Freshwater prawns don't require brackish water, heck; we have freshwater prawns in the concrete irrigation canals in central California and prawns are often cultivated in the rice paddies in central and northern California. Those mosquito fish were likely decimating any freshly hatched prawn larva. If you want the prawns to breed successfully, they'll need cover of some sort for the larva to hide in.

@ThatGuy-cw8gb

8 ай бұрын

Use to make PVC frames with 1/4 in mesh spaced about 2 or 3 inches part for cover for the fry. This was at a deer lease and we’d feed the prawns the scraps from what ever game was taken. Scoop a few out for use in the bass pond. Worked like gang busters. Minnow traps to keep the mosquito fish at bay.

@AverageSulli

8 ай бұрын

Most likely a lot will die off because it's not brackish water but it shouldn't make a huge difference though I doubt any will survive the bass

@Aiken47

8 ай бұрын

I agree, mosquito fish are noxious, should have gone with Melanotaenia fluviatilis or M. duboulayi imo

@Aiken47

8 ай бұрын

If you have a lot of tilapia deaths your ammonia levels with get dangerous for the other fish

@tylerdavis3

8 ай бұрын

@@Aiken47 he didn’t put the mosquito fish, eggs just get carried from ducks to separate bodies of water.

As a fisherman and a scientist, I am addicted to your videos. I could fish and tag fish all day. It would make my day if you graph the data and show a geotagged map of the pond. Keep posting.

@Marcus96s

8 ай бұрын

He does graph it doesn’t he?

@K1ddkanuck

8 ай бұрын

I live in one of the most densely populated places in North America (Downtown Core, Toronto, Canada). This channel is straight up therapy for me sometimes- it helps me forget the day. And as someone who shares your passion for maps and graphs, I completely 100% agree.

You just popped up on my feed. Youuuuuu sonofabisch..... 20 minutes and I do believe I'm as hooked as your aggressive bass. Wild project, beautiful scenery, attention to detail, and all around pure relaxing entertainment. Thank you!

Those two falcons are definitely Kestrels. You can tell by the bluish grey on their wings. They are tiny falcons that basically only eat small song birds or insects. We have a few at are sanctuary. Super cool little birds. They're like 100ish grams so they are tiny. The males have more bluish grey so you can tell which one is which. Also the females are slightly bigger than the males, like most raptors. Super cool to see though. Love the natural wildlife videos! Keep it up!

@carsongalbraith4406

8 ай бұрын

Just commented this

Something to note, the owl at 24:10 was a barred owl. But the owls you usually see on the pond are great horned owls. Pretty neat.

@Michael_McMaster

8 ай бұрын

Yep definitely Barred

@geoffhirschi803

8 ай бұрын

and 'hooter' and 'owl capone' are great horned owls FOR SURE.

@ut000bs

8 ай бұрын

That is also the owl we heard.

@brianmck7363

8 ай бұрын

The owl was barred from the property?? Lmao…. 😮😊😅😂

@PgLangGang

8 ай бұрын

@TheAlmighty896 Shit trash🤣

I always look forward to 5-acre pond updates!

Been watching since day 1, just absolutely insane how much life has prospered in this pond thanks to you!

I love seeing updates on the pond. I live in GA and i hope to be able to do something like this at some point in time. Just a serene pond to relax at and harvest from time to time.

You should reach out to native habitat project (guy is located in Alabama I think). He is really passionate about restoring native prairies and wildlife populations. Since you like doing experiments and such, you could maybe do a small plot of native, no mow prairie and see how different it is than planting the food plots for your deer and wildlife.

@TheDukestriker

8 ай бұрын

Yes!!! Kyle Lybarger. He is up in northern Al. Great dude!!!

@theuneducatedbiologist9637

8 ай бұрын

I love his videos about controlled burns

@lovewenwin

6 ай бұрын

I would love that 😻

The birds you saw are kestrels they just have a thing known as ocelli which give them those false eyes on the back of their heads. The feet have different colors that can vary based on location, diet, sex, age and genetics I fixed my comment based on reply, thanks for the clarifications.

@geoffhirschi803

8 ай бұрын

It is not genetics or location that determines foot color. the feet color varies based on DIET and age. Younger birds are not able to build up extra beta carotene which is what makes the feet go from yellow -> orange -> a very reddish shade of orange.

