Stocking our 3.5 Acre Pond. Adding 465 fish, to help repopulate the pond.

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[@colmwhateveryoulike3240]

To minimise shock and maximise survival, you could fill your containers with pondwater, or a pondwater mix, and/or gradually add pondwater into the container after fish are inside before gradually submerging like you suggest.

[@colmwhateveryoulike3240]

@@maruiacancer I think you meant to post this on the main page where country view acres will be more likely to see it and reply. I will follow you though. If you like I will add your name to my prayer list if you don't mind giving it to me.

[@Timepeace49]

was going to say the same thing

[@lescoe]

You should consider an automatic fish feeder set up on your dock.

[@nalley6815]

I’d like to get one

[@patrickdunne1150]

Hello from Chicago! I would suggest you get some pea gravel and take your tractor and dump a bucket every 4 or 6 feet from the bank so those blue gill's can have a nice place to make little blue gills! Then add the bass.

[@ronniem.7854]

The pond looks amazing now. Hate that you lost so many fish a while back because everything you did was to help them thrive. Glad things seem to be going better now. YOU'RE AWESOME!!!

[@YoWhoDat]

I pray that I can find a profession that allows me to live this lifestyle. My son would love experiencing stuff like this.

[@ethanbrad2933]

My biggest dream is to have a pond in my back yard so I can fish all day everyday 😂😂😂😂

[@jeffmeans894]

When I was about 13, my grandpa had a 10 acre lake built on our farm. With 5 springs filling it up it didn’t take too long. Grandpaw had 5000 fingerlings of nothing but cat put in. Those fish were fed every day. That was in 73 and when my family lived there. We were feeding them 10 gallons of feed a day! Everybody said those were the best fish they’ve ever had! This brought back a good memory

[@iamwan939]

what happen to the farm

[@robertalbrecht1493]

Evan, your soil and water conservation district in your county can supply grass carp. No permit needed. At least that is how it works in Jersey county Illinois. Got to pick mine up on May 3rd. Price was13.00 each. Good luck to you and Rebecca

[@ronaldlee2376]

Charge in Ohio thru our county soil & water is $16.00 for 8-10 " . My first batch lived from 1989 to late winter 2016 & measured 34" in length, They preferred green cattails over Algae & grass clippings. Glad to have them, plus great entetainment.

[@AngusKart]

You should slowly mix in the pond water into the cooler water they were in so they could get accustomed to the pond water.

[@exploringtheoutdoors9476]

Yea

[@eddiestonerbud7188]

Then you have planes that dump fish straight into ponds….

[@mike0566]

That's a waste of time . loss that could or will happen is a small % of the number that will survive. They over stock the pond with the understanding that death and other factors will happen.

[@mrveee12]

Yeah

[@MikeBulu]

Just dump the fish in stop dilly-dally around . You have non native fish thriving. Did they get acclimated to water or their surroundings . they😅😅are thriving so much the state made it illegal. Fish are more durable than you think

[@lylesmith1949]

Evan, Think about putting an underwater light in front of your dock. The fish are attracted to the light and you can monitor fish sizes and quantities. God Bless!

[@billsmith5166]

Very true.

[@cgjamma]

Good luck with the restocking of the pond.

[@bay9876]

Nice to see the turn around on the pond fish and letting nature do it's work. Maybe pond dye would help keep the duck weed in check with the help of the aerator.

[@samkoeller9417]

Love the videos and hopefully the fish restocking goes well.😊

[@robertkrause4769]

Ohio sells sterile grass carp / amors, no permit needed ($12-20) each depending on source. Maybe you can find a similar supplier. My hatchery recommends blending your pond water into your transport container to minimize the shock. Three dead fish is pretty good though, I wouldn’t complain.

[@alisciamarotta3888]

We get ours from Jones Fish

[@Krazyhunter]

Outdoor writer Steve Pollock wrote about using tilapia, you put them in in the spring, they gorge themselves cleaning your pond, then you catch as many out as you can in the fall, the ones that you don't catch will die with the cold water.

[@mattpeacock5208]

And tilapia is stankin delicious!!!!!!!

[@kelliott7864]

Yep, and certain species of tilapia like salad more than others. I used to give mine greens from the garden-- their favorite was pumpkin leaves.

