Here's a pic of the surface aerator on the biggest yellow perch and bluegill pond running on the left. Cages are attached to the right side of the pier. The aerator created all this open water simply by running it and pulling to the left as it melted the ice. Once air temps are above 32 F. the ice gets eaten up fast. In the single digits and teens not very fast.
D.0. levels have risen from 3.5 ppm to 7.5 ppm at last check in open water down to at least 8 feet. Water temp only varies 1/10th of one degree from the surface at 35.3 to 35.2 at 8 feet. I am surprised that D.O. levels aren't higher and temps near the surface aren't lower. Snow was completely blown off with a snow blower except for the small section in the foregound where it was taken off in strips. I was running out of daylight and had three more ponds to go!
