Preparing for the fishery for opening day.

[@susanhowarth7752]

My whole family are watching you now Ant. Not because we have your skills but because you are so talented and miss Penny too. You should be on TV presenting Thank you for the joy you bring x

[@samigirl1853]

Ant I want to be you. You live in a beautiful, peaceful part of the world, seem so content and happy, and you can do ANYTHING!!!! It doesn’t hurt that you have Kate as a neighbor 😉💜🌷🫶🏻

[@ants_countrylife]

Thankyou

[@NannaLiz]

Ahhhh...here is the fishery explanation. Thank you very much. It was very interesting. I could almost smell the fish through the screen. The dog was a plus in the video, like Kate's cats.

[@julie-r4j]

Welcome...You are so talented and I look forward to following you on your many projects. I need to thank you for taking such good care of Miss Kate and her homely garden and house. Bless you

[@ants_countrylife]

Thank you .. Kate is a lovely person that I have known most of my life and it’s a joy to work with her

[@marybeth4002]

Oh, my goodness! This was so interesting and sooo many fish! They look pretty big already. Miss Penny frolicking and swimming was a joy to watch. Thank you for sharing your day with us.

[@nickik.9037]

Those are some mighty nice looking fish that you stocked. It would be a thrill to fish in your beautiful area & catch such a large fish. Thanks for the video.

[@ants_countrylife]

@@nickik.9037 your welcome

[@karenbidanset9847]

What a beautiful part of the world you live in. I know my husband would love to come fishing there someday. ❤ Thank you for sharing your day with us! The rainbow was a beautiful bonus!!

[@maryellenhardy]

Oh, Penny! You remind me of my beautiful black labrador, Shady. She's been gone for many years now, but I still think of her often--especially when I see a beauty like you! The perfect dog breed, IMHO.

[@christiseverance4038]

Gotta love Miss Penny swimming! Interesting post today, thanks.

[@paulaconcannon29]

Wow, did not expect the fish to be so big! What a beautiful spot

[@bjoyp7463]

Seems like no matter what the weather, there is always work to done. That rainbow was the payoff! Thanks for sharing this!

[@conniehusband1365]

So refreshing to see some Labrador Joy! Keep going Ant....you are refreshing too! Thankyou!

[@conniehusband1365]

Lovely fish!

[@ndlz1]

😍🫶🏻👍🏻🙏 What a blessing to have a life in such a beautiful place.

[@palominogirl2732]

Very interesting - I live among many lakes, but I'm a farmer/horse person....and don't go sit by them or own a boat. Learning about a fishery is very nice. And so are Labs! I don't have a Lab at the moment, because if a dog that large gets hurt, I can't get them in my truck anymore. Border collies and Aussies now at my age, LOL! Life would be not good at all without horses, dogs, cats, and my chickens. (The beef and pork we raise are in the freezer!)

[@lindaday4956]

You are such a breath of fresh air and calm in this crazy world. My husband was an avid fisherman and he would have loved this video. Thank you.

[@lynnhenningham3205]

So interesting, thank you for sharing your wonderful world with us🤗

[@Monique-TheYarnCurator]

I love Penny ❤ Thank you Ant for sharing your day ❤

[@knackfulknitter]

Happy dog and those trout are so big looking. The fishing should be great fun…and eating.

[@damienk5011]

Hiya Anthony 🌞, just thinking of the baskets that I could make with the withys youve cut!- even a kreel or two!Adored seeing the blessing of the rainbow,and Miss Penny's frolicking in the water!Enjoy these episodes more than l can say,regards to your lady wife too.😊Julia, Brisbane, Australia 🇦🇺 ❤ 😀 🪃

[@dixieross2784]

Those are some really nice big fish!

[@marilyn9155]

What a beautiful part of the world you Live in ! Great interesting content ! Love dear miss penny !! Your version of Eileen the goose !! Lol . Fish are gorgeous! Huge! Just noticed a rainbow !!!!!!!!!! ❤xx marilyn USA

[@sheliaheverin8822]

I can only imagine how cold that water is, Miss Penny will need a blanket. Those are some big fish.

