We Built A New Pond & Now It’s Infested!

[@Kathy98363]

I think it will be great when you get it finished can't wait to see it full. Keep Smiling. Stay Safe and May God Bless You All. ❤🙏

[@lindalott8927]

Once you build the pond put some solar powered fountains in to help move the water and add air to it. You can get the ones with light's, that would look great at night 😊

[@gatorgogo2742]

Ya'll are going to enjoy that pond, especially after getting it stocked and the fish growing. My best friend had a pond ready to stock when there were torrential rains for several days. The neighbor's pond over flowed, crossed the road and down their driveway into the new pond. Easiest pond stocking ever!

[@deanfirnatine7814]

Its like here in the Northwest when it floods sometimes you can see salmon crossing the road, lol

[@DavidHall-d8q]

I've got 5 channels that I really love and you all really take my mind off this messed up world . I search out wholesome people who remind me that there are still good people and all of these channels have a Christian overtone to them . Your whole family keeps me hopeful and God bless you . PK

[@KeepingItDutch]

Thank you 🙏

[@karenspeer7378]

I am the Same way!!

[@kitcancanu114]

Same

[@BevRich-y8u]

Mr Dutch your idea of taking that pond and making long-terms sort of like in s-shape?? Reminds me of the last or current Pawn build over at Lunker's tv, have you ever heard of Rob's channel?? I believe he has a very good Mind's Eye of a conceptual thought and design on building new ponds and not just round or oval shape... Mr Dutch did I hear you say correctly that you were somewhere around 40 something acres?? 30 something acres?? I believe either the two should leave you hopefully impossibly the enough linear feet that you could continue that as pattern that you're thinking of I believe that's what you think of?? If you can possibly get close to 5 Akers? Not using up the whole 5 Acres but in a 5-acre square area. Maybe started out with a little bit smaller and wider as shaped kind of like where you're at.. then add a c shape or an L-shaped a little deeper getting 12 to 15 ft maybe a 35 ft that's widest... then bring it back into another s-shape or u-shaped attitude the middle area from where you are ending at now on the beginning of what you're building.. if I'm remember correctly as to what Rob said on his Lunker's TV post on his newest build Pond build.. somewhere between 3 and 5 Acres was a recommendation if you had the room to start a nice Bass pond.. or you could use it for anything else as well...... not just passing on you do catfish car crappie Brown bluegill just a wildlife water sanctuary and habitat for the animals.. and yes as you have indicated, if need be you've got your own water supply.. if you ask me that's a brain working correctly on multiple levels, LOL.. I am now subscribed to your channel I will be looking forward to all your post.. I'll be honest mostly just here for the pond build but I'll check it out maybe you can give me a stick around for some other good cold fun interesting and offbeat stuff lol..

[@Lucylou1984]

Dutch you should do longer videos i love watching what's going on with the pond and homestead ❤

[@lynkirby1993]

Make a nice wall round it with all that rock.

[@KeepingItDutch]

🙏🙏

[@Jeanne-b3c]

Omgosh 😂😂😂😂this is just proof that even adults still love playing in the mud. We just have bigger toys to play with. From maine, where mud season is reality 😂😂😂😂 Love you all. ❤❤❤❤❤

[@tinamariebutton3962]

God bless you in Maine from Texas ❤😂

[@henrideclercq7338]

Looking forward to seeing part 2of the pound . So far so good 😊.

[@loriwild7298]

That’s awesome watching him they got the pond. I would’ve never ever have experiences in my life. Really nice to watch. Thank you for sharing.

[@chipprice1174]

A few observations and ideas. Get with a wildlife officer, and they can point you into the right direction as for what type of habitats you want/need to create for the type of fish you want to stock your pond with. I'd say you are very lucky to have the type of soil you have as far as it holding water. Could deal with less rock, but hey, you deal with and use what you have! when the pond gets more full, if it doesn't clear up, you can get an airiator(sp) and it'll really hel0 to clear the pond. The channel "life uncontained) put one in their pond. Runs on solar, pretty small system really, like one one 100W panel to run the pump, and one battery. Also, something that would be neat for the girls, and who ever is fishing, if you made a natural "dock" like a peninsula, oh maybe 4-5' wide, where you can walk out and have water on both sides of you. Sorry hard to paint a picture with just words LOL. Oh, and if those are bull frogs(the big ones) those are pretty tasty(just the legs) breaded and deep fried. And the way they multiply, it's a endless(almost) food supply. Congrats on getting your pond bigger, in the end, it's gonna be worth it, for you, your family and the wildlife!

