My retailer suggested I leave my electric powered aerator in the deep water all winter also. I lost ton's of fish my first winter. I have not seen a bass or bluegill all summer. The yellow perch were stressed when the ice went out and we lost sum, but the bass and bluegill clearly died much earlier in the winter. Especially the large ones. The retailer said this could not have anything to do with leaving the aerator deep and he had never had a loss like that before. We are in Wisconsin and it was very cold last winter.
He referred me to a fish vetrinarian at the state level and he agreed that the aeration overmixing the water would have caused it. I plan on suspending the stone a foot or two below the surface and off to one side. This was suggested my the fish vet and by Cecil from his experience also. I will probably just secure it to a dock post. I leave my dock in all year.
At what time of year or at what water temp should I pull it off the bottom ans suspend it ?
Brian
