Shadowing Practice: I Found a Abandoned Pool Filled with Monster Fish! - Learn English Speaking with Video
Creating lesson...
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If no one saves these fish, they will eventually die.
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Out there, out there.
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oh yeah oh Look right there.
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Look at all.
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Oh.
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Look at that, you guys.
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Look at this.
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We just pulled up more bones.
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Oh, I see color.
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What is that?
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Right there.
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There's a fish.
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Get him.
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Something just bit my net.
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What's up, VF Nation?
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Welcome back to another awesome video, guys.
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Today, we have an insane video for today.
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recently who gave us a spot and the backstory is just mind blowing
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and I'm just really excited guys this video it's gonna be crazy we've done abandoned pool videos in the past
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but never anything on this scale nothing like this the subscriber told me
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that his dad was a huge fish keeper for a long
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time big collector a breeder just had tons of fish
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and a few years ago sadly he passed away
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and his son actually lives in New York he doesn't live in Florida he told me his dad did something
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that I've been wanting to do for years now.
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It's literally my dream and that is to turn his backyard pool
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into a pond and he did that
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and as you can see here this is the aftermath of it
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and his son says they're still fishing here he got out as much as he could
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but since he lives in new york it's really hard for
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him they're living off the pond there's a group of mollies he said
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and other bait fish that are breeding that the fish in here
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that were left actually eat so they're doing okay in here
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but the problem is guys it's been so hot recently
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that the water has been evaporating we haven't got a lot of rain
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and as you could tell look at the water level it's like halfway gone and soon if no one Guys, that is our job today.
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That is our goal.
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This pool right here literally has fish in it.
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I see so many fish already.
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I'm not even looking.
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Like, look down there.
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See that?
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There's a giant fish right there.
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Oh, yeah.
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That's a big boy.
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There's fish right there.
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There's a school of mollies.
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That's what he's talking about.
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Look right there.
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Dude, they stake out clear as day.
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So that right there is a group of Molly's.
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He said that breed.
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Oh my God.
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What is that?
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Oh my god.
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This is so crazy guys.
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So he said there's way too many fish to even name in here.
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There's just a bunch of stuff.
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We've caught fish out of abandoned pools before
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but this time it's going to be crazy because there's actually cool fish in here that this guy had as his pets.
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This His prized fish, his best fish, his favorite fish, and this was his pond such a cool concept
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and I've been wanting to do it with my own pool guys okay I'm gonna say right now
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if this video gets 50 ,000 likes I will turn my pool into a pond sorry mom
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- But 50k likes and I will.
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- Yeah.
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- Look at the mollies.
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- They look so good.
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- This is crazy guys.
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This pond is really disgusting.
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There's algae everywhere.
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Oh my God, Rob.
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Oh, something big.
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Look right out there, out there.
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Oh yeah.
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What?
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Oh, she's an orange one too.
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I have no clue what those are.
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They're giant though.
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They're huge.
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They just ran into the cover.
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Okay, this is going to be tough because this is a big pool.
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I don't know.
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It's going to be hard to actually catch.
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Look at this.
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That's another school of bait fish right there.
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I'm just so excited to get started and start pulling fish out and you know actually save them guys.
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This is crazy.
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Let's see if we can find any fish.
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There's one right here.
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Look at that big pig.
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Oh.
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Get it.
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- Oh, it's deep.
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middle of the pool.
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Okay.
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That's deep and it's halfway drained already.
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I doubt we're gonna be able to catch everything and you know this first video.
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This is gonna be a series guys.
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We're definitely gonna have to make multiple videos catching fish out because this is gonna be tough.
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There might be something in here.
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I think you're just going to have to get in, bro.
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Oh, God.
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I really don't want to.
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It's so deep.
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Look.
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Look how deep it is here.
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Holy crap.
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I don't even know what this is.
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It's like some sort of tarp.
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I think this is the pool liner.
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It's so old, it's just tearing away from itself.
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Look at all the mollies.