[@joannak4640]

Really glad you were able to restock the pond. I hope you still have Bass in there! They were getting nice and big 🤤😋 Thanks for sharing and have a great week

[@CountryViewAcres]

The grass carp you would purchase for your pond are Triploid grass carp. They are sterile and won't reproduce. They aren't the same as the type that is taking over rivers and waterways.

[@kingpickle3712]

By installing a pond aerator, you can eliminate duckweed completely or limit the growth to the edges, which are easily reachable with a hand skimmer.

[@kishuinupower9163]

You should get award for your hardwork mate...u done that no one can ever imagine.

[@kellyjones1331]

Thank you brother

[@teenagefarmer]

Awesome, glad you guys got more fish in the pond. Great job, I agree with you to not ad more bass right now. Thanks for sharing have a good night.

[@jennifercockrell3374]

I had a problem with duckweed. I called my local extension office, which is Clemson Extension, and the guy over ponds told me that Carp will eat duckweed but it's not their first choice of food. They will only eat it if they don't have a good food source. So in saying that, they might not be too reliable in keeping the duckweed out of the pond. His advice was to get a good herbicide that will take care of duckweed and watermeal because the two are usually growing together. We decided to buy Sonar One in granular form that you just broadcast in the water. It is also safe to use for fish. Needless to say, it was very effective and eradicated all of the duckweed off of the pond.

[@shaynedavisartanddesign]

congrats on getting the pond re-populated. The only thing i would suggest, because you may still have bass in pond - would have been to buy feeder fish. To help protect the fish you stocked with. Actually, I would go buy some now.

[@here_for_the]

Take 1 of those 250/275 gallon totes that people resell on local internet sites. Hole saw small holes into it. They have a plastic pallet built into them on the botton & you leave it all intact. Put your feeder your newly purchased Bluegill & other very small species inside, instead of directly into pond. None of your Bass / Catfish thou in the this tote. Then push the tank into the pond till its submerged to about even w/the top. Put holes in top as well for air & feed & rain water to circulate. Dont let the Raccoons otlr Otters get inside it thou. Cover any big holes with something like chicken wire. Feed the Minnows from the lid hole if you choose. Gives the new small fish a place to run to for shelter from land/water predators. Raccoons, turtles, other fish, & Blue Herons ( predator birds), are hard on fish population , like the Large Mouth Bass are. Like everything in life, if your pond is one of your only only hobbies & you have time for propgating your fish population, its worth the time. You have a working farm, so its difficult to have the time to create new habits for fish when other chores need attention. Good luck!

[@sebastianjaroszewski1511]

Nice Video about the pound👍👍👍

[@TKCL]

I absolutely love your pond, property and house. My dream is to have a pond like that.

[@jayneandpaulrichgels1112]

This was exciting to see. The fish loss of last year was devastating to see so nice to see today that the future is going to be brighter.

[@stmrev]

We added the grass carp to our pond several years ago. Shortly after putting them in, the state (Ohio) began discouraging adding them, and in fact, said that they should be removed. We didn't do that, but the carp made very little difference in controlling the duckweed and algae. I've read that they are big eaters in their young stage, but when they get bigger they are not big eaters. I think your aeration will do the most good. That's what solved our duckweed problem.

[@gillysguns9244]

I passed a fish trailer on the interstate yesterday and thought of you guys. Hope these suckers grow fast!

[@buckydoedowner9040]

You should get your areators running now before the water gets to warm.

[@dalehammond1749]

Ponds sure are different down south. Here in northern Michigan I've never seen duck weed that I recall. As for stocking fish, they're all over the place free for the catching. One just has to make sure one doesn't exceed DNR limits per day. Your fish die off due to an aerator blows me away. I can't even imagine that. Here Michigan the thing is to maintain an opening in the ice during the winter. But this is a very interesting series.

