Stocking the Pond with Hybrid Bluegills

In this video, we go and buy the hybrid bluegills for our pond. We learned a little about hybrid bluegill and the care of them. The kids helped us along the way.

[@rebel8114]

You are the coolest dad. Your kids will remember this for the rest of their lives. How awsome.

[@TheNealsHomestead]

He is a good dad. Thanks for watching! ~Janette

[@richsmith4097]

How long do it take for the fish to get full grown and how big did they get

[@perrytheplatypus5201]

I wish I could have those doughnuts in my life

[@beast_gago2660]

A little word of advice for your pond keep duckweed float on the surface of your pound give a lot of sprouts and take out nitrates help out with evaporation and mosquitos can't lay their eggs through the the duckweed

[@randomguy93984]

We have a bunch of warmouth and bluegill, and I do believe they have been breeding together. They have created a warmouth with blue gills and cheeks, they are tall and short like a bluegill with warmouth stripes and a massive mouth. Almost like a redear but with a warmouth's skin. It's pretty cool.

[@FloatTubeCharlie]

I would like to see a update on the fish

[@stevesolo16]

I think it's great, what you are doing for the kids. It sounds like you found the perfect fish for the kids to learn on.

[@jaratt85]

should've set the buckets in the pond for at least half an hour to let the temp equalize before you poured the fish in so it didn't shock them. Also getting a bigger bin and adding some of the water in to get them used to it is always a wise idea.

[@ramonbobea48]

That was awesome God Bless You and your family.

[@YizTheGOAT]

Roses are red violets are blue, the part you're looking for is at 10:22

[@TheNealsHomestead]

+Axil Gaming thank you!

[@landonwest5050]

Axil Gaming u is right

[@shelleyherrmann5499]

Axil Gaming I

[@tcbatt]

Axil Gaming I

[@user-yk7jw6gi9b]

Axil Gaming ，

[@siah080]

I love all your fish

[@crazy-lh1wr]

man I love your Great Pyrenees, I miss my dog he died when I was 17 and had him since he was 6 weeks old and I was 6 years old. Sherman looked just like your dog I'm 31 now and still miss him every day.

[@TheNealsHomestead]

+cra zy Hope you get another one to love some day. Thank you

[@rustyshackleford2627]

I think I would start a fire and burn all the dead wood and leaves around the pond and trim up anything around it and make it very nice..!!! 👍👍👍

[@goodnursesrule2]

Neal you have a beautiful family :)

[@freddielansford2515]

Wow were do u get that msny bluegills, i brought 2 from lake success, now thers 15 of them babies and adults, one thing i noticed when u feed them they come straight to you, luv it... 🌝

[@artlife6210]

Showing the steps well done and yes donuts are important

[@donnytyler4420]

the easiest way to keep your kids safe an out of trouble, show them how to fish and learn to love it. good on you

[@obeytridzofan2251]

Awesome vid I just Subed the moment I wrote this comment I love your channel And Your Kids Look Very happy Keep Up The Amazing Work And You Deserve More Subs

[@TheNealsHomestead]

Thank you!

[@red_ranger1178]

Great Vid keep the good work up

[@lucifer6801]

looks like you got some hybrid kids too.

[@gideonroodt1626]

tawn dole 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@jessedabstersmunoz]

Lmfao

[@josemorua4578]

Great video u r a great father I can see it in your kids .I live in Texas I want to grow some kind of fish I can grow to eat .n share with my family but don't know yet what fish would be good to keep outside the Texas weather .I love fish I have 10 aquariums I'm my house n I don't have more because the wife will throw me out with all the aquarium s lol .I would want to have trout but don't know if they would be ok in hot weather since they r a cold water fish .

[@nunyabizness3382]

One minute in and I assume the fish like donuts as bait?

[@Fong_yangsta_234]

should of water acclimate or temperature acclimate

[@5winder]

What fun. Put some little catfish, too. God bless your farm.

[@360_tours]

I wonder if a small bubbler would be good to transport for long distances

[@trytobetheballpeople]

Great job getting over that ten minute mark!

[@treybiller489]

Aw I've never seen little blue gill😍

[@maceon2722]

Great vid keep up the good work my advice would be let the fish get used to the water that they are going to live in so they know what its like

[@TheNealsHomestead]

Maceon McCutcheon we took buckets with the pond water in it

[@weldercody1]

Would have been nice if he let the kids pour in, at least, one bucket.

[@fishndeac5637]

good selection of donuts

[@DaZ70]

Awesome!