[@jackedwhite11]

Nice to see penny doing a full days work ❤️ good jobs done 👍🏻

[@anncook5041]

Adore the Synchronicity of Precious Rainbow Blessing Coinciding with Trout Arrival

[@brendaclark4152]

Wow the fish are beautiful and big! Must be a lot of fishing to stock that many !

[@breid989]

Very interesting as I don't know much about fisheries. Thanks for sharing! Beautiful area.

[@gilscot100]

That was very interesting. I never knew about triploids but having just read a very interesting article put out by the California Fish and Wildlife, I now know about pressure shock treatment, polar bodies, and that bananas and seedless watermelons are triploids too. Who knew. Thanks Ant. Lovely to see the reservoir and a slight glimpse of watery sun.

[@elainecoull7237]

Lovely content Ant. I wish I could go swimming in there with Miss Penny then back to Katie's cabin for a lovely cup of tea.

[@duvetto]

This was a really interesting insight into something i know zilch about. It's fascinating to learn how things are done and in such a lovely environment too. Thanks for sharing.

[@ants_countrylife]

Glad you enjoyed it!

[@TrishBailey-m1d]

Loved it Ant, thank you so much for sharing you life with us.... especially love you best four legged friend.Take care...love to you all 😊

[@ants_countrylife]

Glad you enjoyed it and thank you

[@lilliwaa2937]

Wow!!! Again you’re sharing really wonderful content Ant. Thank you.

[@ants_countrylife]

My pleasure!

[@melodyn2music]

Loved the content. Such a beautiful place! Beautiful rainbow!

[@nanigail395]

Beautiful place & that rainbow❣️ So glad to get to know you at Kate’s & now we can see more of your many talents on your own channel 😊

[@ants_countrylife]

Thank you so much!

[@Liz.Green789]

That looks so beautiful. I would be sitting on the pier with some knitting and a cup of tea.

[@mariehansen2534]

Goodness the fish are large but probably still room to grow. I just was expecting smaller than that. Its a beautiful setting for a lake and I thank you for sharing your day with us. Take care

[@ants_countrylife]

Your welcome

[@morningloryke]

Very interesting and fun to watch Ant! Made me hungry so made fish for supper :)

[@SusanBAnderson]

very interesting! i had no idea about any of this. thanks for filming and sharing. what a beautiful area!

[@ants_countrylife]

Thank you I’m glad you enjoyed it and we do forget sometimes how beautiful it is where we live

[@rosechernick8063]

Interesting and thank you for sharing!

[@bags-by-carol]

How gorgeous -- Anthony -- I so enjoy seeing your updates -- so glad we were introduced to you through Kate.

[@ants_countrylife]

Welcome! Thank you for watching

[@christinesmutek3856]

That was fascinating what a beautiful place and the rainbow was so lovely. Loved watching Penny. Labradors just exude joy don’t they. I have a soft spot for them as we had two goldens whilst I was growing up. ❤️❤️❤️

[@ants_countrylife]

Glad you enjoyed it thank you

[@karentank9318]

It looks and sounds so peaceful! Beautiful place!

[@joycehart569]

So interesting!

[@susanshillito7790]

What an interesting process!

[@pattik2046]

Very interesting, Ant! Loved watching Miss Penny swim😊

[@ants_countrylife]

Glad you enjoyed it!

[@SandraOranje]

You truly live in the most beautiful part of England. Now I also have to see how to fix the notifications on your channel. It's been set ON since the beginning but not working. I will figure it out. Thanks for sharing your beautiful country.

[@robertagellner9573]

Never thought of using a hedge trimmer to cut the small stuff on the banks. We usually just mow it but this would work well for the hill sides and areas that we can’t reach with a mower.

[@annieboulton5759]

Enjoyed your video. Never eaten Trout. I've eaten Mackerel fresh from the North Sea in Bridlington. That was yummy 😋

[@svs1551]

Those were huge fish!

[@carolinegetman2720]

You are sooo talented! Love watching and learning!

[@ants_countrylife]

Thank you! Cheers!