[@sylviaprudhomme5417]

Always something interesting❤❤❤❤

[@davidkraft3690]

A bit surprised you had to buy fish from a private source. Illinois has a Fish hatchery in the Havana/Lewiston area that I think will supply fish. There may be a fee and perhaps more red tape than is worth. Just a thought. When I worked for the Beich Candy plant In Bloomington the state Fish and Game stocked our 1-acre Sewage lagoon and six months later I got to help count the fish. We put a boat in the lagoon with a generator the boat. There were three "electrodes" (two hot and one neutral) dangling in the water. When the fish went between hot and neutral they were stunned and came to the surface. We used dip nets to retrieve them and got a Conte. This was a service of Fish and Game. You could do the same yourself to find just what is in your pond.

[@andreww7857]

The state of Kansas will stick a private pond for little or nothing too BUT the catch is that you must allow public fishing. Seems like a sensible trade, taxpayer money paying for fish on private property, taxpayers get to fish there. But I’m sure most landowners want to keep their property private

[@okiegrandma1154]

At 8:07 a fish jumped out of the water across the pond beside your left ear in the video.

[@olddawgdreaming5715]

Thanks for sharing with us Evan and Rebecca . Hope the fishing gets better this year for you both. Stay safe and keep up the great videos and having fun around there too. Fred.

[@erichowell5370]

Nice sized pond!!!

[@shelleyennis4489]

I've seen some people put some of the lake water in the cooler to get them use to it. Half & half.

[@tommychew6544]

I'd love to have a pond that big. I remember back in 1990 I went back to California after my wife got home sick, I had gotten out of the Corps in 89. My father in law drove me to a place that was called a lake over there. I asked him, where is the connection to the lake, he said this is it, I told him we call this a pond back in Missouri. Luckily, I was only there for 9 months before we came back to Missouri and life seemed normal again. That lake was smaller than your pond! I prefer to live in the supposed fly over states, those people are lost.

[@patblaney3895]

Nice one guys🐟🦈🐟

[@ianhaggart1438]

hello sir.. I'm not into fishing but barley straw bales are excellent at clearing up the waters in ponds and its pretty darn natural to... cracking work on the vid stay safe 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

[@boog9104]

It's now 12:30 I'm eating catfish and watching you stock your pond, hope the grow big fast for you.

[@chriscampbell2327]

Tilapia is a good fish for eating duckweed.

[@jimmylee8459]

Contact your local DNR about the grass Carp they come and install them in your pond. There is a waiting list so be patience

[@billlyttle8224]

Evan you should really bring the cooler out into the water and slowly mix the water from the pond into the cooler then there is no shock to the fish . There is always a learning curve but we learn from our mistakes. Good fishing good luck.

[@mitch199121]

In Missouri you can get fish from Missouri Conservation to stock your pond

[@Me-ov9nw]

As you were pouring the fish into the pond I noticed I was tipping my phone😂

[@thefisherman6000_USA]

I would love a backyard with pond.

[@jc-d6179]

I live in a lake. I would love a back yard.

[@outdoorstudios2022]

Hello Evan and Rebecca.

[@joeread3596]

Hi Evan . You need grass carp as they eat algae and weed off the bottom .

[@ralphgreenjr.2466]

Having ponds and stocking fish is a lot of fun. I have 2 ponds on the farm, 11/2 acre 25 feet deep and the other 1 1/3 acre 17 feet deep. Two years ago I stocked 100 black 2-4 inch crappies in each pond. This spring I am catching 9-10 inch fish! I do not keep any yet, next year when they will be 10-12 inches.

[@2wwwilly]

Blue tilapia n giant gourami will skirmish all your aquatic plants beside grass carp

[@andrewhilliard4177]

Need a permit in Texas too for grass carp. I filled out application online and took to my fish farm to pickup

[@tbirdracefan]

I live in Texas but we have to have permits for grass carp as well. My local fish supplier has the permit application on their website. It is one face page long and just has information like your address, address or location of your pond, Pond size etc. Pretty sure you fill it out and send it and the few dollar fee to the state. The state verifies the info and decides on how many fish they will allow. I don't have a need for the carp in my ponds but my casual glance at the process tells it's not too difficult to get them if you need them in my state.

[@kennethflynn2469]

I live in Illinois. You have to order fish through your local soil service. They just need county, section , township info where pond is located nothing difficult

[@csnanny1882]

Now Rebecca can start fishing again. She really loves to fish. How’s the sheep doing ?

[@CountryViewAcres]

sheep are doing good. all settled in.