[@christinastewart9830]

The pond is gonna be amazing! Looks great! Prayin for rain for y'all. God bless.🙏🏼😊❤

[@brendahogue5487]

Dutch love and enjoy your videos and working on homestead pond build. May the lord bless and protect you and your family and the animals

[@KeepingItDutch]

Awesome! Thank you!

[@JenEnzweiler]

Love the pond so far. It will be amazing when completed. They looks like a great place to rock hound as well

[@earlshaner4441]

Good afternoon from Syracuse NY brother and everyone else thank you for sharing your adventures and your farm

[@weavaman2216]

Really cool Sean. You'll not only have fish but bullfrog too. Frog legs are good eating. It's really coming along. Good luck.

[@gordondollman3606]

Glad yas are doing well stay safe and your pond looks great 😊

[@User79344]

Thanks for reminding us to LIKE the video. I forget sometimes but not on purpose.

[@susanspring6313]

Dutch i just love your new place

[@juliehagan3853]

I remember when that little pond wasn't much bigger than just a mud puddle. Then the girls got to ice skate on it. It has grown quite a bit and now it's going to be even bigger. Awesome !

[@deirdrepasko9056]

There IS money in rocks! You just have to know what to look for! Some people make a living from them! Cool video, thanks!

[@gloriajoseph7031]

Pond looks good. He did a good job.

[@judydavidson722]

Dutch, I love watching your videos, I know you said you liked giving us different context to watch, with all the different projects. But it would really be nice to see some of the projects be completed.

[@KeepingItDutch]

😂😂

[@ritahoblit3547]

Takes time

[@bettyweitzel9019]

Going to be a nice size pond.

[@bethroundell8424]

My brother had a pond full of tadpoles, they were so excited! A couple of ducks happened by! Quack, quack! And oops they frogs were gone! Duck dinner.

[@ernestinephillipsawesome4295]

Yes! Ducks can eat small tadpoles. Or plan to eat frog legs. And crawfish buffet.

[@vtecmissle]

@@ernestinephillipsawesome4295 ducks eat full sized bullfrogs if they can get them down

[@lindahipp8329]

Love watching him digging out the pond. That's a lot of tadpoles. You'll have plenty of frogs if they all survive. That was so neat seeing the deer come check out the pond. GOD bless y'all.

[@gregorygibson5455]

Hello Dutch and family

[@fuzzylop9164]

I have watched several pond builds and it will take several rain storms to saturate the clay and it starts to really hold the water. ❤❤❤

[@donnawilson2858]

Well, the pond is getting their. Love seeing the deer. Can't wait until phase 2 to see how big the pond will be. Good job.

[@224EF]

What amazing skill!! Like an extension of his hands. An artist, his medium is earth

[@sheltdog8463]

I hope that pond is spring feed and is dug out deeper atleast in the middle and some tree tops brought in for fish cover. It’ll take a couple years before a good ecosystem is established and balanced out. My Grand dad built us grandkids a 3 acre pond about 50 plus years ago and it’s still thriving today. I was barely knee high when it was being built and can remember seeing a track hoe and a big loader down in this huge hole, it was nuts. Hope y’all enjoy it!

[@combinelover8988]

I love tadpoles! They are undoubtedly the cutest little aquatic creatures. Not so cute after they become frogs and toads.

[@carolynjohnson6792]

Dutch it's going to take some time to get it like what you want. I loved seeing the deer. Gabbie & Gracie are having a good time cooling off. Blessings, Love & Hugs 🙏🙏🌹 Love 🌻 from Apex NC 💜

[@patriciabonitz5758]

That pond will be beautiful. It's your dream coming true. ❤❤❤

[@franktuckwell196]

I built a wildlife pond once, it wasn't massive, but within a fortnight, the water started to clear and frogs, newts, water boat men, pond skaters all introduced themselves. I only built it for anything that wanted to visit or move in. My father enjoyed it, sitting on the low wall i put along one side, smoking his pipe and just watching the dragonflies etc. That was in the UK in about 1980.

[@williamgahman5028]

Hi Dutch and Family. Great video. Pond is looking good. God bless and love yall ❤❤

[@TonyaMonroe-wo2pr]

Leave some ground in between the two ponds so you can build a bowed bridge . ❤

[@tammytsuchiyama8858]

Your pond is gonna be gorgeous when it’s done. ❤

[@redcorset]

check with the forest service years ago they would stock your pond if it is big enough. They did my neighbors across the street 10 years ago. good luck.

