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Nice! I wish I had been there to see it being built.
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That's awesome.......Looks like an episode of "Swamp Loggers"
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Very cool Brian. That machine is what I need to make my shorelines deeper. King George should be pleased!
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Mark, I think I'm using Brian's guy next Winter for shorelines, boat ramp, and new grow out pond. He did good fast work, and it was cool watching him work in water up to the bottom of the cab.
600# of Rye grass, and Brian will be set.
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BRYAN - YOU RASCAL!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Thought you told me just a little clean-up work! SURPRISED IS AN UNDER STATEMENT!!! When can I see it - I'm stoked! Early morning delight - CONGRATS for a job well done! George
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Excerpt from Robert Crais' "The Monkey's Raincoat:" "She took another microscopic bite of her sandwich, then pushed it away. Maybe she absorbed nutrients from her surroundings."
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Allen, Good call on the 600#'s of rye grass. I need to get to it asap. 63.3, good haul!!
Mark, my guys are very good and will treat you right, and they are not afraid of the water.
George, I had to wait to tell you about this because we were unsure if we could find the clay right there. If we did not, it would have not worked. But we did!! Now I have to see if it will fill on its own from the seep or if I need to plumb to it.
I also see a pump for seining in my future. We made it deeper than 4 feet so I could have options.
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Nice job !! Tell us about the brood pond known as Lake Georgetopia. How will it fill , any outlet or overflow pipe to drain it and the fish into the lake , what goes in first ?
The cleaned out area might be good place for Bluegill beds.
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Great work, Brain. You don't mess around!!!
Just do it...
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Lake Georgetopia was placed above the big pond and on a natural seep. If you remember where I was holding the Tilapia during our Christmas snow, that is the same area, in fact being back there with Heather was the reason we decided to clean up that area. And the seep made it a no brainer to try a build a brood pond up by the cabin.
As for filling, I need to see if the seep is going to fill lake Georgetopia, or if I am going to have to add water from the well. As for draining it, well I am going to use a pump. I do not want the two bodies of water to mix in the brood pond. There is an over flow on the southwest corner of lake Georgetopia to allow for overflow. It is above the emergency line for the big pond, in fact it is almost as high as the cabin. If the seep can't fill it, I'll use well water to fill it. I'll spray it through the air to Oxygenate it before adding it to the BOW. As for fish, I'll toss in FHM and Gambusia right away. And as soon as the water is tested and right, I'll add CNBG and start growing some forage.
Now I need to mat the tops and plant grass, I'll start with rye and go to Bermuda when the weather allows.
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Looks great Brian! Hey, can you still use the road close to the main pond to get to the dam or do you have to use the higher road now?
I see Rye going on it your next visit.
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I can not use the old road to the dam, I have to use the high road even with the tractor!! Time to get busy clearing that road again!! I might be able to use the drag to clear a higher path, but for now the beach road is closed to vehicle traffic except the Honda of course!!
I called about geo-fabric and I'll be getting that and the rye seed this week and getting it in place asap. I think Allen might be conscripted for this part of the project!!
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Scott did you notice how George gets to fish and play, and I'm the designated bend over and pound erosion mat staples in all day guy?
Funny how that worked out.
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The ability to hook up a piece of 6 inch pvc to the bottom of a brood pond sure makes it easy (and less stressful on the fish and manager)to get the fish out into the lake.
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The location of lake Georgetopia does not allow for the brood pond to be drained completely into the big pond, so a sein is what I will have to do.
The new area by the "North Beach" was groomed for BG spawning grounds. I hope it works!!
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The ability to hook up a piece of 6 inch pvc to the bottom of a brood pond sure makes it easy (and less stressful on the fish and manager)to get the fish out into the lake. Eric, don't the fish get stressed a little bit when they go thru the impellers of the pump?
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Brian, what are dimentions of brood/forage/grow-out pond? It's a lot of fun and productive as well, to start with forage and then go to predators - take out largest and easiest to catch with hook and line and then seine and drain or whatever plan dictates.
Little ponds are fun - can I fish or have to help Allen? G/
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Amazing the excavator didn't get stuck.
Really nice!
If pigs could fly bacon would be harder to come by and there would be a lot of damaged trees.
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George, work first, play second...... Cecil, those guys were fun to watch. As they took down the trees, they would use them to walk on if needed. The 240 never stopped moving, they always were a few steps ahead of the machine. When the water got up to the paint, I was really impressed, but there was never any doubt that they could go anywhere they wanted to go.
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It probably helped them a bunch that the ground was firm/hard, not the swampy muck that you see on Swamp Loggers.
HF, did they accomplish that all in one day?
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Scott, We started on Monday and finished up around noon on Wed. It became a swampy mess on tuesday when we got about 4 inches of rain in a couple hours. Even after that, the 240 could go anywhere it wanted. It was quit a sight. And yes, a excavator is on my list of things to get!!! just not that size.....
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Mark, I think I'm using Brian's guy next Winter for shorelines, boat ramp Yeah Al....lemme know I'd like to watch that guy for an hour or two when he works on your property. Looks like Brian got some great work from him. We may or may not be able to deepen our shorelines with our backhoe. Too busy with other projects right now. Down the road I too would like to have a small boat ramp put in. A guy in Tyler (Hartbeat Construction) quoted $4293 for a turn-key boat ramp at my old property. He said that was for a 10' x 25' x 6" thick 3000 PSI reinforced concrete ramp. I would think I could go smaller at our new place. After the ramp is constructed on the shoreline and concrete has set up ( usually 7 days ) they would push the ramp into place using a Bull Dozer. I'm not really sure if that's a decent price for a turn-key concrete boat ramp or not. Looks like they do pretty nice work.
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Really nice, Brian! Congrats on the great progress!
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