LAKE AREATORS

[mnhunter79]

Fishing on a lake with an areator, i know they put up signs all the way around the open water area which you are not supposed to be inside the bounaries (i believe). BUT, what if the open water from the areator is open up to a public boat ramp, could a guy leagally put a boat in and fish the open water inside the thin ice signs / boundaries?

Just a conversation we had in the fishouse tonight.

might sound crazy, but late winter like this in a shallower lake, the o2 levels usually decrease except by the open water areators correct? one would think the fish would congregate where there is more o2.

[LPCrowRiverFisherman]

First I believe it is still legal to fish inside of those signs even on the ice. They are just a warning. Not positive but pretty sure. So boating would be perfectly fine. Second areators don't just oxygenate the area around the open water but the oxygen is also spread out to a certain extent a ways out from the open water. Fish really don't always trend towards areated areas.