Hibernating fish
Oct 7, 2019 21:33:22 #
I’ve been hearing that fish hibernate in the winter. When does this start? And how come people can catch fish through the ice? I am new to fishing obviously.
Oct 7, 2019 22:45:25 #
BILLBYRD1
Loc: Prattville Al
They don't here in the South. We catch them all year. Never been ice fishing.
Oct 7, 2019 22:52:12 #
Oct 8, 2019 02:05:40 #
Far as I know they don't hibernate, they just slow down. I've been ice fishing once in my life when i's about 10. Got my fill that day. But my granddad was an ice fisherman and he always came home with fish. That was in northern Indiana, and he would catch mostly bluegills and yellow perch. I know people ice fish here in California in the Sierras and catch trout. So they are swimming around and feeding.
Oct 8, 2019 09:25:06 #
Oct 8, 2019 09:42:25 #
spoonplugger
Loc: goldsboro,nc
fish are cold blooded creatures so his body is the same temp as the water. when the water and fish get cold his metabolism slows down. That makes him feed less, but they still feed. Do not hibernate.
Oct 8, 2019 09:44:05 #
Oct 8, 2019 19:00:02 #
Trout don't hibernate. It is slower fishing through ice and it isn't a good idea to be on the ice alone, unless there are others within view.
Oct 8, 2019 19:56:43 #
That makes sense. I don’t plan to ice fish. I just wondered how people caught fish through the ice if fish “hibernate.” But I know now that they don’t actually hibernate.
Oct 8, 2019 20:44:51 #
Oct 8, 2019 20:45:41 #
Oct 8, 2019 21:44:01 #
I'm from Massachusetts they do not hibernate they just slow down you can ice fish they will be around at least not the trout bass or panfish up here I don't know about any other breed that may hibernate
Oct 9, 2019 01:01:23 #
Different fish like different temperatures trout and other species get lethargic. Meaning there metabolism
slows down but they do not hibernate. While lake trout that belong to the Char family like colder water
go around eating rainbow trout and salmon with no trouble at all.
slows down but they do not hibernate. While lake trout that belong to the Char family like colder water
go around eating rainbow trout and salmon with no trouble at all.
Oct 9, 2019 01:25:07 #
Thanks. Never heard of The trout family Char. We mostly have rainbow around here I think.
Oct 9, 2019 01:32:30 #
Lakers love to eat cut throat trout. Someone dumped lakers into Yellowstone lake and they are steadily devouring a perfect fishery.
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