15 Responses to “where do fish go in the winter?”

1. jjthinstrips on July 12th, 2008 3:40 pm

   Some fish that live in open waters like rivers and oceans swim south for the winter. But many fish live in lakes and ponds that do not connect to other water. When it gets very cold, ice forms on top of their lakes and ponds, but it doesn’t freeze down to the bottom of the lake. The fish live under the ice, which is why some people go ice fishing in the winter. But most fish slow down their heart rates and eat very little, much like bears in hibernation, so they’re also harder to catch!

2. greatestmomntheworld on July 16th, 2008 12:14 am

   Well there is normally a pocket of water and that is where they will stay . I know that my granparents have a small fish pond, Like a bath tub in the ground ( they have Gold Fish in it ) and it will freeze solid and then when the pond thaws out the fish will still be alive. It is crazy.

3. Twatwaffle on July 17th, 2008 11:34 pm

   lol
   they go to the bottom

4. tona j on July 20th, 2008 11:58 am

   I actually dont know

5. ammu on July 22nd, 2008 3:25 pm

   south, they hitch hike on frozen trucks of water food

6. wesley a on July 24th, 2008 9:11 am

   They sure as hell don’t swim south!Fish go to the bottom of what ever their in.When the seasons begin to change the water flips.Cold water comes to the top and the warm water sinks to the bottom.Even in streams and rivers the fish school together in the deepest pools.

7. Rabbit on July 26th, 2008 7:12 pm

   Fish can and sometimes do freeze, but that is often not fatal. Some are like frogs and salamanders and burrow in the mud and hibernate. Usually, though, fish will still have some water to swim around in, like streams and lakes. Ice fishing is a common practice in the northern states where you have to cut a hole in the ice. This does a couple of things, one is adds more air to the water and the other minimizes the fish population trying to get oxygen from the water of a frozen over lake (they slow down in the cold, so their oxygen demands are reduced). In streams and rivers, the fish often migrate down to warmer or swifter waters where the danger of freezing is reduced. In some places, there is a migratory shift, where fish like salmon and sturgeon head to sea and fish like bass and perch fill their habitat from points upstream, then fish like trout fill the intermediate places where the bass and perch had been.

8. Ingrid 7 on July 29th, 2008 2:10 pm

   They make a little campfire at the bottom of the ocean, they wear wooly heats and they keep very close together. That what they do. And they sing. I think

9. budntequilla on July 31st, 2008 5:35 pm

   Florida or Arizona

10. Dan S on August 1st, 2008 3:19 am

    Most fish go deep into the mud and some go to deeper areas to servive the cold weather.

11. confuseded on August 4th, 2008 8:08 am

    The go deeper in the water. It’s warmer down below. The aren’t very active, but they do swim about.

12. texasman42701 on August 5th, 2008 10:30 am

    miami florida

13. shawn c on August 7th, 2008 7:04 pm

    to answer your question, no fish dont freeze up, like cryogenics. In the winter , fish just slow down, its colder so they arent moving that fast, sometime you have, a chance go rent a ice hut, you will see what Im saying, you see them threw the holes, moving slow. An mostly the fish caught in winter, can be caught, in shallow water 5 ft to, deep water 30 ft, do to the water being warmer closes to the ice.

14. theta342002 on August 10th, 2008 4:58 pm

    Fish can freeze into the ice that they are in. It is a slow process so dont try it on any of your pet guppies or anything. Putting them in the freezer and thawing them out to see if it works wont work in case anyone was going to try it. I learned this in college one drunken night. Poor little guy…..

15. hill bill y on August 11th, 2008 3:22 pm

    fish are alive and well all winter usally deeper water is where you find them

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