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Here, I don't even know if this has holes.
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Yeah.
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Oh.
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Yeah, they swim right through.
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Oh, he barely got out.
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I have him.
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He's right there.
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I think he got caught in the nets.
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Yes.
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Yes.
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He's right there.
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He's right there.
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I got him!
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He almost got back in!
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Look at that.
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massive white molly.
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Oh my god.
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That thing is beautiful.
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So this is literally the bay fish.
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This is what these fish are eating in here to stay alive.
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Honestly, I didn't even know if we're getting pranked or not, but this is true.
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This is working out.
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We're actually here.
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doing this, saving aquarium fish from an abandoned pool.
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They also brought this, guys which, I think we're going to set now just because we know how hard it is to catch these fish.
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It's going to be a mission.
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So we have a fish strap here baited with bread.
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We're going to throw it up here in the shallows, right where those mollies are.
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Because that's where you look at them.
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All right, ready?
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I'm gonna throw the fish out down there and hopefully something swims in it.
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Hopefully they go straight in.
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I mean, they probably are hungry.
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All right, there it is.
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There's the trap.
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The trap is set.
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And we'll come back to that later at the end of the day and see if we actually caught something in it.
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But for now, let's keep trying to net these big fish that we see.
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I want to pull this out.
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Yeah.
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I think I decide.
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I want to pull this up because the fish are definitely hiding under this.
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Alright, the tarp is fully off.
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Now the fish literally have nowhere to hide.
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Right below me!
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Right below me!
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- Oh yeah, big fish.
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- It's so murky.
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I got him.
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Oh my God.
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That's a giant goldfish.
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Look at this.
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Oh, my God.
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That thing's massive.
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Something's been tearing it up.
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Look at it.
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Look at its eye.
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Oh, my God.
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Something's been messing this one up, guys.
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Look at the eye.
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That's bad.
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Oh no. Oh, he doesn't look good.
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We'll get him in a bucket.
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Okay, so there could be parasites in here destroying these fish or these other fish in here could be attacking each other.
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That's insane, dude.
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We actually just caught a giant goldfish out of there.
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Yeah.
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Look at this.
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We just caught him out of here.
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Look at the wound on him.
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Something definitely beat him up right there.
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Oh my.
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Oh, that's gnarly.
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Okay, so that means there's a big, aggressive, predatory fish in here for sure.
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We don't have a net with small enough holes to catch these little fish.
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I missed them.
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Dude, they're fast.
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Oh, look!
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Look right there.
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Look at all.
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Okay, that's a different school.
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Ew.
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Oh.
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I don't even know what that is.
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Oh, my God.
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What the heck is that?
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There's like...
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pieces of the house in the pool.
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There's one.
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There's one.
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Big one.
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Oh yeah, there's a big girl right there.
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I'm gonna put my night vision on.
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Yeah, I see a big fish down there.
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I do too, I do too.
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It's a - Oh, he's coming right there.
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It's another goldfish maybe.
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Please get in the net, sir.
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They're so fast.
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Thank you.
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I missed him.
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There's the mollies, ready?
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Oh, oh, oh, look at that one that one is - Pretty.
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- Yeah, try to take that out.
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Thank you.
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that's gross we're gonna see if we can spot any more fish with our eyes
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that we can actually net with this we're probably gonna go grab the cast net in the truck
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and throw the cast net in here I think
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that will be our best bet we also have a fish tribe marinating
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so one way
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or another guys we're getting these fish out today Rob's got
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the cast net come to save the day save them fish
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boy I'd say definitely throw it in this deep end first
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I can't wait to get 50 ,000 likes on this video
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and turn my pool into a pond oh that was
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so money Rob dude we definitely caught something in that oh the You got a lot of mollies.
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Yes, yes, yes.
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Yes.
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How many did you get?
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We got two mollies that I could see right now.
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Yeah, big boys.
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They're so fat.
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They're probably eating all the algae, little bugs, mosquitoes that go in there.
