Originally Posted By: canyoncreek
SetterGuy, you should be good. Clear ice, lots of sun. Fish should be fine. I am worried about winter kill for the first time in SW MI. I have 4-5" clear ice, we kept it clear of snow in January. then we got snow, heavy rain so we had 5-6" standing water on the ice, then heavy snow and slush. It now is a slushy mess and I can't safely get on it to shovel it. I also have no vegetation to make O2.

Did you try ice fishing for those HSB yet?

We'll have to see, hopefully we get an early spring and snow and slush melts!


Phytoplankton also produces oxygen. Some ponds don't have submerged plants.