Water Level & Grass Update!! (Week 3) - 10 Acre Private Fishing Hole PROJECT!!

[@danielcohn-bendit701]

Damn, that all looks so good. Everything’s clean, well-defined… The dam, the feeder pond, that far shore… You picked the right guy for the job.

[@pocomokeforester2504]

Don't give up on that tree yet. May surprise you in the spring!

[@BrushCommando]

We'll leave it there and try to keep it watered.

[@kirk467]

Great update Brian, lake looks beautiful! Everything is awesome and the wildlife out there is amazing! Really like the music in the end of your video my friend, it’s definitely going to be a paradise out there with the ducks and duck houses! Thanks for sharing Brian, I really appreciate the update and thanks to your viewer (David) for the new drone! Kirk from Louisiana sends prayers and positive energy for you and your family! See you in the next one brother! 🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👌🏻👍🏻👍🏻🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🙋🏼✌🏻✌🏻💯💯💯

[@tremont86]

Thank you David for the drone. You can really see the overall scope of the project!!!

[@neilgillespie3223]

Love the weekly videos to see how things are progressing - doesn't often happen with Chris's projects

[@Comment-007]

It's amazing seeing your vision come to life, ... Beautiful!

[@RockySwampRanch-r1f]

Man, it's looking good for sure Brian! "Commando Lake" "All American Cove" " Mulcher Cove" "Feeder House 1/Feeder House 2" Thanks for the great update!

[@jasonbrodess5242]

I was thinking Commando Lake too! lol

[@jeffwisemiller3590]

Commando Lake sounds like a name of a lake at a nudist colony. Maybe not the right choice for it.

[@jasonbrodess5242]

@@jeffwisemiller3590 I realized that after I thought about it. That name would probably attract a lot of skinny dippers trying to sneak in there late at night. haha 😂

[@michael_3985]

That rye grass will keep growing. When the sun comes back out again it will shoot to the moon. Water level is great. Perfect timing in finishing the project. It would have been a mess. Great video.👍👍👍

[@BrushCommando]

Nothing but sunshine until next week! Should be a big difference

[@BuckMasterNorm]

Drone shot looks great

[@user-bt6hh9yu1n]

Thank you David!

[@elliskev2]

Cool drone shots.

[@BrushCommando]

Thanks! Trying to get back in the groove of flying one.

[@GoBlue79]

AWESOME! It looks so different each week - I bet you can see daily changes.

[@MichaelHolloway]

I like the way you teased the drone tour in the opening and then gave us the full drone flying tour at the end. Next week go around counter-clockwise and save the overflow structure measurement (with a tape measure!) for the story arc 'crescendo'. Cheers.

[@pwaldrop5181]

I would like to watch any and all work you do around the pond. Even if you don't narrate it (not creating editing work?) I would like to see it. Title it "Pond work" and the date in order to make it easy for you and slap it up there!

[@papatomsthoughts]

Grass looks amazing. Great looking facility

[@BrushCommando]

It's coming right up! We're supposed to have sunshine for the next week so it should shoot up by next Wednesday!

[@uwepfitzner9682]

Chris did a REALY GREAT Job. Looks all n all Great👏🏻👏🏻

[@vhostovich]

You made the update interesting. Thanks !

[@TyroneBootlace]

Looking great and coming along in leaps and bounds. NICE 😁

[@mirage4014]

The Tree Chris moved was just going dormant for the winter , now it has a good chance to get over that moving and you will not know until spring anyway now, looking nice now it is filling, Hey from Germany

[@BrushCommando]

Germany! wow We'll leave it and hope for the best.

[@ronaldheit196]

In honor of the man who made thos3 coves look so nice one of them should be named after Chris or Letsdig18 cove. He put a lotta sweat into making that mini lake look so nice he deserves some recognition.

[@davidb1664]

Nice update on the water, The wild life the lake is attracting is amazing,. Keep us posted.

[@BrushCommando]

Makes it all worth it

[@nandi123]

Excellent drone reel. Grass looks great.

[@BrushCommando]

Thanks! It has been a while since I last flew one

[@nandi123]

@@BrushCommando You got the Miami Vice vibe going on too!😀

[@BrushCommando]

@@nandi123 hahaha is that a good thing?? lol

[@nandi123]

@@BrushCommando Sure! I expect to see you in a baggy pink suit and Raybans in your next video.👍

[@winsurfer123]

Looks like all the hard work is paying off. Call it Perpetual lake, because there is always something else to be done. ha Best wishes. Joe

[@BrushCommando]

haha that's a good one, Joe!