[@frankdavidson9675]

we used to feed fish around our pier in the afternoon as we walked up the pier you could small fish coming toward us now we are still on the ground they could fill the viberations of us walking i guess we would feed them wheat bread rolled into tiny balls they prefered wheat to white we sold that place and i really miss it

[@hazetheyoutubemaster1800]

you derserve more subs

[@TheNealsHomestead]

+HaZE TheKZbinMaster thank you

[@hazetheyoutubemaster1800]

The Neals' Homestead wow that was a fast response lol

[@TheNealsHomestead]

+HaZE TheKZbinMaster i was awake in the middle of the night

[@hazetheyoutubemaster1800]

The Neals' Homestead oh hehe same watching your amazimg vids

[@britneymatthews2068]

Pretty cool

[@Aesop101]

Breakfast of Champions...nice

[@tmo4330]

i would be excited too if i had hybrid bream in my pond! will they eat chopped up trout head and guts?? just asking, thanks

[@bertlambert3817]

woodstorks ...blue herons...white cranes...and the Ibis...and water snakes oh and bullfrogs..ALL THANK YOU for a tasty meal for one month..

[@mongofriend3478]

I hit subscribe when I saw you in the Casey's for doughnuts. This channel has to be alright if they shop Casey's!

[@TheNealsHomestead]

Lol! Glad the Casey's won you over hehe.

[@delano62]

Casey's has some good pizza too.

[@FirstAmericaFirst]

after 3 or 4 generations of breeding, you'll wind up with regular blue gill and green sunfish in your pond. they revert back to their original DNA. add a diffuser to that little pond and you can have as many as you want in there.

[@eliblint5772]

Cool video dude that is sweet how u got so many

[@ogjwdesertsquad2196]

Eli Blint she bought them

[@ogjwdesertsquad2196]

He sry

[@PhilipGernert]

Cool video

[@fishfarming-howtodoit1979]

good work :-)

[@trestonfraley9567]

Cool

[@jimmyceltic4120]

Cool video just subbed

[@lavernemcwilliams33]

? What did you feed the small fish

[@yupengfang9193]

Is it a mix breed of blue guil and bass or blue guil and a crappy

[@redranger1179]

Subscribed ::D

[@LivingTraditionsHomestead]

Great video! Do you mind sharing what the size of the pond is? I am considering having our small pond expanded so we can stock it with blue gill as well.

[@TheNealsHomestead]

Living Traditions Homestead, The pond we put the fish in is small, only about 200x300 ft, and 8 ft deep. This pond has no other fish in it and our idea is to let the babies grow and then transfer them to a larger pond, just over the dam of this one. we have another video showing the construction. thanks for watching

[@swarpin_on_donks]

The Neals' Homestead You could set some minnow traps in a creek and use that as a bait pond

[@chickenrick8503]

Your my fav youtuber

[@AK-cm4pj]

My first fish was a northern pike

[@a.kay.c]

Do you know how old those fry are ? My bluegills just had babies.

[@MoStclan72]

So if i go to the channel, click on home, will i not see cleetus Mcfarland

[@mofomoco]

Add some of your pond water to the buckets before releasing the fish. U should've dumped out about 1/2 the bucket water so you had room to add your pond water. Add in pond water slowly to get temp in bucket matching temp in pond.

[@sunnydoghomestead1112]

Really cool. Thanks for showing this!

[@TheNealsHomestead]

Thank you! Glad you enjoyed and hope you got something out of it and keep watching.

[@TheNealsHomestead]

By the way, I checked out your channel and subscribed. You've got some interesting videos too, keep it up!

[@sunnydoghomestead1112]

Aw thank you. Just getting started and figuring it out.

[@rylenthomson1947]

You live in Arnold's park that's where I live I live right behind that cayesces

[@josephvalentine7]

Is it good to eat hybrid fish

[@austinbonecutter7161]

I like how his says new pond put yet the pond looks like its been there 30 years

[@TheNealsHomestead]

The pond is newly rebuilt, we had drained it several years ago to build a larger lake below it. The pond had likely been there for 30 years before we drained it, but it's "new" in the sense that it was empty of fish, freshly filled and with a new dam. We actually have a few videos on our channel detailing the building of the dam if you would like to check them out. Thanks for watching!

[@austinbonecutter7161]

Your welcome

[@rayrowe2664]

RACOONS WILL HAVE A BIG MEAL

[@alejandroflores2225]

Muy tibio le hace falta mas felicidad ☺️

[@goodnursesrule2]

neal how much did they cost?

[@Vicente99969]

Cynthia Moorer-Bannerman 37 cents each

[@haokieto0]

like everyone said, the temperature shock might have killed a whole lot of them... i would put them in a trash bag, pump some air in, and acclimate the fish..

[@TheNealsHomestead]

The water in the buckets that the fish were put into was taken out of the pond.

[@johnnyblohm3574]

How do you order them?

[@jaysonortiz141]

what kind of hybrid were the fish

[@TheNealsHomestead]

+Jayson Ortiz I believe they are a bluegill, green gilled sunfish cross

[@trestonfraley9567]

How much did they cost by chance

[@TheNealsHomestead]

+Treston Fraley they cost 37 cents each, so $120 ish for the three hundred we bought plus he gave us several free

[@iameatingursnack]

Treston Fraley 4 million dollars

[@K_Marrs]

No there was 306 actually (not kidding )

[@yupengfang9193]

Hybrid blue gill what breed is it

[@scot_irsh]

Do you have any aeration for your pond?