[@joetaylorchristmastree2866]

Good afternoon i hope you have wonderful day and have fun videos 😍🥰😍🥰😍🥰😍🥰😍

[@mariemcclure151]

This video reminds me of Daniel's video of draining the pond. He had a lot of fallen trees in his pond . The fish were staying around the trees. Great video.

[@blondek767]

Our larger spring fed pond has fish, it’s from fish eggs stuck in the feet of ducks, geese, and blue herons that fly around from pond to pond in our area. We have cat tails, which are edible by the way, growing in each of our three ponds. Building a dock would be nice, but an easier thing is to build a concrete boat ramp while the water is still low. Best time to lay concrete is in the cooler fall weather. Hope a paddle boat is on your Christmas list! How fun would that be! 😃

[@ernestinephillipsawesome4295]

Goog luck on getting a lot of rain 🌧🌦💧💧 to fill this pond up.👍🤗

[@rosegann8339]

The conservation dept usually has a program to help stock your pond with fish. Also if you have problems with it holding water putting a few pigs in it while it's still low idk what they do but it seals it and it'll hold water great

[@rc391995]

They root fresh dirt with their snout that's a very good idea . their is sink holes every where. . what is the pond infested with

[@rc391995]

Oh tadpoles . that bass will eat them up. Turtles ain so bad muskrats are a big threat to ponds . they will bore trough a damn and mess it up.the guy on the dozer is doing a good job coreing for that dam and push that clay in like he is . if you got a lot of shale like rock hogs is a goid idea they will bore with their snouts better than most machinery can do. If you got them fenced in good let all the hogs in there you can stand. ..

[@JenEnzweiler]

You could build some awesome buildings with those rocks.

[@DGinn-ls3nw]

OK must be one of the rockist states ever. If I lived closer I sure take some off of hands 😉. I'm sure you'll enjoy your pond.

[@SusanLandrum-cm8xk]

Great video looks like the pond is going to be nice till next time Susan in Ohio😊❤

[@christinawyckoff2164]

Awesome start with the big pond 👍

[@karenturner7983]

Thanks for sharing.

[@SA-ke4zl]

Pond is going to be great!

[@JesseDeJesus-m4e]

HI DUTCH, YOUR POND LOOKS AWESOME, JUST A REMINDER SNAPPING TURTLES MULTIPLY QUICKLY, I FISH A POND THAT HAS BEEN OVER RUN WITH SNAPPERS AND NOW THERE ALOT LESS FISH. GOD BLESS 😊

[@davidasimkosr4641]

There got to be a spring on your property somewhere to feed that pond sure would help keeping it full ...

[@garyb.4080]

That’s not an infestation, that’s food for your fish, the cawldads, too!

[@danielbaker4510]

Crawldads??????????

[@lindaterrell5535]

@@danielbaker4510 CRay fish. Prawns.

[@butter7734]

​@@lindaterrell5535I thought crawldads was common knowledge.

[@rc391995]

Crawdads freshwater lobsters you'll never get the high societyits to eat one.

[@garyb.4080]

@@rc391995 better than lobster, by far just a lot of work to eat!

[@cross9494]

That will be a great pond once it's done!!!

[@gaylegoeschel9850]

You guys are doing such an AWESOME job on the new pond❤❤. Thank you for sharing with all of us. LOVE FROM IOWA! 😊❤❤❤

[@kathleen2499]

🙋🏻‍♀️Love watching the pond dig. That guy sure knows what he’s doing. What about a screened in gazebo out there somewhere or a cute wooden bridge w/fishing dock (one day) love your channel💟

[@kamoonrathewolfgod9189]

We have a lot of red clay here in Georgia. Nothing much grows in it except unwanted weeds. Love the new pond. Hope it fills up soon. We have had a drought here with very little rain.

[@RochelleHickey-yu4jb]

LOL my 10-year-old niece said for the girls to bag up the tadpoles and sell them for 10 bucks a bag

[@rongray4847]

Hi Sean, pond build is pretty interesting, well the rain will help fill it up now that it’s bigger and deeper. It is looking good but man there is a lot of rock there. 👍👍❤️❤️🇨🇦

[@SilverFox-qr1ci]

My grandfather dug a 15' deep and about an acre with a modified Timberjack. It was spring fed and was full in a few months.

[@kimberlyhoward7896]

The pond is definitely good to be bigger😊! Looks good 👍🏻! I was wondering how it was going to be built with all the rocks. The time lapse explained a lot! Thanks for sharing, take care 🙏🏻🤗💕!