[@jerrymclean8075]

Chris did a great job fixing the lake!!

[@mikeknoll1130]

Love the drone footage.

[@rozmoran1840]

Love the ponds, looking good.

[@RobBlackie-m7x]

Areas that Chris fixed up look great with the grass seed coming up nicely. Why not get him back to level, sleek up & grass the other pond edges that look a bit sketchy Time to burn your brush piles

[@keithdunlap2701]

Nice !! Looking Great already, and really going to have a nice clean look when it's full !! Chris does such awesome work, and takes a lot of pride in his work, and it always shows !! Thanks for sharing.... Have a Great Day...

[@ronaldheit196]

I'd suggest you put a plate of stainless steel flat to angled above it screwed onto the top of the concrete to protect the gate from debris coming through the debris cage. Thar way it'll just slide over the plate down to the overflow pipe. By the way, the grass is looking good. Next spring when the Bermuda grass comes up it's going to look beautiful around the pond.

[@bernardsteffen2788]

WOW!!! A MALLARD HATCHERY!! Really great seeing how that goes... Need to get some fingerlings into the water. Wouln't be great to have migratory Ducks, Loons and Geese stopping by spring/Autum. Exciting stuff young Man.

[@BrushCommando]

Wouldn't that be neat!

[@bernardsteffen2788]

Noticed that the bulldozer is still covered with a pile of dirtGrass is lookin' good>

[@BrushCommando]

Need to get the dozer moved... I forgot about it.

[@rmacsrmaddog2192]

As Cleetus would say, Hell yeah brother 👍

[@j.walker3498]

Starting to look good! You can use those old short culvert pieces to make fish tunnels. Keep that tree watered (not right this minute obviously, slosh slosh) until next spring it probably went into shock from move and temp fluctuations.

[@johnhenryNC]

I look forward to this every week. Name the lake whatever your last name is. Name the coves after your wife & kids. 👍

[@BrushCommando]

Hey John, glad to hear! See you next Wednesday

[@dandurham4288]

You got some rain looks like

[@silverlicious2086]

Update looks good and coming along.

[@dariensmith7871]

The pipe you mentioned near road go for an open culvert. Then build a bridge. Plus Plus for a build project on video. 😊

[@karlmckinnell2635]

Tip of the hat to David. Exited for the future drone footage.

[@BrushCommando]

Wasn't that nice of him!! Lost one to an eagle, then the other to the pond. I was giving up on buying another as it gets expensive. I'm not worried about the water now, lets just hope the eagle doesn't strike again.

[@Canadian_Living_in_Mexico]

Nice audio at beginning. I have an Onkoyo 7.1 speaker system setup and the music came through all 7 speakers with good bass. your voice , correctly through the center speaker. Very Nice effect and editing.

[@johnsmith91528]

love the updates, thanks

[@daniele.woodhead1218]

The pond is looking amazing and I am looking forward to seeing the progress. 5 ⭐ video love the new grone that is cool.

[@mrmagic3331]

wow starting to look very nice, that grass grew fast

[@stevebenstead4786]

Coming along nicely

[@waynetubbs5914]

Looks good!!! Happy brushing

[@jimmyculberson5013]

You and Chris together did a great job. Everything is coming together looking great. Have a great Thanksgiving and try not to eat too much.

[@BrushCommando]

@@jimmyculberson5013 thanks a lot, Jimmy! People don’t give me credit often. lol Have a great Thanksgiving as well!

[@bernardsteffen2788]

Be wonderful to see some Swans nesting here.

[@BrushCommando]

Maybe some will come around

[@andrewholmes6363]

Looking great

[@garydillon3960]

Thanks for the update. Things are looking great.

[@Vickie-Bligh]

I really enjoyed the drone shots of the lake. It is coming up and looks so nice. Thanks for sharing, Brian. My totally plain and uninteresting suggestions for the coves are: The first cove Chris worked on by the road & your neighbors would be the Road Cove, next one Cabin Cove, and the 3rd Home Cove since it's by your home. You are in Google maps already.

[@BrushCommando]

Hey Vickie! Glad you enjoyed the drone footage. Cabin Cove and Mallard Cove are the most common suggestions so far. The lake name is what I was referring to, you can add it to a body of water on their imagery. Just something neat to do.