@chelsmeister

8 ай бұрын

@@geoffhirschi803It also makes sense that different locations will come with different diets, and thus different feet colors.

@thekaduu

8 ай бұрын

@@geoffhirschi803 It is genetics and location... Location -> determines what they eat.... Genetics -> determine how they metabolize beta carotene. :)

@lead5s

8 ай бұрын

@@geoffhirschi803 alot of birds feet change color during breeding season too

@netzerish

8 ай бұрын

​@@geoffhirschi803location would change the diet

Those fresh water prawns are some of the best eating shrimp there is.

You have a great pond and I enjoy watching the critters. Living the good life there.

I love the drone shots of the bass feeding, It is always cool to watch new bits of nature you have never seen before

@josephniehorster4913

8 ай бұрын

Ok

@CleverGirlAAH

8 ай бұрын

Yes! I thought they were solitary ambush predators!

You should test using a white colored lure mimicking tilapia and a bluegill colored lure and see which is more effective. Love the progress

@kinexkid

8 ай бұрын

I second this!

@djustin1

8 ай бұрын

Could probably hook a piece of grass for lure and catch a bass

@curative_fright4

8 ай бұрын

Yea

Early congrats on 1 million subscribers!! It's wild how much your channel has blown up over the past couple years.. this pond series if without a doubt my favorite on KZread.

Definitely move him to the aquascape pond then feed him protein pellets and other protein packed meals as much as you can. It would be interesting to see how quickly he'd grow compared to the other bass.

Those bass are GROWING! Nice to see. Love the methodical, disciplined approach you've taken to this project. It's become quite the experiment and makes for damned good entertainment.

@EzMoney95

8 ай бұрын

Wow a bass is growing!

Your channel as well as you efforts are amazingly enjoyable to view. Thank you for all of your efforts to share with us.

Been watching the entire Crimson Oak 5 acre pond build! It's awesome the bass are growing great! Love it man!

This is my favourite youtube content of all time. I love how passionate you are about it, its such a pleasure to watch

You should have an underwater scanner at the dock always active to see what bass swims by.

@mysterj1

8 ай бұрын

Great idea!

@FrugalInvertKeeper

8 ай бұрын

Fantastic idea

@dylanzrim3635

8 ай бұрын

He’s already got plans for multiple

Always brightens my day to see another pond video. What a cool project.

I'm always in bed before your video drops but always enjoy it on my way to work on Mondays. Congrats on such an incredible pond and on doing such a great job sharing it.

I absolutely love fishing small ponds…and this project is so fascinating to see the tag data.

@house3249

8 ай бұрын

I live near Castaic CA, and it’s a good sized lake. I try to pay attention to the different marking/scar stuff on the fish I catch. I’ve caught the same bass several times.

I am humbled by your ability to make such a nice paradise. Thanks for filming it

We needed more of the green light bass feeding. Love to watch those bass blow up.

The way you’ve documented so much about your pond build is very impressive. The spreadsheet you are compiling is very detailed. Are there any other entities interested in what you’re doing? (Universities, feed companies, etc)

The fishing and tracking weights is really great - I could watch an hr of this easily

Up here in Michigan we use steel wash tubs with holes drilled in bottom for drainage and owls nest in them every year. U can screw them to a existing tree with multiple limb groupings. As high as u can get it. We then clean them out once a year after there babies have flown the nest.

@yesicanu

8 ай бұрын

Do their babies stay nearby?

Kestrels for sure. I have six nesting boxes. They're mouse/vole specialist. The 'windows' in the primary feathers are the 'tell'. Peregrines don't have them.

@bengreen171

8 ай бұрын

plus the fact that those rich brown colours are never seen on Peregrines.

@nunyabisnass1141

8 ай бұрын

I've seen several that I thought were falcons, but at the same they couldn't be. So I concluded they had to be kestrels which I didn't know we had up in new England.

@danglyballs

8 ай бұрын

Those brown colours can also been seen on the hobby or Merlin. Both small birds of prey and both very adept at catching dragonfly’s

@bengreen171

8 ай бұрын

@@danglyballs Hobby no - but merlin yeah, sort of, but the rich rufous brown of the male's tail is never seen on either. Merlin's probably the most likely confusion species for a female American Kestrel though.