[@fernie5128]

I really enjoyed this latest installment Ant. An Earth Science teacher I know is connected to our Dep't of Natural Resources here in Minnesota and every year, thanks to a grant, his huge aquarium is stocked with hmmm, not the alevins but a little older trout younguns, and the kids get to monitor and manage the trout. The also get to take part in releasing the trout along with a DNR staff person. I am fascinated by the stocking of the pond, the following questions do not require an answer Ant, you are way to busy, but I wonder how the experts calculate how many fish a body of water can hold and how do they know when restocking is needed? I have more questions. Actually I am going to go to our DNR site and see what I can learn. thanks Ant for giving me a rabbit hole to go down. Cheers from Minnesota Ant - "Land of 10,000 Lakes" thanks to the last ice age and retreating ice...lots of fish, and fisher-folks! All the best! Fern in Minnesota

[@maryparker67]

wow ,those are amazing size fish !

[@KatyMaynard-op4vo]

Came over from Kates channel. Such a beautiful place!

[@ants_countrylife]

Thanks for coming

[@meperez3]

Thank you Anthony, Interesting video.

[@carolbulmer8253]

Thanks, Ant. That was interesting.

[@inezwalsh2584]

We celebrate the Queen’s birthday here(Victoria) in Newfoundland-so lots of people go to the Cabin and fish…

[@QuiltingPJ]

Your part of the world is wonderful. I live in an urban desert in So California and it’s quite drier. Very jealous as well.

[@paulettemcwaters8557]

absolutely beautiful fish, nice stock

[@ants_countrylife]

Thank you very much

[@ruthleonard5590]

We just subscribed to your channel, and both my husband and I are enjoying it very much!

[@ants_countrylife]

Awesome! Thank you!

[@patriciavacilek3791]

Looks similar to Kate’s dam and lake area. Thanks for sharing

[@ants_countrylife]

Thanks for watching!

[@lizadams7662]

I love Penny running in the water! This was very interesting, to see exactly how you go about stocking a fishing area. Do you get herons and cormorants competing for the fish?

[@PaintpalSue]

I hope you will give us a demo of fly fishing one fine day…if you can ever find the time😂! ❤

[@ants_countrylife]

That’s a good idea I will do that

[@PaintpalSue]

@@ants_countrylifeI’ll look forward to it…your numbers are climbing so fast, you passed three thousand as I watched. Congratulations and well done!

[@marilynpease8782]

Wow! Such beautiful trout. Your snow is all gone?

[@ants_countrylife]

Yes the snow only lasted a couple of days .. thankfully

[@randimerlau2994]

Hi Ants , we both really enjoyed your video. We were both inpressed with the size of fish being planted. My husband has worked helping the DNR in Michigan with the fishery..he wants me to ask what the cost is where you live for one fish planting? Why don't you put in smaller fish and just let them grow up?

[@ants_countrylife]

Our fish cost roughly £2.50per pound of fish up to 4 pound in weight then the cost escalates quickly … the fish are stocked to be caught straight away so don’t get much time to grow on

[@wendyhansen3223]

Those are huge planter fish.

[@janewills3379]

I enjoyed that, thanks Ant. I have never heard of triploids before nor blue trout so I'm busily looking those up. Does anyone fishing have to puchase a special permit and if so, to whom is the money paid? Enjoy seeing green and water, almost 25cm of snow here, very white.

[@ants_countrylife]

The fishermen pay for a day ticket or permit and this allows them to fish on the lake and the money goes to the fishery as it is a business

[@janewills3379]

Hey, that's nice, money going back to the fishery, makes sense, thanks for replying.

[@stitchersdelight]

We stock our lake and rivers with fry and try to replenish the fish population that way. Do you stock strictly for fly fishing ? Such a beautiful part of the country.

[@ants_countrylife]

Hi yes we do just stock for the fly fishing

[@Fitz-14]

That was very interesting!! Thank you!! How old is Penny? And how cold is that water!? She must have a great coat to be in that cold water!! This was great, Ant - thank you!!

[@ants_countrylife]

I’m glad you enjoyed the video and penny is 6 in may but she loves the water and doesn’t feel the cold … she even lies out in the snow

[@tammyselbo132]

Ant what are the names of the fish that will be caught? I live on the Mississippi River here in Wisconsin

[@tammyselbo132]

All I had to do was ask and the video told me Trout ! ☺️ lol

[@susanharrell984]

Boy, I would love to fish there. Any osprey?