[@user-bt6hh9yu1n]

Brian, I’d wait till late spring to write that tree off. I had a similar experience and thought the tree was gone, but it stayed dormant through the fall and winter, then came back super strong 🤷‍♂️ sometimes they just go into shock for a while. It is late in the year.

[@BrushCommando]

We'll leave it there and I'll try to keep it watered.

[@shaziachaudhry6240]

Love your introductory drone footage

[@jg6142]

It’s definitely filling up!

[@justcallmesmoke9876]

All I see is trees and I already liked

[@DieselMike]

A few thoughts... Egret Cove (Where the Egret hangs out) LD Cove (for a shout out to Chris) - Maybe the one he dredged early on in the project. Beaver-B-Gone Pond (The small duck pond) Argo Canyon (The deep area that the Argo plowed through) And of course the entire Lake needs to be your namesake: "Your Last Name Lake" (a legacy for your children)

[@edhammond8709]

Love the video’s beautiful lake

[@L_O_M]

Already looking good!

[@peterthornton8520]

Looking good Brian.

[@glennspreeman1634]

Impressive fill!!!

[@janlesinski4719]

It is looking good

[@wayne735]

Looking really good. Can't wait for the duck pond to fill up. Once that happens I feel the lake will start moving in leaps. Loving the weekly updates. You cover a lot. Nice to see what your future plans and thinking are to make it what you want.

[@BrushCommando]

Glad you enjoy the updates! Yes, there should be a steady stream coming from that little pond.

[@BuckMasterNorm]

Thanks

[@BrushCommando]

You're welcome Norm

[@tomswindler64]

Nice drone shots,place is looking good.very nice.good video 😎😎😎👍👍👍

[@BrushCommando]

Thanks! glad you enjoyed it!

[@09FLTRMM77]

MM77 Approved 👍🏼 👍🏼

[@merlepatterson]

One thing about Chris' jobs, they look great over time. 13:45 You could always just lay down 30' of pipe for road access and then ditch it the rest of the way to the pond with some rip rap.

[@talibirkmanis5727]

Looks great , cant wait to see some fish pulled out !!! For the duck pond how about "circle eight" , and the lake "3 cove " .

[@nachosguacamole8600]

lookin good. progress!

[@BassGuy1]

The transformation is happening.

[@BrushCommando]

YES!! Isn't it beautiful lol

[@CharlesSmith-ty2ce]

One of the fish houses named Hotel California 😊 or Margaret Ville 😊

[@BuckMasterNorm]

The grass look good

[@alvinguy567]

Lake Camando 😊

[@kevingarner6186]

Awesome update. Have you seen the RPS solar pump that you can add a solar powered fountain and an oxygen bubbles to your lake bottom to help fish habitat. Love the drone shots. Your doing a great job

[@rogerblack6270]

Looking better every week

[@BevRich-y8u]

I enjoyed watching 18 Belgium and take out that off middle damn.. I know you had some grass carp in there.. hopefully you're going to stalk a pool of all kind of nice big largemouth???? I guess now I'm going to have to register or subscribe and keep tuning in to what you feel up and see what you do for a life in the pond..

[@markogrundman6147]

Lake should be named opportunity, so much to do around there

[@BrushCommando]

Plenty! lol

[@markpashia7067]

Love that root mass of the rye.

[@louisdaniels873]

excellent drone coverage

[@BrushCommando]

Thank you! Need to get the hang of flying one with the floaties on it lol

[@klasandersson7522]

Now that looks good! Here in sweden we tie together a couple of old christmas trees to each other and dump them in lakes and ponds after christmas, that tangle of branches works the same way as you fish hotels with the extra benefit of also being great food for insects and releasing nutrients in the water! Bass and small fry of anny sorts love those tangles and really increase the amount of spawning in the waters! But I do not know if it will work for you over there... 😉

[@Planeiron]

Commanders Lake, Private Cove, Wayback Cove, Captain Cove, Little pond fish motel, little pond getaway, surfside fish inn, Anglers hideaway, Dig it House and fish lounge

[@pjbarnes9524]

Just to let you know, I like to see the progress on your project. A name for one of your coves might be pirates cove.

[@BrushCommando]

Glad you like seeing it. More to come!

[@briand.3552]

Mallard Point, Commando Preserve and Timber Shores are some good names for the areas of the lake.