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They're huge.
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That's so sick.
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Sweet.
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Let's get the rest.
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Right there, Rob.
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Right there.
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Oh my God.
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That's a big fish.
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Oh, that was really good, dude.
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I'm gonna net around here.
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Maybe I can spook something.
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What is that?
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I just felt something big, Rob.
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Do you want me to throw it over there?
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What the heck?
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Yeah.
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I just felt something huge.
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Oh money.
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Well, guys, this is proving to be harder than we anticipated, but we have seen a lot of fish.
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We know they're in here.
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I'm winding her up, guys.
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I'm going to give her some throws because...
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Oh, white fish right there.
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Both of them.
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There's two big fish.
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Yeah, back corner.
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Okay, oh god, the pressure's on now.
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Oh god.
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Yeah, this is bad.
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We'll make it work though.
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3, 2, 1.
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Oh, I think that might have worked.
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I almost fell in the pool.
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Oh!
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Yeah, you got them.
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Oh my god, what is that?
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Oh, you got both of them.
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I'm stuck on my drive.
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What is that?
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Those are huge Midas.
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Oh my god.
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I think there's a big, yeah, big Midas or Red Devils, whatever you want to call them.
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Oh my god.
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Settle down, boys.
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I caught two in one throw.
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Look at that.
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They might have been like a breeding pair just thrown together.
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There could be babies in here because they were together at all times.
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Every time we'd see them, we'd see two.
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Look at that, you guys.
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There's definitely more because we're seeing we're seeing the fish now.
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All right, let me get some more water for them.
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All right.
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Perfect.
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We do have to reset the trap now, though, because I actually cast the trap.
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Let's check the trap while we're at it.
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It's only been like 10 minutes, but you never know.
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Hello!
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We caught nothing.
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Alright, we're just gonna throw it back.
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Oh my god, what is that? Is that a bone?
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- Was that from the pool?
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- Yeah, that was in this.
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Oh, there's another one.
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What kind of bones are these?
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Are these fish bones?
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If you know what bones those are, let us know, but that's crazy.
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That's really gross.
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Oh, that could have been bad.
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Oh, I saw that, we saw that.
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Yeah we did, we saw that, that's going in.
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Uh, cut.
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Alright bro, I'm gonna head out.
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No, no, no, get back here.
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Rob, Rob where are you going?
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You gotta fix that.
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Hey.
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All right, where should I throw it?
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I'm gonna pull it up right away.
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Oh!
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Oh!
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Oh!
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You caught one!
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What the heck is that?
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Wow.
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Look at this thing.
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What is that?
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I don't know what that is.
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It might be some kind of barb.
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Oh my god, it's huge.
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Look at the orange fins on that.
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It's so good looking.
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What a pretty fish.
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We didn't even see this one, guys.
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We've been seeing like white and orange fish.
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Look at this guy from the top.
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He's like sort of greenish.
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So we're not going to be able to see them until we actually catch them out.
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So we're going to get them in the bucket full of keepers.
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I think right now we have a lot of fish in this bucket.
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We're going to transform to my cooler.
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We have a cooler ready to go.
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So we're going to throw them in there and then keep catching stuff out.
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Let's go get these in the cooler.
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Oh, this is so cool.
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Throw the air ready on them.
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Oh my God.
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So let's fill up this bucket again and keep netting.
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Look at these mollies.
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They're on the stairs right here.
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Ready?
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Ready?
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Oh, yeah.
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I'm going to try and net them.
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I got him!
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You got it?
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I got him, Rob.
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Look at that.
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Beautiful little molly.
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Yeah, they're like all white.
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Let's get them in the bucket.
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Bucket's over here.
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Bucket has no water.
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In you go, buddy.
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You stay there.
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Look, there's a little Molly hiding on the stairs.
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Look at him.
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There's one right here.
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Oh, you got it.
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You got it.
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Oh.
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Oh, look at him.
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There you go.
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Got him.
