Combine both ponds just make a lil channel where they can move from pond to pond.That would be sick!!!

I grew up fishing a double pond kind of like yours but idk if that's like a dam between the 2 but thats how ours were and grew up fishing those ponds from mabey 3 or 4 yrs old till my late 20s n my gpa passed away and sold the ponds and the land and he had built a cool ass cabin on In too. Some of the best memories of my life brother. Your boys will never forget this trust me. Keep it up. Outstanding man..🤙😁✊✌

I agree with @Jeremiah Kelly, please make the ponds connect might make a great environment for the fish and then you have a big variety to fish for in one spot

3/8oz slip weight, snap swivel, and treble hook armed with chicken liver works wonders on pond cats. Poke the eye and shank thru the center of liver chunk and direct connect to swivel.

Ben I am not a great fan of using gypsum it completely changes the water quality for me I would stick in a couple of bales of organic barley straw

For summer months with alot of catfish and those larger bass might want to think of fountains or aerators in ponds as temps rise there will be less oxygen in ponds need all the oxygen they can get

Me and my family watching your video and we also saw you in the pest control commercial..and I'm sitting here telling them how far u have come,I remember watching your videos when you still had your job and your fishing on lunch break,that's me lol...but u have come so far,but not only that..you are the G.O.A.T!!UUUUUUUU BEEEEET YAHTZEE!

I would research the use of the gypsum more. I know when it's wet it's like a clay texture & it may kill off your vegetation. I can see the snapper killing the fish especially when they were small. To clear your pond maybe make a waterfall so that the water will go over rocks to clean it like a coy pond.

You might try one of those castable sonar pods that connect to your phone to check out how the population is doing. they aren't expensive and might be a better first option than a one way path to changing the fish habitat

Saw you in an Orkin pest control commercial today 😂😂 respect the hustle 💪

I love that you have these ponds to teach your kids on!!

I also like how your feeding machine spits out the feed at one side and all the feed goes into the water and feed your fish that is pretty neat

Asked a cousin who is in fisheries and a response was if you put any big blue or flatheads in that pond with the rest the chances are that big catfish is the reason the fish levels are low. A few large blues or especially flatheads can clean out a pond as its hard to support them due to how much they eat. They eat other catfish too! You might have a big one in there chomping all your small ones. Its a common problem in farm ponds where people try to stock big flatheads in the midwest, apparently.

If the smaller pond is only 5' deep, you should add an aerator. Texas summers can be rough on small shallow ponds. Get some water moving and more oxygen. An aerator will also help clear the water strangely enough. We gained a foot of visibility by adding two aerators to our pond and our fish are thriving now. You just have to wean them onto it tho. If you just put one in full blast and leave it on, your pond will turn over and the fish will die. Start at 30 min a day and work your way up. Your fish will thank you and your pond overall will be healthier. It helps the gunk at the bottom decay faster and makes it cleaner. Look up the benefits

Always a pleasure watching your videos. I would like to see the catfish pond stay natural. Makes sense for their habitat.

I enjoy the variety of shows you guys do, from urban fishing to backyard pond. My grandparents lived in Houston. We fished off the pier in Galveston, TX. Give that a try. ✌🏻

Catfish are nocturnal species and if left without challenger predator species etc, They will actually become very docile during the day, which is what you are experiencing. It looked to be a very clear and sunny day, catfish don't actively seek out bait/prey during the day unless it is placed right in front of them. Catfish that size won't even search during the day hours for scented bait, which is what you were using. Had it been an overcast day, light pressure. Maybe even some rain. Those catfish would be blowing up. Try coming back during the dusk hours next time and take measurements then. Also, catfish LOVE glowsticks! Use glowsticks attached to sinkers/bobbers, but please ensure they are eco friendly. Don't want chemicals ending up in your pond! Cheers!

White amurs or grass carp or carp can also help keep your ponds clean

Love the back yard pond videos. Good job with that bass pond man it’s come a long way

Love the enthusiasm and the videos! The crocs on the other hand............. LOL

Love the backyard pond vids especially stocking ones. keep it up

The chartreuse color is actually in the dirt. If you drop some in the water the water will turn green. The crawlers eat it and it gives them the color.

please do it I would love to see the full pond and see more catfish videos from you!

Yes clean the pond. Once u get the water clear, put some cover in for the fish, 5' is shallow!

gypsum is also made into wall boards for construction. also dental molds and Portland cement. there's also a few other applications but you get the idea.

Get some floating fish food, soak in water for twenty seconds, let stand for about 30 or 40 minutes and then mold on small hook. The catfish will bite as this is what they are used to eating.

I don't know if this is even actually feasible but would you consider digging out the section between the two ponds and combing them for a bigger body of water for your fish to grow in? Might be a lot of fun if there's enough water for them!

