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2006-10-23 13:06:51 · 10 answers · asked by Anonymous in Pets ➔ Fish
YEs they can survive a long cold winter they burrow under the mud and thats where they stay for winter then in sprong they warm back up and swim around again.
2006-10-23 13:10:31 · answer #1 · answered by Aaron A 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I don't take any fish out of either of my ponds for the winter. As long as a pond is deeper than the frost-line, they go into something like a hibernation where they slow down their metabolisms and they stay at the bottom, usually under leaves, or sometimes even burrow in the mud.
2006-10-23 23:40:50 · answer #2 · answered by thesharklady1 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Aaron is pretty much correct, they don’t migrate except to maybe a another end of a pond, lake, river stream, and lay or burry themselves under the mud and simple sleep it out, When they get up they will be skinnier and hungry, so be prepared to feed them well. Some can ever freeze and still be just fine after thawing out, after being in that state for months.
2006-10-23 20:14:20 · answer #3 · answered by ******************** 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It depends on how deep the water is that they are in. Catfish are very hardy. if it is a deep pool they will probably go to the bottom below the freeze line of the water. I would say they would survive.
2006-10-23 20:19:07 · answer #4 · answered by READER 1 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No they cant my dad has a 2000 gallon pond in the back yard and every winter we put the fish in a holding tank in the house.
They will die if you keep them out side in the winter my dad had to learn that the hard way.
2006-10-23 20:15:25 · answer #5 · answered by CAPTAIN GENIUS !! 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Are they in a lake??? A pond? A river? Not enough info...but my dad and brother are big fisher's and they go during very cold weather...and still catch lots. So...just depends/.
2006-10-23 20:10:32 · answer #6 · answered by Cal0507 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
They survive. They don't migrate. I hope you don't have it in a little pond so shallow it could freeze solid.
2006-10-23 20:15:30 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
They swim south for the winter. I think Florida.
2006-10-23 20:10:03 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
cat fish do not migrate their bottom feeders.&they can survive.
2006-10-23 20:13:18 · answer #9 · answered by meerkat 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
yes they can,they are bottom feeders and in most ponds do not freeze all the way.
2006-10-23 20:10:49 · answer #10 · answered by macki4 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