I absolutely love your little laugh when you catch a fish. I can sure hear the joy in your voice and it reminds me of my daddy fishing when I was a kid.

It's sooo cool slowly seeing the bass fight harder and harder over time!

I'm a longtime birder: Defiantly a Kestral, unless, the other choice would be a "Sparrow Hawk". Peregrins are my favorite bird, as well as Cooper's Hawks, found in most neiborhoods across the nation. Both are larger than Kestral's. the Kestral's (or maybe sparrow hawks?) shown here are a breeding pair and fully grown. I call the hawks "Ghostbirds" because if you see them they're sure to disappear before your eyes, lol. I even named my bass boat the Ghostbird, lol

@AverageSulli

8 ай бұрын

Yeah most definitely kestrel, growing up we had both kestrels and peregrine's. Kestrels are about half a pound at full size where the peregrines are about 2lbs.

@Smoke308

8 ай бұрын

Another birder here and I agree

@szymonnomak6436

8 ай бұрын

Another birder. I agree, too. Definitely a kestrel. Ive never heard of a perergrin eating dragonflies but have seen kestrels eat them. Plus perergrins are bigger than these birds.

@samhklm

8 ай бұрын

I agree. And to add a Peregrine is much larger 30 - 40 ounces compared to an American Kestrel at 4-6 ounces.

@tymesho

8 ай бұрын

@@AverageSulli Yep. The Cooper's hawks are just slightly smaller than the peregrines, and what folks see more of. Both incredible flyers and can pick off a songbird midair. I'm in the country. I have a large "Snow on the Mountain" shrub that grows really dense by my platform feeder. After the Blue jays sound the alarm, they stay still in it while the Cooper's hawk sits right there waiting for one to try to escape, one time it was over an hour!

I’ve practically memorized the intro at this point, but I never get bored of these videos and I’m always excited for a new one. This is simply the best series on KZread.

@Dovrizzo

8 ай бұрын

“Folks at home…” it’s becoming a classic.

@markmckenzie5343

8 ай бұрын

I will admit I do skip them now but its funny cause every week it grows longer and longer so I have to skip further and further.

Amazing Pond. With love and admiration from New Zealand.

Thanks for the awesome series. It makes my day when I see a pond update video has released. Keep up the great work!

You don’t understand how much I look forward to your videos and getting updates. Thanks for everything and all you do for all the wildlife

I love to put Tiger in the new pond. It’ll be fun to track his growth against the ones in the big pond after one year.

@Bighoss1886

8 ай бұрын

I second that 👍

@BobyChanMan

8 ай бұрын

yuss

@kevinsimmons2815

8 ай бұрын

Yeah I would love to see that as well

@shivck02

8 ай бұрын

In the aquascape for Tiger it is

@dianalyman5950

8 ай бұрын

+1

I absolutely love what you are doing! I wish i had the resources to do that! Keep up the great work and thanks for sharing!

These vids have been better and better everytime. Love the deer in Bonnie's bayou also. That October full moon was closer than ive ever seen in NJ. Thanks for everything we appreciate the hard work. GOD BLESS y'all

Almost to a MILLION!!!! Good Job guy!

With the prawns, I'm assuming they are a lot like amano shrimp where they can mate and get eggs, they just wont hatch/develop unless they have access to brackish water

@Tigercg11

8 ай бұрын

very likely correct. I've had the amano shrimps in aquariums for years and they are constantly holding eggs similar to the ones on that prawn, as far as i understand they release the fertilized eggs and they then go down rivers/streams to brackish conditions where they develop as larvae until they are developed enough to go back into freshwater. Not 100% on this of course 👍

@declanmainz6768

8 ай бұрын

@@Tigercg11 nah but your probably 100% right. Iv kept them too and what your saying makes perfect sense

@ArtieTheWise

8 ай бұрын

Was thinking the same thing. I don’t know what species of shrimp these prawns are. Anyone know?

I love it when we get a new Bama Bass video the pond is really coming along and the bass are getting heavy!

Those aerial shots off the bass were awesome!

You and yours, sir are a welcome relief on a day like today

@Davivd2

8 ай бұрын

Hope tomorrow is better for you.