I'd also add small artificial brush piles to the catfish pond. Cut small pvc 3-4 foot long and concrete them in cinder blocks. Makes for great little habitats

Love the pond management/fishing videos

Make dough balls out of the food pellets. Grind them up in a cheap blender, ad jello and water.

He catches a seven like he caught a 2 pounder!😂 great video! Keep it up! Try using koolaid soaked hotdogs. It sounds dumb but it’s a great bank fishing catfish bait!

I always told my son, "hit it like you live" HARD! same applies to fishing. Keep up the good work.

You should dig a deep canal style ditch to add something a little different to the pond to see how the fish would react it would be a cool learning experience an maybe some fun up close an personal big fish 🎣🎣and if your think big an crazy same idea with the canal but at a pump an one end and make it where you can add current to the canal whenever you want to see how they react

Absolutely love the videos Ben keep ‘‘em coming bro

Ben you should do some controlled burning around the ponds to get rid of some of the weeds

Your backyard is like heaven. I don’t think I’d spend much time trying to catch those catfish when you got huge aggressive bass a few feet away. You get to fish those Texas lakes for huge studs in the teens and then when you’re home you can just go out in the backyard and catch giant bass on topwater or however you want to catch them that day. You’re living the dream Ben!!

Always enjoy the pond videos dude! Fish look great too🤙🏻

Notice the little one ate the natural food while the big ones choose the new stinky stuff. If I was to use stink bait I put them on hook and freeze them. That way they stay on hook better and longer.

I have caught way more channel cats with night crawlers than anything else. 3 worms on a big treble hook, and they move and drum on the bottom which attracts the cats.

I would take your backhoe and dig a few buckets out in different spots of the lake to make some holes make it deeper that will help clear the Water 2

Hey man, always remember, I bad day fishing is always better than a good day at work.. But always have fun fishing!!

The ol Magic Bait!!! Lol

The home pond videos are always great

Some underwater vegetation could help clean up the pond but you'll need to keep a eye on it to make sure it doesn't get out of control

You can have a field day in that little pond. Those bass are BIG AND HUNGRY. A 5LBER AND A 7LBER BACK TO BACK CAST LOL

Everything I've read says you shouldn't stock crappie in a pond that small. They reproduce in great numbers and have a tendency to overpopulate. But with a pellet feeder, you should still be able to grow catfish. They don't like stink bait very much. You're better off fishing with nightcrawlers, cut bait, raw chicken, and live minnows. Get a cast net and catch the crappie for catfish bait. If you want the catfish to reproduce, sink some sections of PVC pipe big enough for them to spawn inside.

I love your videos, your fishing is always a success, Congratulations you are an excellent fisherman! God bless you always and good fishing!👍🎣🐠🥰

“Stupid boring bass”😂😂😂 great video definitely like and shared!!!!!!

The gypsum will temporarily clear the pond, but it won't stay clear. The problem with it is, it doesn't have enough plants growing in it to keep the clay on the bottom from getting stirred up.

Don’t know or if it’s been mentioned anywhere else but has anyone else seen the Orikin commercial with Ben??? I about died when I saw him flipping whatever that was the other day lol congrats man you made it big time lol

Plain shredded wheat ball it up on trouble hook catfish absolutely love it

Do you ever have trouble with muskrats or otters eating your fish? I had my 4 acre lake lake full of large fish (channel cat, crappie, and bass) 7 or 8 years ago. Then got it cleaned out by otters right after that. Seen their droppings with scales in it all around the lake too. Ended up trapping and/shooting them until they were all gone. Quickly restocked and had a lot of large fish again up until a couple years ago. Then had another critter problem and could barely catch anything besides bluegill last summer. So far this spring I've only seen one muskrat and I got rid of it. Went fishing several times and have only caught a couple bluegill again. Located in West Central Illinois.

Hello fresh fish looks like a steep up from TV dinner. What a farce !!!

Yeah I love the idea of combining the two lines also with a nice channel.

I never knew I was into pond management until your videos

You should be growing a big awesome garden on that property. Permaculture food forests in that southern climate. 👍

Definitely clean that pond up brother !

second fish was a channel forsure but love that cat pond man your living the dream

You already are investing your time into your propertys landscape & game so keep up the good work brother !

those are AMAZING Large Mouth bass a true fisherman's paradise

Get a good aerator for your catfish pond don't let the oxygen levels get to low the first fish to die from oxygen starvation it catfish!!!!!! Also if you get a sample of the water tested you can see what is causing all the green algae that's not just muddy water it's a small pond so algae can easily sap all the oxygen out of the water!!!

