On years like this NDGF should let people fish any body of water in ND regardless if its not open to fishing. Does drilling holes in a body of water benefit the lake as a whole ecosystem?
The wife and I are headed to the Dominion Republic next week. I will have to do some scientific studies on the effects of winter kill with the fish down there.#$%^&> Perhaps I will have to do some reading on the subject whilst sipping on a beverage under a cabana.
Surprisingly large scale bubblers are not all that expensive. Was pricing them out the other day since I'm pretty sure our lake is going to get hit. Looks pretty easy to make one as well with a few feet of soaker hose and an air compressor. Big problem with them is they destroy the ice above they so have to keep people clear.It would help, but the wind would be placing it all back in short order.
Drilling a bunch of holes, and putting a giant bubbler/oxygenator in a few holes would be neat
Surprisingly large scale bubblers are not all that expensive. Was pricing them out the other day since I'm pretty sure our lake is going to get hit. Looks pretty easy to make one as well with a few feet of soaker hose and an air compressor. Big problem with them is they destroy the ice above they so have to keep people clear.
Game and Fish used to use aerators on certain lakes years ago. They quit when an older couple got disoriented in a snow storm and drove into the aeration area and both drowned.
There is a heck of a liability factor and too many stupid people that can't read and comprehend, Threw together a simple contraption that was a belt drive diaphragm pump with a electric motor that ran 4 circuits with big air stones. Up here the snowmobilers would see my contraption on the ice and drive right up to it . I'd run the power line on top of the ice and last year I ran it someone drove over the cord and cut it with the carbides and threw the breaker and froze the lines and stones in . This is way back in the boondocks , I can't imagine how bad it would be in town.
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I'll say one thing , If we get a major winterkill it will be worth your drive to check out a few lakes when the ice goes off. It's a humbling site, We have had a good run for many years , You will crap your pants at how many big fish there are in our lakes. Plus from what I see I think it's mostly the bigger fish that don't make it on a partial kill.