[@TheNealsHomestead]

We don't, but we need some

[@scot_irsh]

@@TheNealsHomestead I've seen people have great success with those septic pumps. For a fraction of the price. I mean they do the same thing as a pond aeration system but cheaper.

[@71blackraven]

nice

[@maceon2722]

do u know what size these blue gill will get to

[@TheNealsHomestead]

Maceon McCutcheon - I think that they could get as big as 2+ pounds. It also depends on the conditions they grow in, such as, how much food they have, and etc.

[@ROJBRIANDCAKAWILLIS]

please update

[@gamewalkthroughs3658]

What state are you in? And where can you buy fish like this?

[@TheNealsHomestead]

+GameWalkthroughs - We're in Missouri. Local farmers coops seem to have "fish days" where you can order fish from a local hatchery and then they deliver them to the store and you pick them up

[@getoffyourbassandletsfish7651]

6:15 he almost knocked over the bucket

[@RWildekrav66]

Don't forget the dozen day olds

[@daustin6264]

How fast did they grow?

[@TheNealsHomestead]

It seemed slow.

[@birdman2947]

What two fish were bred together to make that hybrid?

[@TheNealsHomestead]

+BirdMan29 from what I understand, bluegill and green sunfish

[@birdman2947]

Thank you

[@happytroll2477]

BirdMan29 WATCH THE VIDEO

[@bluedragon9270]

Don't you think the can also be invasive species for the other fish??

[@TheNealsHomestead]

+RaNdOm KiD I don't think these are likely to be an invasive species for us, they have a very low rate of reproduction, and there are already bluegill and bass well established in the larger lake

[@TheNealsHomestead]

+RaNdOm KiD The hybrid bluegill cane out 80 to 90% male. That limits their extensive reproduction.

[@STEVENREEF]

you guys should get some bass and minnows

[@bvang09]

They do breed.

[@coleohlms8610]

Do u guys live in Missouri because I thought the license plate said that anyway that's were I live

[@TheNealsHomestead]

+Cole Ohlms Yes. Thank you

[@canadianfisherman243]

healty choice!!!!dad bod

[@SnottiePipp]

What kind of dog do you have?

[@TheNealsHomestead]

+Spyman6 we have a great Pyrenees and a dachshund

[@anglingtv9558]

that's allot of bait

[@iameatingursnack]

AnglingTV allot?

[@anthony_557angione8]

My first fish made me go in the water but... I LANDED THE FISH it was a 8 pound bass and a cat fish (I had two hooks) I'm not sure how much the catfish was :( but it dure was fun :D

[@anthony_557angione8]

Sure*

[@frankziola7710]

Next time stock it with some chocolate doughnut hybrid fish

[@TheNealsHomestead]

Good idea!

[@Forevertrue]

So is the water temp and the ph the same? You may be looking to kill a bunch without easing them into the new environment?

[@TheNealsHomestead]

We took water from our pond in the buckets to pick up the fish.

[@frankdavidson9675]

blugill are te best tasteing fish fresh or salt water im 87 yrs old so ive had a lot of fish in my life dont et wrong i luve most all fish but brim is first choice

[@cohcoh4271]

Any update?

[@TheNealsHomestead]

We might get to do an update this coming summer. It's frozen over now!

[@fishndeac5637]

what city and state do you live in?

[@TheNealsHomestead]

We live in Johnson County, Missouri

[@502outdoors]

U know those are going to be eaten

[@elijahcolunga2149]

neal... your kids seat belt isnt right

[@zacschmitt1441]

Is that in Illinois??

[@TheNealsHomestead]

Zac Schmitt - We're in Missouri.

[@Kcryoz]

that dog just wants to leave

[@joemainguy792]

1000 like

[@missouribankfishing]

😮

[@gallos0987]

What state do you live in

[@TheNealsHomestead]

victor lopez Missouri

[@trashbandicoot3824]

Meanwhile somewhere in Iowa... 😎

[@squirrel9760]

You have pretty children and a cool dog

[@DDGdeapool]

there is 547 in that pond

[@ethanmendoza8549]

Thought this was a commercial

[@embergaming4226]

i know where he lives. He lives in warrensburg Missouri :)

[@TheNealsHomestead]

+Zink Ember Not exactly, but close.

[@Surv1ve_Thrive]

Arent most hybrid fish really hard to keep alive? In my experience it is so. Not mine personally. Have seen the problems with 'best of x and best of y = best of neither in reality.' In fact ive seen some real cruelty in fish breeding. As per your notes, if your children are your fish breeding advisors, how's that going?