Been watching since day one... can't ever get enough. Thank you for the videos!!!! Keep'm coming!!!

Those prep meals look incredible, wish they were available in the UK! Thanks for the content, I’m obsessed with this video, I watch with my son and it’s inspired me to move out of central London and get a place in the country to start fishing and doing outdoor activities with with 2 kids 👍

I been watching this for 2 years im proud of your progress i remember when only 2k would watch now you getting millions of veiws and your also inspiring us and me to make our own pond thanks Bama Bass

This lil series started out as a recommendation from the logarithm but now I am HOOKED. I want to have my own 5 acre pond now.

Woohoo! Bamabass update and my wife is going into induction in a few hours! Can’t get any better than this :D

@madmattdigs9518

8 ай бұрын

Congratulations. Best wishes. We did that 20 years ago and now I have a daughter in college. It went fast…

Thanks for all the good information you provide!!

Looking forward to the pond scape build. I enjoy all of your videos,you have an amazing property. Take care and God Bless!!!

It’s always a blessing seeing @bamabass posts!! Loving this series!

Your channel as well as you efforts are amazingly enjoyable to view. Thank you for all of your efforts to share with us.😄

Gotta get my monthly pond drama fix. Keep being a good Stuart sir and thanks for sharing your interest with us nerds

This is the best series on KZread.

love your Sunday night uploads. you guys help wrap up my weekend by winding down to your pond. thank you!

@christianhunt7382

8 ай бұрын

head of team kestral. lol theyre awesome birds. if you see them hovering its 100% kestral

@rmosi2009

8 ай бұрын

I get so happy when it pops up in my feed.

Oh I could just live there. So peaceful and wonderful. Absolutely beautiful. N- Nyx

New subscriber here. I love the wildlife care you're doing on your property. Creating a good enviroment for all is key to conservation. Your pond looks to be in great shape, growing several different species. You seem to have hit the right balance of feeders to predators, something i don't see in alot of ponds. Those bass creeping into 3lb range will start decimating more and more Prawn.

I've been watching your stuff for about 6 months now I really like it, you're living the life brother good for you.

I really hope this series is still going 5 years down the road.

I’ve been away for a while. Congratulations on this beautiful pond!!!!

Thanks! Love all the pond building videos. Just recently came across your channel and have binged watched the whole series.

@BamaBass

8 ай бұрын

Thanks for the support!

Love seeing a pair of kestrels on your property they are super fun to watch hunt.

Also, thanks for the info on feed training - my goldfish are def getting better now that I have a regular sound system to cue them to come and eat.

@BamaBass

8 ай бұрын

Nice!

it would be intersting to see some of those shrimp in a fish tank and see if the eggs do hatch.

You have a great shot of a kestral. It is only about 1/3 the size of a peregrine and quite a bit more colorful. Love your videos.

Love it cant wait until we see how big they get.

Just started and can't wait. I vote for 3 videos a week. Time to hire an editor 🎉🔥✅💥👍🏼

Congratulations on your baby boy, love watching your channel. Watching from south Africa

Great Video, I love the variety of wildlife around the lake.

Those particular prawns need brackish water for the first larval stages of their life. Once the molt to a post larval stage they live entirely in fresh water. So more than likely won’t hatch, but there is always exceptions. Also, I vote to put tiger into the aquascape pond and power feed him to be a monster. 😂

@rosshusty6240

8 ай бұрын

They will hatch, they will die after a couple days though. Orange eggs will turn brown three days before release. They need 14 ppm salinity to develop

@noahhasenauer8590

8 ай бұрын

That is correct.

@arttrumbo9496

8 ай бұрын

Maybe he should establish a nursery tank with brackish water. When he traps females with eggs he can drop them in there until the eggs release and raise the larvae until he can put them back in the pond.

@rosshusty6240

8 ай бұрын

@@arttrumbo9496 it’s a good idea, the trouble is the only places these shrimp can overwinter in the US is south Florida and Hawaii. So he would need heaters, and a recirculating system to keep an eye on them for when they are close to hatching, then you have to separate the larvae from the freshwater and move them to brackish because the adult shrimp can’t tolerate it for very long. It’s a lot of work when you can have the convenience of buying thousands of larvae for a couple hundred dollars

@arttrumbo9496

8 ай бұрын

@@rosshusty6240 I was thinking more along the lines of a glass aquarium like the one in his house where he keeps the pet bass. I suppose he could also use a livestock trough in the garage or something.