[@warrenrodgers7544]

Good video prayers for you and yours

[@ernesthallett8003]

ALL GOOD ALL THE BEST…

[@chipper841]

Loved seeing the deer!

[@sandeepettit696]

God bless you all there on the homestead. Love your videos❤❤❤❤❤

[@EdKirkpatrick10]

Nice project Sean

[@CATHY.WATERS-do5xz]

omg love it!

[@markbonnette9798]

Nice. Maybe if you like Crawfish have a shallow place that spills into the Big pond, plant rice and put in crayfish from the creek. They'll multiply. And in a couples years. Crawfish pond. Lol. Works here in La.

[@RochelleHickey-yu4jb]

Tadpoles are effective bait for bass. See the girls can sell them and make money to stock the pond for fishing

[@richardjarvis4968]

Been watching you for about 3 .4 months now I like what I see so I've subscribed keep up the great work 👍

[@KeepingItDutch]

Awesome! Thank you!

[@mikemiller8440]

I think the new pond is going to be great Thanks again for another awesome video I really enjoyed it and as always I'm really looking forward to seeing the next video of

[@sonjatheierl1]

Tadpoles that means its a healthy environment. If you have squitos ooooohhhwweeeee keep those poles! And thank them for their service!

[@pattakacs4096]

2 cents might think about a 25 to 30 deep area. Good for fish during summer my provide a thermal cline and place for silt to settle.

[@pamelahousley7543]

Love it.

[@cindywest9773]

The pond build looks good. I can’t wait to see it full of water.

[@thebeertje]

Big pond 👍

[@chrisryan5339]

Looking good most enjoyable thanks. Chris from England

[@bettycaudle4018]

Another great video. That pond is awsome, he did such a good job.

[@debrasix9690]

Love watching your videos and the pond dig. He does a good job.

[@taljohnson3242]

Good Ideas!!!

[@draze316]

Wow, much respect you go man

[@BevRich-y8u]

Thank you for doing something other than just a straight Round Pond with a little bit of structure in the bottom.... and just because of your thought to do it different is going to get me to subscribe and tune in to see what you do and what becomes of this pond idea you have🤙 good job, good luck, keep up the hard work enjoy what you doing soldier...

[@KeepingItDutch]

Thank you 🙏

[@johnkirby6547]

Hi Sean, he did a nice job on phase 1. You will get more rain soon.

[@brly9243]

Dutch can you channel the creek to the pond? Would keep the water clearer 😊

[@nickvoiles4561]

Bass and catfish love tadpoles

[@joanmullen2552]

Oh I love your beautiful pups!!!

[@gwynethyaita3774]

I like your idea of a survival pond, because times are getting bad

[@reneedickerson4489]

Looking good

[@gwenmilam643]

Get the tad poles and give them to the chickens! They will love them!

[@michaelchamberlain4618]

You also need to put ditches in round to get the water away from the animal pens

[@katiejo1095]

I scoop the tadpoles out with a net. They will survive if you move them.

[@Michael-ul8bv]

When the new pond fills put some blue gills and large mouth bass in there that will fix your frog problem

[@morganalori]

make pretty stone fences with all those rocks you got. Nice pond and great plans for it. glad some tadpoles survived, much better than mosquitos. yay for turtles too, hope that little one survived the rapids

[@melvinganoe1175]

I think I’d seed some winter rye over it. NOT RYE GRASS. rye grain. Around the edge and on the damn. The deer love it plus it will help hold the soil.

[@maryrussell979]

I wonder were Godzilla went he was a huge turtle? Your survival pond is going to be amazing. God bless

[@trudiharmon7640]

Thanks Sean for sharing the pond build with us all looking good and really taking shape. Have a great day take care and God bless 🙏💕

[@elizabethbradley7621]

Just call your place Rock City.❤😂

[@randym7961]

Wow you had an infestation of water !! Move out here to New Mexico we very very rarely have that problem

[@schristi69]

One of my favorite shows as a child.

[@johnbond506]

When Hope throws her net out at the creek on your abandoned property you could bring back what she catches and put in your pond. Could be a start for you. Y'all could catch some on a pole and bring back and put in your pond. Could go catch some on the river on Kevins property until you can stock it.

[@hutch13133]

This is awesome love the pond builds. Bama Bass and Kendall Gray are two other creators that have or currently building ponds. Try to collaborate with them I'm sure you all would make a fun video.

[@Draintheswamp2024]

All that dirt looks like good for finding gold with the washed gravel i would get a gold pan and see