I Wasted THOUSANDS of Dollars on this HUGE Backyard Swamp MISTAKE!!!

[@lojofishing]

We suck so bad...

[@Delmarvafishing]

If sucking gets me a trophy bass pond and a fishing swamp sign me up. Also bless me so I can come down there and out fish you like a boss

[@Bigharb65]

Ah you tried

[@rebeccacollins7717]

Makes for good "TV" 😂

[@Big_Johns_Life]

You can generally go to a small hardware store and buy any quickcreat bags that are setup no good anymore for a little bit of nothing

[@kodyjones6478]

U left your door open.

[@joshchisenhall3515]

Easiest dam is put some chain link fence where you want dammed and it kinda catches all the floating debris and seals itself. You can assist with that and speed it up as well. Best of luck Lojo, and thanks for what all you guys do.

[@xcellentclips3318]

Lojo is definitely gonna use this if it doesn't work

[@joshchisenhall3515]

@@xcellentclips3318 That would be sweet. I've done it before and I like this way because if you need to drain for any reason it's not permanent and you can move the debris and let it flow and block it back up whenever while holding your fish in.

[@OrionARS]

Damn that's a good idea. Definitely gonna try this out in my creek to make a swimming hole lol

[@outdoorssteve1929]

I have seen this done what Josh is talking about and it works great

[@stasylumbassist1]

That works, definitely a whole lot less labor intensive than than trying to build one out of sediment... paying for pallets of play sand is unworldly expensive too. I want to buy fillable canvas sand bags even potato sacks, and that stuff isnt cheap either, not building a pond, just to raise up garden beds thatll allow growth thru...

[@an2ew800]

U should get a individual pet Bass and see how big u can get him

[@phillipmoore4147]

I agree

[@darickllewellyn4258]

I also agree

[@carsynsummitt3943]

Yess

[@drewbou985]

Yes

[@ripkiwiz3619]

Please

[@josephbills8559]

Put a drone up, and find the yak. Drive some fence posts down in the opening before you begin to build up the dam again to help hold the plug together.

[@nandrews8412]

Pro tip: Harden the concrete bags before using them as bricks. 🤣😁😂

[@CrunkyOMan83]

Also when building the damn they needed support like beams so water dont push all the we cement and rocks over like a landslide and i think thats what exactly happen to all that work them put into the unplanned damn.

[@darrenangle4493]

You could tell from the get go that the bags weren't being stacked well, the way they were just thrown in the water. When building a dam, you have to stack them very precisely.

[@johnlong8157]

Definitely want to see the swamp dammed up for sure.

[@johngreen1823]

Who else knew from just their plan in Home Depot that this was going to fail

[@NolanStidham]

I mean it says it in the title

[@justintime41776]

Excuse me that was blowes.

[@chrisrus53]

They had me at "bags of quikrete". Powder filled paper bags submerged in water made little to no sense at all. Lol

[@karlwild4015]

Well, they never said, they were engineers.

[@chrisrus53]

@@karlwild4015 It doesn't take a degree in engineering to know that was gonna be a bad idea. Lol

[@jeremylitchfield8617]

I absolutely love when you guys get together. When I am having a bad day, your videos make me laugh.

[@danielbrown5685]

IDK why but this is one of the funniest LOJO videos I've watched in a while, and not even because of the failure. I think all the random LOJO noises are what got me.

[@hunterchapman237]

Go exploring that swamp and paddleboard fishing! I personally would love to see it.

[@BrooksTj1997]

You should make a second channel devoted just to your projects on your property because I really enjoying watching these!

[@sergiofurtado4964]

And the award for the worlds worst contractors goes to badge and the beard Highly intertaining !!! Love it

[@tylermallory2504]

IDK have you ever watched flair try to build something? Or even worse peric?

[@54raceman]

@@tylermallory2504 ain’t nobody gonna give peric a award for anything to much risk of him putting his eye out

[@jomo8825]

Always a good day to see these two in action

[@casonash7028]

“We could put exotic fish in here” proceeds to name all native species.... 😂😂😂

[@monkeyman2269]

Exotics he will get a big fine lol bowfin are fine tho

[@JustSumGuy]

Stocking none native fish is why FL has a huge problem right now. Humans introducing none native fish is always a bad idea. Check out the Asian Carp problems facing many of America's bodies of water. Wonder why there are so many Spots and not so many Large Jaws anymore.... Get a clue bro.