[@markboettcher9443]

taking your pond water to pick them up would be good too.

[@wgoconnor33]

What an interesting video 👍 good iob

[@jaboo1010]

Keep saying ‘cooler’. I like it

[@jamesmorrison1884]

Hope goes well nice work. Have a great day

[@edwardsdeacon]

🤔 the new fish need to be slowly acclimated to the new water. Either put them in bags and float the bags for 40 minutes or dump out half the water in the buckets and every 10 minutes put a few cupfuls of the water they are going into inside of the holding container. Probably would of been a good idea to put about 10 pounds minnows and shiners in the pond to populate the pond, be misquote control and feed the bass that are in the pond so the sunfish don’t get to heavily predated on.

[@1954israel]

As a suggestion try transporting fish in large platic bags and when you introduce them to new waters submerge the bag for a few minutes forr them to aclimate to the new termerature of your pond. This will prevent them from going into shock.

[@Warthog1976]

Very true , great advice. New Fish barely had time to acclimate.

[@donmedford2563]

I live in the Philippines now but I had an 80 acre farm in NW Ohio that I had 2 ponds dug on. The main pond was 9 feet deep, 1 1/2 acre with a small island and the other was 1 acre and only 5 feet deep. I bought fish the same way you do to start with then started buying fish off a truck that brought them right to me. I stated with largemouth, bluegill, channel cat and fat head minnows. I put more minnows in every year. I put in a few walleye and hybrid striped bass over the years. I LOVED catching the hybrid stripped bass. They were very aggressive. When they delivered fish to my ponds they put a chemical in the bucket with my fish to calm/sedate them. They also mixed my pond water with their water in the bucket before they put them in my pond.

[@jeffreylocke8808]

You need some Largemouth Bass in your pond to predator those bluegill. Hope your right that some bass survived.

[@rhiandaniels7980]

Very wise to accumulate your fish first . , Bass would be excellent for your pond

[@HillbilliesAdventures_2022]

You should go to the Wabash river and get you some carp to put in your pond carp will clear up the duck weed.

[@moersmoers]

it is Law in Indiana as well, grass carp can only be put in a private pond by licensed fishery. When i buy fish from our local fisheries, they give us heavy duty bags full of fish we buy, so it is much easier to handle- just drop the bag into cooler, box, whatever container you have, then slowly add pond water to the bag, so the fish can acclimate. Another GREAT fish to add for vegetation control is tilapia, they are only sold in warm weather months as they will die in cold water ponds. I had a 1 acre pond that was about 80% covered in duck weed, and 30 tilapia got it under control in a couple months. Bad thing about tilapia is that they die in the fall when weather starts turning cooler.

[@mattrowe7322]

Need to sloly add the pond water to the cooler to acclimate them to the temperature difference.

[@nickwiseman7770]

Goldfish and koi are very readily available and love to eat duckweed gold fish are also super cheap!

[@SOOSKI123]

You can find out if Tilapia are legal in your state ,if they are, they're great for eating duckweed and when the water starts to cool down you'll be able to harvest them for eating ,if you stock them now they should be pushing 2 to 3 LBS by the time the water gets cold and they'll be easy to catch when the water temps drop ,they'll be staying in the shallow water and won't move much ,they won't survive winter temps .

[@CountryViewAcres]

I have heard of people putting them in. But I haven't found a fishery nearby that sells them.

[@SOOSKI123]

@@CountryViewAcres They can be shipped to your door if they're legal in your state ,if you get some 2 to 3" now they'll be pushing two pound or more by winter ,they can primarily live off of the duckweed and will clean it up for you !

[@la6508]

You should've added some of that blue chemical for stress like they put in when you get minnows.

[@SFCRambo60]

I have seen and done when putting in a dock that winter time was the best time, using an ice auger with extentions I was able to put out 4 post in the water and able to align them up than if the ice is thick enough to put on the side braces then the deck. I been told there's a better decking material than treated wood and will last longer and no splinters. Good luck.

[@pondside5229]

Koi. Get koi or even goldfish for the duckweed issue. And they look beautiful doing it. Goldfish will take care of that fast. And the bass will keep the koi/goldfish population in check. Win/win

[@kyleboaz1055]

I got some grass carp In Williamson county illinois like 3 weeks ago and I didn’t have to go through all that

[@jorge670733]

Go out on the river. There’s carp everywhere in a river. Catch a few or Let a few jump in the boat. Then release them in the pond.

