In-fisherman article.......oxygen factor

[icehound67]

Just picked up my in fisherman ice guide. Was reading the article about oxygen and fish behavior, was a very interesting article ands really makes sense as to where the fish are (depth) at different stages of the ice. Season. Worth checking out good article.

[Chris338378]

Thanks for the heads up.  Is the magazine the ice fishing guide or the tactical gear issue?  I didn't think the ice fishing guide was out yet.

[hardwater diehard]

Thanks for the heads up.  Is the magazine the ice fishing guide or the tactical gear issue?  I didn't think the ice fishing guide was out yet.

I think its in the Tactical on newsstands now ...I know with the winters we have been having in the past several years in my area...weed flats with limited snow pack and good light penetration kept weeds pretty viable for quite some time..making the migration to basin areas later then usual ...no need for predators or pan fish to leave the flats/weeds with good oxygen levels and prey fish will use the weeds as cover till significant decay takes place..I was scratching my head when fishing the basin last two seasons ...as catch rates seem to be down..couldn't get to the spot on the spot . 

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[icehound67]

Also comes with the Reeds catalog, nice.

[eriksat1]

Why waste money on these magazines full of advertising with little tidbits of info. When you could just buy the book like  1998 “In-Fisherman Ice Fishing Secrets” by Al Linder and Dave  Gentz where most of this good info originally comes from anyway.

[prospector]

Why waste money on these magazines full of advertising with little tidbits of info. When you could just buy the book like  1998 “In-Fisherman Ice Fishing Secrets” by Al Linder and Dave  Gentz where most of this good info originally comes from anyway.

I buy them for the ads. Might get to the articles on a day  that I can’t get on the ice due to other obligations. A lot of times, some of those articles just piss me off, because they are written by Rich egotistical guys who have never had a fishing rod in their hand without a camera in their face. Some of them are written in a condescending manner in my opinion. Especially one guy in particular who is so worried about his fishing spots being found out by Others. I agree with you on just buying a book or two. That book you mentioned is a good one and does contain all the  information one will ever need to get started. The guys that wrote it are actually pretty good.

[eriksat1]

I re-read parts of that book every year just as a refresher. I also like the old infisherman species specific books like Crappie Wisdom (1985) and Walleye Wisdom (1994) and read the cold water / ice fishing sections every year. Loaded with great information. Magazine articles are just teasers and new magic bait or guide advertisements.

[icehound67]

Where can one get this book?

[T-Hawker]

I read the article and found it interesting as well.  Perhaps a silly idea but the thought crossed my mind wondering what you happen if, during late ice (low oxygen), you would take an aerator on the ice with enough tube to reach the bottom and sink the tube with "filter stone" to the bottom an aerate the area... would it attract fish? 

[hardwater diehard]

Where can one get this book?

https://www.amazon.com/Fisherman-Fishing-Secrets-Book-Library/dp/0929384199

https://www.walmart.com/ip/Ice-Fishing-Secrets/27201434

In-Fisherman has a DVD series too...also some YouTube videos search under In Fisherman ig

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[taxi1]

Is Fishing Facts around anymore? I used be addicted to that magazine in my teens and 20's.

Before I became a taxidermist I used to find it cool to see the fish mounts they occasionally showed of the guy that did the artwork for the magazine. I think his last name was Willey Miller?

[Mr.Seaguar]

Sadly, fishing facts is no longer with us.

[eriksat1]

You can find the old infisherman books on Amazon fairly cheap. The new infisherman stuff is different since Al Linder sold out. For dvd's I would check out the Linder's Angling Edge DVD's https://anglingedgestore.com/collections/walleye-dvds

[TheCrappieFisherman]

I re-read parts of that book every year just as a refresher. I also like the old infisherman species specific books like Crappie Wisdom (1985) and Walleye Wisdom (1994) and read the cold water / ice fishing sections every year. Loaded with great information. Magazine articles are just teasers and new magic bait or guide advertisements.

I picked up both of those books about a month ago.  Haven't had a chance to open them yet but plan to soon!

[52isntbigenough]

Is Fishing Facts around anymore? I used be addicted to that magazine in my teens and 20's.

Before I became a taxidermist I used to find it cool to see the fish mounts they occasionally showed of the guy that did the artwork for the magazine. I think his last name was Willey Miller?

FF was made about 1/2 mile from where I work, it's now a Cousin's Subs corporate office. Wiley Miller was an artist for them, he still does some work, but for the most part, he's retired up in Boulder Junction, WI. I have a pair of 24" walleyes that Wiley did the mount for.  He was quite the artist at that as well.

[eriksat1]

I used to have big stack of FF magazines from the 1970’s and 1980’s I wish I would have saved them. I think when I moved one time I threw them all in the trash.

[taxi1]

I read the article and found it interesting as well.  Perhaps a silly idea but the thought crossed my mind wondering what you happen if, during late ice (low oxygen), you would take an aerator on the ice with enough tube to reach the bottom and sink the tube with "filter stone" to the bottom an aerate the area... would it attract fish?

I use bottom diffusers in my fish rearing ponds in winter to keep some water open and prevent low oxygen conditions. The rising air creates moving water vertically which can actually open the ice and keep it open. This not only allows oxygen to diffuse across the open water it allows sunlight in to keep the macrophytes (weeds) and algae from dying.

The downside is you don't want to fish to close to it as the ice is thinner.

The interesting thing is I set the diffuser on the bottom in about 1/3 the maximum depth of my pond. It's not a good idea to put it in the deepest water as it chills the slightly warmer deeper water the fish hang out in. They prefer the ~ 39 F. water. If you chill it lower than that they can get stressed which can set them up for fungal infections.