I live in north Florida. Stocked my 1 acre pond, roughly 8 feet deep, with channels, bluegill, and bass. Roughly 6 years ago. Will be 6 years in June so next month. I have fed them well. So far my biggest channel was 22lbs. 5-10lb is very common. None of them were over 3 inches when they went in. Biggest bluegill 1lb 5oz. Biggest largemouth. 11lb 5oz. Pond was pure grass which I cleared out and there were zero fish I stocked it. Nothing but turtles, which I got all of out. Never feed before you fish. They get accustomed to only eating what you feed them. I find for catfish chicken, the stinkier the better, works best. Or cut up a bluegill.

gypsum works well in small ponds , lived next to a gypsum quarry and a lot of people went there for just that reason

“Turtleologist”hahahah. Literally lol’d when I heard that. 😂😂

I don't know if you know this or not. But you can make cheap rod holders. Get yourself a couple of pieces of 2 1/2 0r 3 " PVC pipe and cut them to 3 1/2 feet long and cut a 60 degree angle at the bottom. Then stick them in the ground at an angle.

An Orkin commercial! That is so awesome 😎 I just saw it on the old TV lol

Cool to see you using that feed product. Probably came from the feed mill I work at. That’s all we make, fish feed. Sportsman’s choice and triton. Check out the white tag on the bag, see if it came from Louisiana?

You want something that will catch catfish and is nasty as the day is long, try BeeJay stink bait. It comes in a jar like peanut butter and stinks to high heaven. It's kind of hard to keep on the hook, though, so don't be afraid to add a pinch of flour or something to make it stick a little better. The only more reliable bait I know of is chicken gizzards.

Aye Bo. Throw a float with a small chunk of Shad on thurr.

I wish I had a backyard pond to fish whenever I want😫😫

ORKIN!!!! So great to see your brand grow!!

hey from denmark, throw some straw bales (the small square ones) in the lake it will make it cleaner

Try fishing under a float. In my experience sometimes fishing for cats in ponds it's best not to fish the bottom.

Catfish punch bait is easier to use than magic bait because it comes in jars or tubs and all you have to do after you use it is put the lid back on it and it works better than magic bait because some of it comes off in the water causing a scent trail and all you need is a bare treble hook and push it in and pull out at a angle and trust me it's deadly

“Not a turtleologist” haha. Don’t offend the one that got the Time Mag “frog of the year” award.

Those bass are huge for that size pond. Keep them feed for sure I fished a pond like that with a feeder catching 5 to 6 pound bass guys on hotdogs by the feeder.

I’ve been wanting you to dump Some gypsum in that pond since I seen it. Your livin my dream brother lol

Hell yeah brother, clean that pond up!

Looking pretty 90s Guy today 👍. rocking the mullet. Rad Dude 😎 lol 🤣 God bless

next time try some combat ,( any trash fish ) and YES CLEAN UP THE POND ! YOU GOT ONE HELLOVA BASS POND ALL THOSE BASS WERE BIG & HEALTHY YOUR 🙌 BLESSED

Yeah boy so glad u got a kitty pond too man that's awesome best of both worlds

I watched another video recently of a young fellow pouring blue stuff into his back fish pond and it cleared it up beautifully over a few days, it was 100% eco-friendly and it did the job awesomely, went from horrible green to beautiful clear blue, I'm not sure what the blue stuff is called though sorry

Gypsum is used in sheetrock Just think about it they've pond irrigation system (solar) for 600 pump filteration system with it

Yes, please add the gypsum to clear up the water. It would be awesome to see that!

I just saw your commercial on ESPN+ while watching a Hockey game, nice job!

Yeah like somebody else had commented earlier, make a channel to connect the ponds. Maybe build a bridge up and over it for structure?

I tried that stuff a few years back, ima have to try it again. Great video.

I just seent ya on a commercial bruh. Good for you man keep doing you the Sky is the limit

I’ll never forget the first time I smelled catfish bait as a kid

Great videos. You're living the dream!

Dream back yard. Come chase Bass in the PNW!

Lol the dog found a snack by the feeder.

That stir fry looks delicious 😋😋

I love your catfish pond

Would also love for you to clean the pond up would be so cool seeing the fish swim around love when you use the glasses over the camera such cool shots

Not the biggest expert on catfishing but from experience I've always found chicken livers are the best bait for cats. Chicken liver never fails and is probably than that mystery bait. You can find it in the chicken section at Walmart. Big cats like cut up Skipjack.

Should set up some permanent pole holders around the catfish pound.

They are smashing that swim bait because it resembles the catfish they've been eating.

Would to see you maybe tag your bass see how much your catching them and on what baits. Maybe dredge the catfish pond make a deeper hole??

We need a travel video where you go to a lake you've never been on and try to break it down, I say any Coosa river lakes in Alabama