[@gh0st0fmozart92]

Seriously lol not a single exotic fish

[@casonash7028]

@@JustSumGuy I never told him to… my point was lojo said stocking exotic fish and then named native species…

[@Ava_Orchid]

@@casonash7028 Yeah I gasped when he said exotic as that swamp certainly has tributaries but then he listed natives that just arent bass or cats

[@nextgenclassiccarsofIL]

you can really tell that some of the passion for making videos is back. happy to see it!

[@ridingwithrooster4762]

I really enjoyed all the different camera angles. From the pov to the drone it was all great. Loved ever min couldn't stop laughing

[@larryfox7690]

That was so funny. It makes me feel better about all the projects I've done that went south.

[@Snap-Time]

I need to get to a point in life where I can treat a $1700 kayak like a dollar store inflatable raft.

[@Fathernsonadventures]

You need to put posts in behind were you want the damb then place bags of sand neatly stacked onto of each other, then put posts infront to make sure it doesnt fall forwards. Also you have to poke a hole in the bags so it doesnt have some air in it. And use very long t posts and drive them really deep into the ground.

[@willtrotter8178]

I’m just going to throw this out there being that I work in the natural resource profession. Might want to check with your local Core of Engineers before you impound that stream. Generally there are permits associated with tampering with wetlands (beaver pond) and such. Can result in a nasty fine if a big beautiful pond shows up on future aerials where a stream and wetland complex use to be. Just a word of an advice, can’t wait to see the progress.

[@regric25]

You're asking a pile of dirt and sand to hold back tens of thousands of pounds/ gallons of water. If course it blew it out! Lol

[@2020Basshunter]

This has been the funniest and funnest video that I have watched in a long time. Absolutely loved all the footage of Badge and LOJO. Had me in stitches from laughing. Thank you both, you awesome duo and please, please keep up the amazing work that you’ve both been doing. Hope I have the privilege and honor of meeting you both someday in real life. Pray Badges foot heals quickly also.

[@reelbadangler7569]

I need to find a love like Lojo and Badge. 😂

[@Delmarvafishing]

I love how you think flippity flops will some how protect you from snakes 🐍

[@joshjones1628]

I remember when I was young, my dad built a dam in a little creek that was his property border, used some old metal roofing, and some rollers off an old conveyor for posts.

[@The_Matt_Hayden]

Lojo's noises probably have everybody in my house thinking I'm on the Hub...

[@danielwagner4669]

Pondscaping looks so fun. Keep it up love the vids 🤙

[@paxtonv505]

i love the vids but that’s definitely not how a dam is built😅

[@dannycamarillo3209]

You should get concrete bricks and lay a fence behind them with some posts and that won’t be going anywhere

[@dinohasnoskill7705]

Axel breaks “we don’t need that hehe”

[@danieloverman9656]

Try driving wood post down and then take tin roof material and build a wall

[@travisbruno1988]

I would make a form with 2 walls and pour stuff into that. Would be way easier

[@christopherhofheins2763]

Good idea on the sand bags to hold water, but don’t they usually use woven plastic bags lol

[@XDOPEYILOKOV]

I hope you go back to trying to dam this up again would be awesome to see

[@smith8926]

My boy Lojo driving the deer back there like we back over in the sand box 😂

[@lorenzoboyland5341]

12:50 Lojo was already a man with the balls to do just about anything and now he will have great balls of stone 🤣🤣🤣

[@astartea2002]

LOJO you ar the MAN !! ANDRRW SNT TOO BEDVEITHETR

[@connornevitt2508]

Great video amazing content. Keep up the great work

[@JohnBozon]

@lojofishing for the dam. Get a bunch of cinderblocks and till them with the power quick create then run some rebar through with a sledgehammer. Then for the soil you can by topsoil in bulk at Homedepot or Lowes. That will seal it forever.

[@juanarappagis4192]

I like the chain link fence idea! Just wire it to the t posts that are there and Bob's your uncle! Go lojo 🤘!

[@Fuzed.drifting]

I think some kind of fence could help too ! Next time put a long rope on each end of the kayak and just pull it to each other so you don't have to walk in the water everytime. I think we all wanna see this pond dam up now !

[@shyank_life2899]

Always get excited when I hear a notification and see "LoJo..." KILLIN IT!