[@ants_countrylife]

Hi Susan we sometimes get an osprey stopping off on its journey to elsewhere but no resident ones unfortunately

[@SueOMalley]

Hi Ant - Love the videos. Is that the same lake we see in back of Kate's house??

[@karenchr14]

How cold is it there now? How do you get a fish neither male nor female?

[@genny7493]

One more question… do you put water from the lake into the grey bin to acclimatize the fish before putting them into the lake? Thanks

[@ants_countrylife]

No we don’t but we do temperature checks before we order the fish to make sure there’s no big difference before they come

[@julieh4816]

Interesting to hear, so these fish don't breed at all?

[@ants_countrylife]

That’s right no they don’t breed at all

[@julieh4816]

@@ants_countrylife Do they breed any fish in there at all, filling every 2 weeks with those fish would cost a few bob. Very interesting to see them come out the shoot, if you could get nearer the water could they go direct instead of using the net? Never seen something like this before!

[@ants_countrylife]

We have wild brown trout that breed in the lake and we could put the fish in directly if we had better access

[@barbarakarl3959]

Please, dear Ant, are you able to explain to me, why do you have to put extra fishes in the lake? Aren't there basicly enough in such a big water? I don't understand anything about fishery and so I ask (perhaps silly...). Yours, Barbara from Vienna

[@ants_countrylife]

Hi Barbara the lake is a commercial fly fishery where people pay to fish and take them home .. so we need to restock every couple of weeks to keep the numbers of fish at a certain level .. I hope this helps

[@genny7493]

Do you cut all of the plants around the banks or just in spots?? Thanks for sharing a bit about this Ant!

[@ants_countrylife]

Hi we just cut all the willow right back and trim some of the bigger trees

[@marywaddell8927]

Does it hurt/damage the fish when ther are transferred from the tank to the wheely bin before putting them in the lake?

[@ants_countrylife]

No it doesn’t bother them at all

[@aprililles9610]

This is very interesting. I live in the “Lakes District” in BC Canada and I’ve heard of places that stock fish but never have seen it before. The lakes I go to and grew up on have natural spawning. I always thought that fish would be really small when introduced and then would grow in the lake 🤦‍♀️ How many fish does a permit allow a person to catch in a day?

[@ants_countrylife]

You can keep a maximum of five depending on which permit you pay for

[@aprililles9610]

Oh that’s interesting. Five is the limit for our rainbow trout too

[@inezwalsh2584]

We don’t have to stock our ponds with fish,is this a man made lake?

[@marilyn9155]

Is the fishery the same waters that touch to Kate’s property as well -? 🐋🦈

[@ukaly1]

I was back home in 2018 not far from there. My husband and grown son would have loved to fish there if they knew it existed! Is it yours or do you manage it?

[@ants_countrylife]

Hi I live here and manage the fishery

[@ukaly1]

Lucky you! It's a beautiful place.

[@donnagraves2304]

Do you have to worry about poisonous snakes?

[@ants_countrylife]

No we don’t have to worry about poisonous snakes in England .. the Adder is the only poisonous snake but it’s rarely seen and not deadly

[@janicebastow9029]

My husband is a fly fisherman. Is this a private fishery or can it be fished on a day ticket please?

[@ants_countrylife]

Hi Janice yes it can be fished on a day ticket

[@janicebastow9029]

@@ants_countrylife hi Ant, thank you for your reply. Can you please tell me the exact location and where I can buy my day ticket please. Is there a website with details ie. Opening times and is it ok for me to accompany my husband and sit knitting/stitching and untying his knots🤣

[@ants_countrylife]

@@janicebastow9029 Hi Janice it’s Langley Dam fly fishery

[@janicebastow9029]

@@ants_countrylife thank you very much Ant👍💕

[@ants_countrylife]

@@janicebastow9029 your welcome

[@inezwalsh2584]

Do you eat them

[@louiseberman4241]

Is this the same lake where kate is?

[@ants_countrylife]

Yes it is

[@kathrynhobbs8874]

Gosh, are your fishers allowed to take their caught trout home with them?

[@inezwalsh2584]

Why don’t you use male and female fish to restock themselves