My guess still stands with an American Kestrel. There just isn't another bird I can think of that has that many traits like the kestrel does but I'd see what they are feeding on and observe them more to be absolutely positive. I'm also a bit of a bird freak but I've been wrong before!

@bengreen171

8 ай бұрын

don't worry - you're not wrong this time.

@Wortnik

8 ай бұрын

100% Kestrel, Peregrines are a good bit bigger and wouldn't bother with dragonflies. They go for bigger prey like pigeons from high altitude!

@NobleSainted

8 ай бұрын

@@Wortnik Have to definitely agree that they are American Kestrels. I am a Peregrine Falcon freak and I know that they prefer feeding on larger prey like on other birds, primarily. Additionally, Peregrine Falcons, are much larger than these American Kestrels.

I love how I get to choose my entertainment and I love how channels like this can exist.

Loved the experience, thanks for sharing!

I swear 28 mins isn't long enough!! I need more!!!!

The birds in question, …, American Kestrel. Love your videos! As far as Tiger, I think you should put them in the small prawn pond first

I’m so excited for the Aquascape pond.. I’ve been following you since they built your backyard pond. Also, a vote for Tiger in the Aquascape pond please. Love your channel so much. Certainly one of my favourites. Thank you. 🙂👌🏼

Great video ! Thank you for sharing. ! 👏😀👍

Move tiger into the aquascape pond, he will provide a great start for it in terms of video footage, and will make a nice transistion from aquarium to massive pond

Move Tiger to new pond and then eventually to the 5 acre pond. Like the idea of transitioning them from aquarium to small pond to 5 acre pond. Gives you a history with them!

We love all of your videos and watch them every time you post! Thanks for providing such interesting videos consistently.

Definitely American Kestrel. Peregrine are larger and don't typically have that rust coloration, and the 'eye spots' mark them as Kestrels for sure! When I was a kid we had a nesting pair of Kestrels make their home in a crevice in our roof for a few summers. I loved watching them, one of my favorite bird species! 🐦

Man all that wild life around that pond is awesome. With the hot dry summer you know them deer love that water source. Great video and keep em coming.

All your hard work turned this channel to National Geographic for most of us .

So cool aquascape is coming! Love the videos, I watch every single one!

can't like these videos enough, perfect entertainment for the late evening

Also awesome to see the first two pounder man… getting after it I love it

Best part of my Sunday! Love y’all!

I came back after about 6-9 months and wow! Great progress!

I would recommend for owls to build a nesting box ! Here in Germany owls love nesting boxes … especially for reproduction! … it is important to have a hiding spot for the young owls

@joeshmoe7967

7 ай бұрын

I agree. I have never seen an owl on a platform. They are nesting somewhere so the offspring will need a place, and nesting box at the pond would be cool.

Absolutely addicted to this series. I can't wait to see it and when it's a no-release week it is a real sorrow. lol It blows my mind how fast 30 minutes of Bamabass goes.

I think it would be really cool to have tiger in the aqua-scape pond. it would be interesting to see how he interacts with infinite prey and far less competition, compared the the 5 acre pond bass who have potentially less food and more competition.

@helvacihelva

8 ай бұрын

He needs freedom and friends.

@stankysixinch

8 ай бұрын

True but so lonely haha THE PEOPLE DEMAND TIGERS FREEDOM

@RogueStatusX

8 ай бұрын

tiger won't have competition he's an apex bass lol

@stankysixinch

8 ай бұрын

@@RogueStatusX Tiger deserves the freedom of choice! Maybe he just wants to sun bathe at the oak throne! Lol

@konrad1916

8 ай бұрын

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Now I want to go fishing! Thanks again for the video!

Fresh water prawn cook in coconut milk with lemon grass, onion and green chillies .... so good

Looking forward to your next pond build

Love your videos man! God bless you and yours, my friend!

I think Tiger must definitely be moved to the new Aquascapes pond! Will be a good place to monitor and compare his progress to the rest of the same bass species in the 5 acre pond

I love this series. I have been watching since the beginning.

Love this series so much