[@evankloepper]

I think logo needs a skidder with a brush hog! Imagine the carnage lol

[@hall-n-bass3727]

Love watching your videos man! Your are literally the only channel I have the bell turned on

[@G0SuBunnY]

Step 1. Buy bags of concrete seperate use them as bricks. wet them out of the water let dry. Step 2. Use Rebar posts to stake into ground (any metal pole would work.) Step 3: Use plastic sheeting to cover making a U

[@bradhart6762]

Next project, a floating barge to use to haul things in water, LOL!!

[@TravisHargiss]

For such a tough man he sure gets dramatic. Lol

[@tvm-manducktv8375]

Let's be healed by watching the video✨

[@ashleynine4512]

Try using the big wooden stakes and drive them in front back front back, then use preexisting branches you have to weave them between the stakes, then add the sand, rocks, cement, and mud??

[@taydenkrocak3864]

Bro love the videos keep the good work up

[@rikijett310]

Since you dammed it up and have a spillway, you could put in a little hydroelectric generator and run an air pump to aerate the pond. 👍👍

[@billcox8682]

I think using "big" rocks on top of the cement bags would dam it up quite well then fill with more dry/wet cement

[@HippyNerd95]

Lojo we used cinder blocks and rebar to set the wall up then sandbagged about 2 foot high to raise our pond level. You can try that maybe???

[@darrellh.9680]

Bro! You totally can do this! With just logs, rocks, and dirt! My brother, me, and some friends dammed a bigger faster stream than that one when we were kids!!

[@rongreen6871]

Put post behind cement and build it up all the way with cement

[@deanfirnatine7814]

May be illegal, in my state we could build farm pond dams with gravel, dirt etc but not concrete

[@jamestownvirginia8463]

Lojo, I know you're army, maybe call one of your engineer buddy's next time.🙃, Semper Fi, good video, thanks..

[@brettbarber9517]

LOJO comin in with that expired CLS qualification!🤣🤣🤣

[@gizmoto4281]

My mans are wearing flip-flops lol 😂🤟🏼

[@deanfirnatine7814]

None of the Googans can ever afford shoes

[@farmerbobbygrows3338]

@@deanfirnatine7814 Jon b be rocking Yeezys

[@KenpoKlown]

I had an idea for a challenge that I haven’t seen really any of the larger fishing channels do. Try to catch large bass/fish on vintage tackle. Or maybe have a little competition with the Googan Gang. Something along those lines. I was gonna suggest just vintage lures but we know that it’s not that hard to do but I feel like adding in an older rod and reel just ups the challenge to another level.

[@seanpoole1539]

Drive the longest t post you can into the ground. Slide cinder blocks over them and fill the blocks with quick-crete. Then add dirt etc behind it once that area dries up.

[@pamelaklemp5615]

Maybe get some oil drums. Anchor them with rebar. Fill them with rock and sand or concrete. Brace them with a second layer of rebar. Eat, Sleep, Repeat 😂. About shaving your beard...my husband did that after years of having it. When he went to grow it out again IT TURNED GRAY IN LARGE AREAS. Just something to think about beforehand.

[@jordangarneau8817]

The whole time I was screaming that they weren't stacking the bags like a dam

[@angelamicay8748]

The past few vids of you guys in the water, I’m not just waiting for the, “we fell in” video 😂😂

[@a-kafka4466]

you need to peaces of wood or metal with rebar for supourt then pour concrete in betwen the to peaces of metal take the metal and rebar out and u got a dam

[@samgarrod4781]

"Help guide me in" You fellas are laugh a minute ❤👊🤣🤣🤣

[@everythingoutdoors2131]

The chain link fence with a pvc pipe with a screen of some sort on the tip and have it up high so some water will flow thru as it needs so it can’t Ofer flow and flood

[@montygardner6232]

Good try in the dam build. Loved the video. Sorry Andrew got hurt. You probably need to get heavy equipment in to get water to raise and put in a pipe to relive the water pressure.

[@TJHill-wy2tk]

I have tons of experience with bag concrete and it will harden up in the bag and basically turn in to a big a** rock.