[@JDDOWDY]

I wish you success.

[@bigrooster6893]

People always mess up by stocking little fingerling size fish, because they don’t ever make it in a pond that still have fish in it.

[@nalley6815]

I’ve got a horrible duckweed problem. I put in 2 carp so hopefully it will help

[@michaelbeckingham6220]

Put the new fish into plastic bag Float on the water for 1/2 hour then the water will be same temperature as the lake water thus Lessing the shock factor

[@larrykluckoutdoors8227]

Hope the fish all work out for you

[@waveman69]

If there is a problem in the river,just pay someone to go catch you a few and bring them in a cooler.

[@davidzemke2549]

Keep up the great work. I have a 3 acre pond in Minnesota and have basically the same issue you have. If things work out correctly. ... this year we will skim off the duckweed.

[@zazazazo4556]

You can try using Koi Fish to eliminate the duck weeds . If Koi is legal in your place, try them . One more question : Do you have minnows as well in your pound ?

[@Ludick.J]

I'm sure you might gt this a lot. Fish needs to be acclimated before they are released into a new body of water.

[@WhiteTailintensity]

Maybe hire someone who can shock your lake and they collect fish to inventory what you actually have ! Will tell you how many bass you have!

[@garymoring1472]

Gets some ducks for your duckweed problem. Mallards, teals, and wood ducks feed extensively on duckweed.

[@garymoring1472]

Koi fish also eat duckweed.

[@michaelmcgourty9535]

I don't know if they are available in your area but another way to control over vegetation is to stock tilapia. They nice thing is they grow really fast, the negative is they won't survive your winters; so you'll have to restock in the spring.

[@GatorMike79]

Man, no aerator and not acclimating them to the pond water? I'm surprised they even lasted the trip. Acclimate to prevent shock

[@Infinity.....]

@5:08 Miss Maggie! 💕

[@martiopperman2139]

Evan, take a look at the KZbin site, BamaBass. He just built and stocked a 5 acre pond and put in thousands of fish. Bass, bluegill, shad, etc. Or call your extension agent to help with how wany to stock.

[@roscoe8712]

Your videos are great..... very casual and informative, but trail and error type of video. Not like most videos that show a more polished finish with an expected result........ Keep making the videos and good luck with each of your experiments........ !!!!

[@danielvelez4001]

Nice❤

[@Swamp-Rides]

We used to have a Big R not too far away. It switched to “Stock and Field” and now it’s “RP Home and Harvest.” I liked it best when it was still Big R.

[@michaelschurmann676]

Suggestion, may try a laundry basket with pool noodles around the top so it will float and transfer the fish into it so that you can keep an eye on it before you let them go, enjoy the videos keep them coming Thanks 👍

[@703fishing3]

Monitoring the parameters will help with algae growth, a common method to prevent destructive algae blooms and duckweed problems is literally fertilizing the pond with lime and other nutrients to help balance things out, I am no expert when it comes to this but I would definitely look into monitoring the parameters to keep things healthy.

[@minecraftvsmasterz]

If you add bass in the future be sure to acclimate properly as it will minimize losses. You realized your mistake though :) I would drain about 25% of the cooler and add your pond water to that. Let it sit for maybe 10 minutes and repeat the process another time or two. It will aclimate them to your water temperature, PH balance, Nitrate and Nitrite levels. If you have a small air pump and air stone that would make it even better! for putting them in just set the cooler in the water and tip it over, let them swim out on their own. Loving watching your videos and hoping to see those catfish grow massive

[@johnhamilton3987]

I believe Anderson farms does a variety of fish as well and they ship right to your door

[@marydanen5220]

Next time put pond water in your coolers. They will adapt better.

[@Vaoutdoorsmen]

Awesome video really enjoyed 💪👍new subscriber here

[@Edward-pj8kx]

You can get grass carp in wisconsin

[@davidwhite4474]

Grass carp will eat the eggs of other fish and yes they are in the rivers .

[@American_Mike]

The shock of how you put them in the water....