money and effort you’ve put into the pond. Can’t wait to see it full!!!! It’s gonna be stinkin awesome! Keep up the great work!👍

[@sleepybroadcasting3597]

I know walleye aren’t good for bass but you need walleye in the new pond!

[@calilife805]

“I won’t announce it” then announces it 😩 flair is such a tease !

[@jesserhodes7871]

I love Sunday cause Flair is gonna entertain me for a little bit 😅

[@UKPatriot98]

That was 100% a perch not a walleye

[@arthurjackson3228]

Yall need to try that cinnamon pecan braid with the chokky milk.

[@aldenfilko9068]

Make a small floating dock for the feeder to float as the water comes up

[@Guesswho69650]

Put Banjo's vehicle in the pond for structure

[@calebgalbreath0198]

Keep up the great work Andrew

[@RagingNana-KindredSpirit50]

I can't wait until it's done filling. You need some pond gras & plants that help keep the algae down, as well as giving shelter to those little ones so it's not so easy for those pesky herons to pick them off.

[@thomaslarson5077]

A FREAKIN BANJO STATUE FOR STRUCTURE CMON NOW

[@mechsgtpuma938]

Get a couple or more of decoy heron's and that should scare the teal heron away. If you use them as decoration you can have a couple on the water line, on the dock and dam and if possible one on something underwater. Hope thst helps with the heron problem.

[@BuckettMarshmellow]

You should doa free free-for-all“Who can make the best artificial structure?” for the next will it structure.

[@travisbodemann7847]

Let's pull the bucket up every single time flair puts a freaking tadpole in. 🤣🤦🤦

[@brandonbruno3875]

i dont know how well it would work with all the clay but i feel like having some weed beds in the pond would be beneficial , that and add some mounds of just dirt or something

[@Soul_Popper]

You should stock a bunch of big golden shiners so they can establish in too. Like 600-1000 per acre. Gravel and structure and grass to help them all thrive . Baskets/crates could be a easy cheap structure for the bait fish you could flip them up side down and throw some gravel on it or rocks and they’re cheap you can even get some at the dollar store.

[@HuntStewTV]

Lily pads would be dope. Standing timber would also be cool.

[@MrJkarfeld]

Get some pea gravel for beds. Will be able to see it from above when beds are cleaned before spawn

[@cameronbidwell9314]

Love the vids man I live in Overton Nebraska u should come do a fishing video here at the lake it’s called Johnson Lake

[@CASPERValencia]

You guys have to give Heavy D and Diesel Dave a holler from Diesel Brothers and see what he has for structure….

[@albystein4723]

We see the blue barrels with structure being made 💯

[@braydenbarfield2605]

What I think you should put in the pond, some lay down trees and some rock on the bank for the bass and brim to hide and and the bass will sit where the edge of the rocks and the brim will spawn in the rocks like the mounds of rocks

[@ryanloveless5653]

Purely FYI: those “hybrids” are green sunfish. Atleast according to MDC they’re invasive. Very agressive fish.

[@kyleopper4421]

Make sure to get some pea gravel for the gills to spawn and bass

[@kirrokcraft]

Flair, I wear your BUX T-Shirt when I'm teaching my students :)

[@brandonskidmore2741]

It's back and it's time to sit back and watch some flair time

[@jaysondanna6984]

Flare if you use the sain net that the way you’re using it, but you lift the polls horizontal at the end it becomes a regular net and you’ll have all the fish in the sain net that how you’re supposed to use it

[@joshuaramsey4604]

Good job, flair😂. Scale that pond wall .

[@BrokenBranchesOutdoors]

A couple of Christmas Trees work good for cheap if you want to go the expensive route you can get the Fish Habitat Trophy Trees

[@AustinBrandProduction]

Need to make a floating raft for the feeder since you’re still filling the lake!

[@jakeGolf1781]

Good day when flair and bama bass post on the same day

[@fabiansanchez2350]

For the feeder why not make a small floating dock to sit it on and anchor it down on the middle of the pond. Then just take the ol john boat to refill it when time comes

[@TechwithKyler]

Wasn't expecting Flair to slam dunk every fish into the dry bucket 😂

[@Cboys_biggest_fan]

Flair you should do a fishing challenge, where your daughter picks the lures and the pole and you gotta go out and fish with them