[@Bruce243]

Yo he is so much funnier after the brake idk why but I was laughing so much at this video

[@HAWHighAltitudeWhips]

You should use some metal roofing like a wall to block the water path. Idk might work

[@honchogaming6810]

What you should’ve done was drive several large stakes with a generous amount of tarp nailed to them crated a sorta seal to the ground. Have the stakes sticking out of the water maybe a foot or so, on both sides of the entrance that you wanted to dam.. than stick a water pump inide the area you just blocked off… it wont be perfect at first, but itll give you the room and eyesight you need to build the dam, or improve a better system to keep the water out as you’re trying to build the dam.

[@thedadbodangler7784]

I love you guys! 😂🤣😂 You're some great keystone cop like comedy relief! 🤣🤣🤣

[@MRmanbearpig1993]

Badge and you together is when you're at your best. Lol

[@Bootlgr4]

The beavers have it pretty well dialed in, If you want to stop most of the water, do what they do.

[@edwinfajardo9388]

Lucky for Badge Logo was a certified Combat Lifesaver! Didn’t even need to use a tourniquet! Hooah!

[@Epicblueteam]

Use post hole hammer. Put rebar across the gap then go back to the concrete and rock and sand bags. But stack them 2 wide

[@austinwilliams4637]

Get plywood sure the edges with 2 by 4s dump the concrete in between mix with a drill that might work

[@thecheapgamer9634]

You need to pound some 8ft long 4x4s into the sides of that creek opening with like 1in in-between so you can slat in some 1x6s so it's like a marter and tannis joint or however you english that.

[@Jaqob76]

two pieces of ply wood set long side down and anchored in about 2 - 3 feet apart from each other. Then put the cement rocks etc in between them. Or concrete form tubes pushed into the ground then filled with damming material. Brought to you buy a friendly HD employees. I really think the form tubes would work. Lowes sucks.

[@heatherreaves89]

Quick crete will set up in the bag under water. In fact concrete gets stronger "more psi" under water

[@airgunningcolorado78]

Has this been fixed yet? Hog panels and a few posts would do the trick. You can speed the process by clearing some grass and reeds on the close bank and throw them in with sticks twigs branches. Once it starts plugging it'll just keep collecting material.

[@rebeccacollins7717]

Glad to see ya back 🤘 and that moan 😂

[@damianrabstejnek3708]

You guys should buy the scuba diving sneakers they are awesome for stuff like that and they have grip underwater

[@iancoulter19]

Keep up the hard work lojo

[@donaldyancey1033]

Logs..definitely.. Im think I would have cut down some trees and layer them in front of the sand and rock wall then placed chain link fence behind it to make sure it damned up...yes paddle board the swamp with pocket fisherman pole haha on the look for kayak.. Pretty cool ideas Bagger my guy needs some Waders lol

[@bettecoughran1128]

Tip on building dams use trackters and red clay dirt

[@conyerspreveaux2604]

Hello uncle lojo from Alabama

[@hut95]

You didn't think that one out to much did you... there was a ton of other routes to take lol that would have been cheaper and better

[@Rexxar36]

you guys is so funny to listen to 😅 keep up the good work 👍

[@Mynameis7nad]

You should mix the quickcrete with the sand and bag it then drop them in.

[@NFL_Ya_Heard]

Hell yea!!!!! That would be fun!!!!

[@dillonmartin3505]

Take block that you build retaining walls with and then on the back after you dam it up put concrete on the back

[@nathanj9881]

Try using chain link or even chicken wire and you can put somethings to help it go faster but the floating debris will seal itself

[@JSBassMasters]

maybe put posts and a metal sheets across the opening lol that would be the smart thing to do

[@emack3492]

Use some big boulders as a foundation and then fill in with small rocks and concrete

[@lorenzoboyland5341]

Try getting a ton of Cynder blocks to stack until a wall is formed then fill in as needed over time.

[@kalelivermore6134]

Should re visit this idea would be good to see that as a pond

[@RIVERSTX_]

Walmart video is gone, glad I watched as soon as I got the notification

[@georgedeedsnotwords2162]

I think I would send the drone up for a look see . You might find your yak in the yard of the neighbor who broke the dam down for the second time .lol might be the one with 5-6 beaver pelts nailed to the back of his/her shed ...

[@deanfirnatine7814]

possibility

[@latitude42fishing7]

Should try some 4”-5” poles/timber and hammer them into the ground pretty deep. Then use cable to anchor the poles to either side of the dam in the ground. Also, find that kind kayak, haha