What fish can live in very cold water?

[Deedsta]

This question and some of the replies like Gill Blue's kinda suck. You should really stick to Texas native fish so lmb, bluegills,crappie, and whatever strikes your interest that is native in the area. A sturgeon is definitely a no go due to the summer heat. If this is a closed system pond as in there is no streams feeding the pond/no chance of the pond flooding into another water soruce you can expand your range of fish to other natives that aren't found in the area but can tolerate the heat/cold. As for this whole freezing debat as long as the pond is deeper than 4ft in areas which is what is deemed as the freeze line the fish will do fine.

I hope you guys know it's a back yard koi pond and not a mud pond

 

[divemaster99]

These perch do get very big, plenty of 18" ones in Lake of the Woods and Devil's Lake and last year someone pulled a 20" male perch out of Devil's Lake. I love to pull up the mixes of walleyes/saugers/jumbos for frying. Perch action is hot here. These perch in pictures is just 10-14" ones.

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20", I'm suprised that's not a world record! You ever fish for 'Skies up there? I hear people regularly pull out fish over 50".

 

[MN_Rebel]

20", I'm suprised that's not a world record! You ever fish for 'Skies up there? I hear people regularly pull out fish over 50".

If that 20" perch had been a female, it would be state record. 50" muskies are not uncommon, thanks to the protection for them. It's a sin to harvest a muskie even if it's legal harvest. We have great muskellunge stocking program and using excellent musky strains to fit in the environment they stocked in. You should see the giant crappiesfrom northern MN that won't fit in a large pan. Last year someone pulled a new state record 19" hybrid crappie during ice fishing season.

 

[spotfin]

Not to derail, but I don't know of anyone in my area that eats yellow perch. Fun to catch, but they don't grow quite as big as some the fish posted here.
For the op, how big is your pond? Being in Texas, I can't image you get that much ice.

 

[Deedsta]

Not to derail, but I don't know of anyone in my area that eats yellow perch. Fun to catch, but they don't grow quite as big as some the fish posted here.
For the op, how big is your pond? Being in Texas, I can't image you get that much ice.

15x9x4 it doesn't ice after I started puting greenhouse over. It snows here sometimes and roads ice sometimes

 

[reptilerancher]

can you post any pictures? I've read all the posts and I'm still having trouble visualizing it sorry i just want to see that you got going on over there

your close to the range over by Dallas for gator gar so any gar would work as long as it stays open

if the water stays cool(40-65) you could try rainbow trout or walleye or pike,muskellunge.

yellow perch,LMB,SMB, koi carp,catfish(blue,flathead,channel), bullheads, bowfin

a turtle pond is always fun (if you don't care to much for a fish)

 

[Deedsta]

can you post any pictures? I've read all the posts and I'm still having trouble visualizing it sorry i just want to see that you got going on over there

your close to the range over by Dallas for gator gar so any gar would work as long as it stays open

if the water stays cool(40-65) you could try rainbow trout or walleye or pike,muskellunge.

yellow perch,LMB,SMB, koi carp,catfish(blue,flathead,channel), bullheads, bowfin

a turtle pond is always fun (if you don't care to much for a fish)

What do you want a picture of?

 

[reptilerancher]

the pond and any fish you already have in it if possible

 

[Deedsta]

the pond and any fish you already have in it if possible

All I have in there right now are 3 koi fish
This picture is pretty old but that's it

 

[reptilerancher]

you should stick to koi and goldfish