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No, he's right there.
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He's right there.
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Yes!
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Oh no!
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There you go.
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Oh, man.
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Dude, I feel like I'm playing a sport right now.
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He's right where you were.
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Just where.
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We need better nets, guys.
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Please leave a super thing.
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He's right there.
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Yes, there we go.
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We did it.
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Oh my God, dude.
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I feel like I just won a race.
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He wanted to be caught.
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He wasn't even running from me.
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He was just like, come on, dude.
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There was hundreds of those little orange fish.
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I don't see a single one now.
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So they're hiding somewhere.
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- There's two more wallies.
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Look, his friends want to be caught too.
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They're like, "Take me !" - Yeah, they're like, "Please, man, we're suffering." - Oh, they're gone, nevermind.
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They're scared of me.
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- All right, guys, so we just were netting around the edges, trying to spook stuff out to the middle.
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I was casting.
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Rob was running around with a dip net and we didn't see a single fish.
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However, I did have something in my net at one point.
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It was very heavy and I felt it shake.
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So we know there's more fish in here.
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- Guys, look at this.
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We just pulled up more bones.
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No idea what that is but Rob's throwing
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that I think I'm gonna take the fish drop out for a second
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because we're trying to Throw the cast net and cover the whole pond, but we can't when the fish drop is a you know in this area we can't even throw it here so.
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Got it.
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Let's see what we got.
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Oh, yeah.
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Oh, two of them, I think.
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Look at that, guys.
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Oh, okay.
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We got some of those little fish.
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Oh, really?
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Yeah, let's see what they are.
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The little orange fish.
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Oh, yeah.
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What is that?
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What the heck is that?
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I don't know.
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Big one right there.
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Literally in the fish trap.
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We're gonna throw them in the bucket.
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There he goes.
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This one's not even orange.
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Oh, yeah.
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What the heck?
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They look like I don't even know.
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We're going to keep them though.
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Alright, so we got three fish in the fish trap.
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We're going to throw it back out after we give this some throws here with the cast net.
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All right, here we go.
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Let's see if there's anything in this corner.
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that was so bad oh you got a molly yo bro they're freaking massive these are the biggest one yet
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oh my god look at the sale on this one all
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right buddy get out of the net look at these guys it's insane how fat they are they're eating good
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so let's get them in the bucket how many mollies is
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that that's five in this bucket i think we have like five more in the other
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so there's like 10 let's keep going guys - Okay.
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Oh, nice.
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Oh, what is that?
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Oh my god, what is that?
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We got a fish and it's not a molly.
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It's actually like some sort of sicklew.
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Where did they even go?
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Oh, he looks just like a leaf.
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Well, yeah, I thought it was and then it started flopping around.
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Look how sick that is.
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That is an African cichlid.
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Yo, let's go.
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Okay, so now we know there's African cichlids in here.
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Honestly, I think we just need better nets, guys, because now we know there's a lot of fish in here.
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Now there's cichlids, guys.
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I'm gonna throw the trap back out ASAP.
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Now we have caught our first African cichlid out of here.
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That is sick looking.
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Oh, come here, look.
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I caught him in the cast.
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Oh, he just got stuck in there.
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See, you can see the colors on this one a lot better.
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It's like really gold.
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Really cool fish, guys.
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We're going to get them in the bucket.
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We're saving everything, big or small.
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Comment down below ideas on how to catch them out of here because it's tough.
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We're definitely going to do a part two here soon, and we're definitely going to have to get better equipment.
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Better cast nets, better nets.
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If you guys want to help fund that, you can leave a super thanks in the comments.
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Or we're going to give it 30 minutes to an hour to catch out any more fish.
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And yeah, we'll catch you guys once we catch something.
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There it is!
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Oh!
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Oh!
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You got it!
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What the heck is this?
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We saw him on the stairs guys, okay.
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I have no clue what that is, though.
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Oh.
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What is that?
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It looks almost like a Severum, dude.
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I don't know.
