Bubbles coming up hole?

[EW6]

So last night in 22' of water I kept having bubbles come up from the bottom up to my ice hole. Was really annoying me seeing them come up on the vex. Anyone know if that is common to have bubbles coming up or what may be causing it?

[hoggs222]

It could be a muskrat. I know there is a thread of strange stuff coming up the hole and this is one of the signs before a furry critter comes up the hole.

[BobT]

Do fish pass gas?

[merkman]

That is what I was going to say.... Fish Farts!!

[thedeadsea]

Quite often there are bubbles in the sediment on the bottom, but it takes something stirring it up to release them. Are there bottom feeding fish in your lake?

[SM1]

Agreed. Also it seems like there are always some bubles coming up off a softer bottom.

[BobT]

With all the dying/decaying plant matter from last summer I wouldn't be surprised if there are various gases that are released in the process.

[EW6]

The lake is a decades old impoundment- Lake Zumbro near Rochester. Definetly a lot of carp etc in their but I wasn't noticing them on the vexilar. It was just completely annoying because my whole screen would light up as a string of them would come up, then nothing for a minute or so, then a minute of not being able to see again. Then entire 6 hours I was out there.

[CAMAN]

It sounds like methane or some other type of natural gas.

[JeffB]

If your bouncing a jig on a muck bottom that will definately send up bubbles, but I worry more about the gas the other guys add to the house.

[bobbymalone]

CAMAN is right, it is probably just methane bubbles produced in mucky sediments by microbes.

You can light the bubbles that come up when wading in a wetland with a match.

[Esox_Magnum]

We sat on a spring last year, watched bubbles come up all day on the camera and into the hole.

[Comit 2]

You would smell it if it were methane. I think you were sitting over a spring.

[jeffreyd]

alligator

[jigginjim]

It is a gas from the bottom from dead weeds. When I lived in New London, the gas from under the ice would eat the paint from a fish hatchery building.

[GoldeneyeHunter]

I dropped my house down on a spot and drilled some holes. And there were so many bubbles coming up none stop that the water in my hole looked like a little mini hot tub. The ice was 13 inches when the rest of the lake was 16 or 17. Which led to beleive that I was sitting on a spring. It was on Lake Waconia in the south west part of the lake.

[CAMAN]

You would smell it if it were methane. I think you were sitting over a spring.

Actually natural Methane has no smell, it is colorless and odorless. For safety the smell is added to it for consumer use for leak detection.

[mooneyes]

CO's in scuba gear checking how many lines ya got down!

[RebelSS]

I fished Zumbro all weekend, and my fishing buddy mentioned the same thing. We always see that on Zumbro..but not in the Northern lakes we fish. Think it is just decaying plant matter and the muddy bottom releasing gases from decomposition. We had LOTS of bubbles coming up...maybe the fish had were listening to Lawrence Welk. (Gotta be an older guy to appreciate that...)

[fishersofmen]

If the lake has an aerator system it could be that as well. If you are anywhere near it you will get constant bubbles from bottom. I drilled right on top of one a couple weeks ago. Looked like a volcano coming out of the hole.

[merkman]

Actually natural Methane has no smell, it is colorless and odorless. For safety the smell is added to it for consumer use for leak detection.

Ahhh... God really did have a perfect design.

I am going to have to let my wife know that....

No more complaining dear; it is for your saftey that they smell.

[Phred52]

That sounds like 'natural methane'. It comes from the decomposition of the summers weeds. It rises from the bottom as the weeds decay, the bubbles 'pocket' under the ice. Also, If you were fishing in an area that was a summer weedbed, as your lure agitates the weeds remainants on the bottom, they'll release some of the gases that are being produced. Yea, It's annoying, ain't it? Just be glad it ain't you releasing all that gas!! Phred52

[3littlemonsters]

That happened last year to me, I saw it on the vex, but didn't notice any bubbles at the surface...someone thought maybe it was a hatch of some kind, but thats kinda unlikely as everything rose up the water column.

[fiskyknut]

Twas a giant Sturgeonfish coming up burping and outta the hole eh?

[Scrod]

From past experiences on the Zumbro I can say it is very common, I always wondered what it was as well. I would believe a spring, because of the consistency. If it was decaying plant matter I don't think it would be some constant. Just a thought...