[@user-bt6hh9yu1n]

Yes! 💪

[@BrushCommando]

💪Oh yeah!

[@TheWrena440]

Nice drone shots!

[@BrushCommando]

Thanks! Been a while since I last flew one. lol

[@jiggsborah7041]

Looks great thanks for sharing. From South Africa.

[@BrushCommando]

Whoa! That's across the big pond lol Glad you enjoyed it

[@pamelabowling7959]

Mud / Beaver lake and Chris Pond I like to see Chris to come back soon tell you need something else done that didn’t do right lol 😂

[@rickhay9782]

Call your structures Atlantis, and Wheelhouse....and lake could be "Lake Resurrection" 😎

[@wigf173]

Looks amazing, Brian! Great footage too

[@BrushCommando]

Thanks!

[@BigTader]

Looking really good.

[@Navyuncle]

Brian, I wish that I didn't live so far away. I would move that machinery into a shelter for you.

[@BrushCommando]

We'd have to build one lol I'll have one eventually

[@kengriffith4968]

Call the lake Money pit,structures Chimney & Super 8 ,Cabin cove, and fallen Timber.

[@BrushCommando]

Haha MONEY PIT, for sure. Super 8 is a good one.. it is a fish hotel lol

[@bernardsteffen2788]

Yes, you do have a lot of work for the excavator, the further you walk on the "tour" the more we see that must be done. It will take longer than the rental agreement on the "mini".

[@BrushCommando]

haha Might need to rent it again

[@thebigapple4010]

right where the top of the boot meets the waders, tore my legs up a few times too.

[@billleslie6422]

This is the time to plant some cypress below water level so they'll be in deeper water for the fish. You'll have to cage them bc of beavers. (Fence or blocks circles like you made)

[@BrushCommando]

A few others have suggested Cypress too. Need to look into it

[@Blazer02LS]

Not sure on the valve. Outside it could get hit but inside it could get washed off if you get a heavy flow from a storm. Maybe make a piece to go from the overflow out over the valve so that water would bypass around it? Duck tubes = chain link fence rolled into tubes, heavy straw between the inner and outer fence. Line with straw. Boat drain, use flouro paracord to tie through the toggle and then up to the motor. When you pull the drain you wrap the line around the redder stalk so you know where it is, and if it's installed.

[@brianlich]

Lake Commando. Neighborhood cove, cozy cabin cove.

[@hydraulic-hum]

drone view was awesome.. maybe a little dirt might hurt 🙃

[@BrushCommando]

Thanks! i know, I know. Kind of forgot about it

[@janetolch8129]

The one near the road call it Chris Cove 🇬🇧

[@pb4414]

Circle 8 structure, sounds farming.

[@klausm.55]

Very nice update. Thank you. It gives the bay its name, which is the name of the street in which the bay is located.

[@johnmac7523]

Slender Bay for the bay you were walking up to as you first started talking about naming them.

[@douglasashleigh4989]

Bay of Brian... Commando Cove...

[@Scot_WestTexas]

You could also go with Santa’s reindeer names… Dasher, Dancer, Prancer, Vixen, Comet, Cupid, Dunder, Blixem, and Rudolf

[@mula2626]

Donner and Blitzen.

[@davidprocter3578]

pull out that fence by the road use the spoil heaps to build a berm in it's place, plant it with something thorny. If bank tall enough and vegetation prickly enough it should keep out intruders, as well as road noise. probably will need to put drains through the bank at the low spots. Here is a thought how about naming the ponds areas after famous fishing American authors just for a vague idea Poes pool for the duck pond Hemingway flats for the area the trees were knocked down in Steinbeck's Staithe for the creek by the cottage Melvilles moat for the creek that runs to the road. Then of course there is Twain possibly my favorite. then writers like King maybe Kings landing anyway you get the idea. Actually Poe was English went to school in Stoke Newington Now in north london his school had [still there] the creepiest church you will ever see right next door might well have been the inspiration for his horror stories. Strangely the grave stone of Daniel Defoe buried in Southampton now rests in the lobby of the building that replaced the old school I wonder what strange force brought these two famous men into such close company. Pond now filling nicely this rain should help top up the ground water as well as the pond.

[@BrushCommando]

I like it! Looking out now and the water level has risen even more!... and this video was just made today too

[@markpashia7067]

How about "old bay" for the older pond area? If you know spices you know spices. My buddy used it a lot for crappie.