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Awaru?
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maybe i don't know i have no idea guys that's a
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really cool fish though we just caught him in the dip
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net casting has not been working you can tell how tired
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i'm i've been casting for 30 minutes what the heck is
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that guys comment down below there he goes in the bucket That gives us hope, dude.
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We've been here 30 minutes, no fish.
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What do you think?
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Time to pull a bump?
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Yeah.
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I'll buy new fish big white fish right here it just went down ready I'm gonna try it's really deep Mm -hmm.
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Oh!
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Oh, it just got soaked.
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- - Dang it.
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That was a big white fish.
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It looked like another one of those big Midas's.
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Definitely gonna have to do a part two, but for now we're gonna pull up this fish trap and see if we caught anything else in it.
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Oh!
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Thank you.
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What was that?
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Something just bit my neck.
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Um, I'm scared.
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Let's get this trap and get out.
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We didn't find like bones.
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Maybe it was like a big fish that's like just trained on like movement
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that it's like - It could be a big fish.
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But let's get this trap out.
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- Yep.
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- Oh, I see color.
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- What is that?
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- What is that?
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- Are those Africans?
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Those are more Africans.
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- I think, yeah, I think those.
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Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah.
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- Look at that.
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Okay, this one's ugly, but that's an African sickly.
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There's another one.
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Oh, this one's blue.
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Look at the blue on that one.
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That one's prettier.
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That one's really nice.
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Okay.
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This is freaking sick.
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We really need to come back with better nets.
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Now we know.
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- Yeah.
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- Three African cichlids in total.
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What an insane first day at our new abandoned pool spot
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where we're gonna be saving fish guys like I said it's
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gonna take a lot of years to get everything out of here for sure but 50 ,000 likes
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and I'll turn my pool into a pond just like this guy did.
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Let's get these guys loaded up and head back home.
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All the fish are in the cooler.
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Check it out.
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Just so much color.
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We got these beautiful big old red devils.
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Really cool fish right there.
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That's a big boy right there.
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This one's more red.
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These guys might be a breeding pair so there could be babies in there.
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You guys know what that is?
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Comment below.
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We got some mystery fish right now.
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Okay.
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He's pretty neat.
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Yeah.
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Kind of almost reminds me of like a parrot cichlid.
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Yeah.
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Yeah.
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Like a true parrot.
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That's really cool.
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If you guys are excited for part two, go down there and leave a like.
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But right now we're going to head home and get these fish into some ponds.
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All right guys, we made it back to my house.
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We have two buckets here Now we're going to disperse them throughout my ponds and give them the home they deserve,
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give them a better life.
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And we're going to start off with this guy right here, this goldfish.
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Now we're not going to put them with any other quarter goldfish, we're going to put them in this black tub just to heal him, just to get him on his feet again.
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And yeah, he should be able to heal in here and get back to 100%.
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Then we'll put him in one of the koi ponds.
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But we have a bunch of mollies.
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We're gonna throw in the mini pond.
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They're gonna look amazing in there.
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We have some mollies in there already, so they might just breed with ours and create more.
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There's that big tadpole we caught in the sewer.
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These guys are massive.
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Look how big that one is.
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- Way you guys go.
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- Beautiful.
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- And two more, last one's going in.
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Okay, my mom's not here so we can talk about it.
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This is what we're gonna be turning into a pond at 50 ,000 likes, guys.
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How cool would this be?
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It's just like the one that's abandoned where we're catching these fish out.
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We could turn this into our own pond and put some fish in it and it would be really, really cool.
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Oh hello!
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We're here at the Sigla Pond with our koi.
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What's up guys?
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Wanna say hello?
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Pond's a little bit dirty just because it randomly got like 50 degrees last night
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and I had to throw the well water on it but They look really good guys.
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We have so many cichlids in here, literally thousands and just such a big variety.
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It's one of my favorite ponds.
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And we caught three African cichlids out of the pool, which we're going to put in here.
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Look at that.
