Pond Boss Forums INTRO Questions & Observations the beach clean-up and Lake Georgetopia

I still have my snipe gear. Don't mind loaning it out though.

TJ, Brian could put your welding skills to work.

Brian what's it look like now? You know what I'm talking about.

We should have took some before pics (of the straight sticks of tubing).

Has your buddy seen it yet?

It's amazing how a couple of scribbles on a piece of paper can be transformed in real life!

Scott,
I have pictures from start to where it is right now. I am hoping to get the tensioner done before vacation, but if not, it will be done right after that. Once the tensioner is done, the bulk of the work is finished and then it is on to the electrics!! I figure three or four more hours on the tensioner and who knows on the electrics. I need to find a supplier for outdoor outlets for 220V AC 110V AC an 12V DC. Got any ideas? I want the ones with attached covers.

I'll post the current pic later today.

He has only seen the pictures so far.

Agreed, from the idea, to paper, to the thing is an amazing transformation!! And I really like working with metal.

Brian, you could try the big box stores, but if not, any electrical contractor supply house should be able to furnish them.

Don't forget the GFIC.

GFIC, good call!!!

esshup if it's possible i am "GFCI obsessed".

One of our employees was electrocuted a few years ago working on his mother's pond fountain. Very sad...great guy...gone in a flash. I probably have more GFCI plugs in my house than anyone in Texas....they tell me "well you dont need one, because this circuit already has one"...."I dont care put in another one by this sink". If you hear I was electrocuted at least know I tried! Ha Ha.

Zep, my great grandmother was electrocuted by stepping on an extension cord in the yard. This was way before anybody even thought of a GFIC.

I have had problems with ones that are in the main breaker box when trying to use an electric motor that has brushes. The arc that is caused by the armature/brush interface trips them. I don't know if they are GFIC or another type of safety circuit.

Well, George got to see Georgetopia and Georgetopia IS George approved!!

Today, we added water from the big pond to fill Georgetopia because we are adding some CNBG on monday. Here is how the filling went.

This the water that seeped in during the first few days.



And a few days later it had this much water.



So I decided to add some water from the big pond to fill Georgetopia sooner because we are adding CNBG next week.

Here we are starting to fill Georgetopia using a a pump.



After a few hours, We were ready to host a bunch of CNBG.




Georgetopia now has about 7 feet of water and the total Alk is around 35. The settling test is showing great results as in just a few hours, we could see settling already starting.

By the way the WE I keep referring to are Allen and George, both came out to help and Truth be told, they are going to put the CNBG in Georgetopia early next week because I will be attending a family event (Spring Break!!)


Thanks Guys!!

Yeah, Brian is sneaking off on a well deserved break next week but since Al and I have been doing all the work anyway, we will do the stocking for him.

Knowing Al's prepensity for stocking the best of the best genetic selection of brood stock, Al and I have worked long and hard to find a supplier.
His supplier may be incarcinated at the present time but Al always finds a way!

See 'ya today buddy, and don't worry about your fish...
George

ps: Until I actually saw the work that Brian has done on his lake by opening the heavily wooded upper end, it changed the whole appearance into even more impressing lake.
His brood/growout pond blew my mind.
Great piece of work Brian.
Congratulations my friend.
G/

Brian you must sure trust George and Al a lot !!!!! I hope you don't return to a Georgetopia full of spawning BH , Crappie and GSF. ---

Trust but verify !!! I want to see pics of those CNBG as they go in. !!

ewest, no crappie, just BH and LMB. Just like Brians other forage pond!

Scott, you're on a roll this morning.

Eric, I'll probably have 4,000 GSF/CNBG crosses I'm seining out and relocating to another pond tomorrow. Brian better not stump his toe at lunch today.

Al, you forgot about the carp......
Shhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh~

Hey, if you want to add some Eurasian Water Milfoil to the mix, I can send some down. Have fun today! Wish I was there.

After I get back from skiing, there WILL be DNA testing.

Any BH, Crappie, LMB, GSF, Milfoil, ect will be met by very very unhappy Brian..... You won't like unhappy Brian.......

You know you have good friends when they offer to stock your pond while you are off playing with your family and you feel comfortable enough to let them, and give them the keys to do so. Man am I lucky to have such good friends.

Ah, so it's Brian's farm where you're holding the Pond Boss rave next week! Good thinking, he'll never be the wiser.

Rave away, the hidden game-cam pictures WILL make it to PondBoss!! I promise!!!

That is if I find out about the party.......

Al, for a small fee I can tell you where the camera is hidden.

HA! Rave sounds good but I doubt the camera's would help. If Brian's neighbors heard the gentle musings of deadmau5 and skrillex rolling through the hills, they'd probably shoot us before we hit Hwy 11.

Brian have a fun and safe trip ! You fish planters just don't burn down the house next week. BTW lock the gate on the way out.

Well the water settle test for Georgetopia went well!! Allen and the boys did not burn down the cabin, and they did put the CNBG and FHM's into Georgetopia!! Allen tells me that pictures are coming soon! He also tells me that Todd did us BIG!! Thanks Todd!! The rave party was a big hit as well, I think it might be a recurring event!! But I want the catapult before the next party!!

Brian I know you and the family are having a large time on vacation while George and I continue to toil around here, but your fish are stocked.

We let Overton's in, and the fish look great and were happy with the new digs. Water cleared fine, and held it's level after settling in for a week.

Here's some pics we took while we worked.

Also, thanks so much for trusting us with the keys, the credit card, 200 gallons of diesel, 100 pounds of Aquamax, and everything else we could "borrow" while you were an absentee pond owner.

Brian, I’m looking forward to standing on the dam catching big G*topia CNBG on the fly and giving them a free ride into Lake Hoffman!
Thanks buddy – I love ‘ya like a brother,
George

Allen,

200 gallons of diesel, check
Credit card receipts, check
Borrowed "Items," check

But we are going to have to talk about taking the Aquamax!!!

George, you can be the first to fly fish Georgetopia!!

Thanks again guys for helping out, the timing could have not been better!! I can't wait to see the fruits of our labor later this summer!

Well I got the Diesel tank filled, the credit card paid off, and the borrowed items replaced, so my son and I got to work on the new beach area. We burned a good part of the burn pile, we graded some of the new dirt, we feed the new CNBG and we tried out the new fyke net.

Georgetopia is doing great, the CNBG and FHMs are feeding and look good. The rye grass is coming up nicely and should protect the leave well.

After working for a while, we decided to take a break and throw our new tomahawks. Seems the Boy Scouts have a game where the first guy throws one and sticks it into the target and them tells the other boy which side of the target to try to stick his tomahawk into and then the first boy has to try to stick the third tomahawk in the middle of the first two. Here is the result of the third game. I got credit for being in the middle and won that round!!



Needless to say, we went through a lot of duct tape that day as I got all three handles sooner or later!!

We started out throwing for one turn and ended up throwing the tomahawks through three turns before hitting the target, we had a blast!!

One and a half turns was the hardest at first, but once we got the hang of it, we got pretty good at the game.