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The yellow and the blue.
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There you guys go.
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One more in here.
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This guy is a little bit ago, but he's not bad.
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There you go.
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We've made it to the Oscar army guys.
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This is quickly becoming one of my favorite ponds we have here.
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Look at all the next literally like a quarter of them.
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You can see the big.
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other cichlid that we caught in the abandoned pool back there I think we found out what that is.
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It's called a chisel tooth cichlid.
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So there's some really cool South American cichlids in here.
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So we're going to add a few fish in here.
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including this guy big old red devil Really sick fish right here.
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There you go.
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Join the Oscar army.
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This guy's really cool.
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He's blood red.
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There you go.
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We have two other fish we're going to get in here, and they are actually the last fish.
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One is this guy.
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Oh, he's actually really pretty.
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Like look at the red on him and this guy Looks like a big old shiner.
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There you go.
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This guy's really cool.
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Comment down below what kind of fish these are.
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Woo!
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Alright, I think we caught like five.
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or four I think they all just went in yep there
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they go I'm just really excited right now to see what else we catch
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out of the abandoned pool this is going to be really fun guys
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so you don't want to miss it go down there
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and press the subscribe button if you haven't already go down there leave a like
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if you did enjoy subscribe down below i will see you guys in the next one peace out
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About This Lesson
In this lesson, learners will engage with an exciting story about an abandoned pool filled with fish. Through this narrative, you will practice your English speaking practice skills by repeating phrases and sentences from the video. This lesson is designed not only to enhance vocabulary related to aquatic life but also to improve your fluency in conversational English. By discussing the exciting finding of these fish, learners will also gain insights into expressing enthusiasm and urgency in English.
Key Vocabulary & Phrases
- Abandoned pool: A pool that is no longer in use.
- Monster fish: Very large or impressive fish.
- Backstory: The history or background of an event.
- Evaporating: The process of water turning into vapor.
- Living off the pond: Relying on the resources in a pond for survival.
- School of fish: A large group of fish swimming together.
- Breed: To reproduce or generate offspring.
- Bait fish: Small fish used for catching larger fish.
Practice Tips
To effectively use your shadowing app, listen closely to the video and mimic the speaker's tone and pace. This video has a vibrant and excited tone, which is important to capture. When the speaker expresses enthusiasm about finding the fish, try to replicate that excitement in your own voice. Start by practicing with short phrases—repeat them aloud until you feel comfortable. Make sure to pay attention to the speed of the speech; it is slightly fast but filled with energy.
Remember, learn English with YouTube allows you to immerse yourself in real-life conversations. Use the shadow speak technique: listen to a segment, pause, and repeat what you heard, matching the speaker's intonation and rhythm. This method helps to improve your fluency and comprehension simultaneously, making your English speaking practice interactive and enjoyable.
Grammar in this video
The structures the speaker uses most, with the exact words from the video:
| Structure | In the video |
|---|---|
| Present perfect continuous have/has been + -ing — an action that started earlier and is still going on | I've been wanting · has been evaporating · Something's been tearing |
| Present perfect have/has + past participle — a past action that still matters now | we've done · it's been · We've caught |
| Passive voice be + past participle — the focus is on what happens, not who does it | were left · is set · be caught |
| Possibility with “might / may” might/may + verb — something that is possible but not certain | might be · might have · might just breed |
What is the Shadowing Technique?
Shadowing is a science-backed language learning technique originally developed for professional interpreter training and popularized by polyglot Dr. Alexander Arguelles. The method is simple but powerful: you listen to native English audio and immediately repeat it out loud — like a shadow following the speaker with just a 1–2 second delay. Unlike passive listening or grammar drills, shadowing forces your brain and mouth muscles to simultaneously process and reproduce real speech patterns. Research shows it significantly improves pronunciation accuracy, intonation, rhythm, connected speech, listening comprehension, and speaking fluency — making it one of the most effective methods for IELTS Speaking preparation and real-world English communication.