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Posted: 12/30/2018 6:48:17 PM EDT
i run into alot of people who thinks its so crazy i go out ice fishing... when i ask why they are scared the ice will break
post your ice fishing photos (GO) 
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Posted: 12/30/2018 7:06:58 PM EDT
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When it is cold enough to make ice thick enough to walk on, it is too cold for me to be out on it. No fear, better sense.
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Posted: 12/30/2018 7:07:09 PM EDT
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Yeah nope.
I'm perfectly happy fishing from a boat or bank. |
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Posted: 12/30/2018 7:21:14 PM EDT
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Assuming you wait until the ice is thick enough it's a foolish fear. Mind you - splitting time living in Phoenix and Thailand for 20 years my attitude is if it's cold enough to make ice outside it's time to move.
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Posted: 12/30/2018 7:36:58 PM EDT
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We drive our trucks out to go ice fishing so I will say ....No I'm not scared
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Posted: 12/30/2018 7:41:35 PM EDT
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Went out a couple days ago with son in law and my granddaughters. Ice was 6 in. Or so.
First time I've been ice fishing in a couple years. Nice to get out |
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PA, USA
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Posted: 12/30/2018 8:16:34 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By USSRangerSM:
We drive our trucks out to go ice fishing so I will say ....No I'm not scared |
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Posted: 12/30/2018 8:17:54 PM EDT
[Last Edit: USSRangerSM]
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By Cpatterson:
Hell yeah broski catch any nice eyes up that way?  Attached File |
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PA, USA
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Posted: 12/30/2018 8:31:51 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By USSRangerSM: Honestly we catch some walleyes... but nothing like the monsters we catch in the spring https://www.AR15.Com/media/mediaFiles/379420/FB_IMG_1524281665915_jpg-790554.JPG |
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Posted: 12/30/2018 10:28:42 PM EDT
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When I want to ice fish, I go to the store and buy the fish on ice. On the other hand, no lakes down here ever freeze, so no ice fishing available.
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Posted: 12/30/2018 10:32:28 PM EDT
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Depend. Rivers and lakes with springs....not until there is a solid 10 inches.
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Posted: 12/30/2018 11:11:20 PM EDT
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When the ice is thin I ride my quad out, when it is thick I drive my truck. Fishing is fun
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Posted: 12/30/2018 11:38:25 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By USSRangerSM:
We drive our trucks out to go ice fishing so I will say ....No I'm not scared Nope nope nope nope nope nope nope nope nope. I'd rather put up with tornadoes. The odds are with me, 1 in 65 years. |
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Posted: 12/30/2018 11:56:32 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By tirod: https://duckduckgo.com/?q=trucks+falling+thru+ice&t=ffab&iar=images&iax=images&ia=images Nope nope nope nope nope nope nope nope nope. I'd rather put up with tornadoes. The odds are with me, 1 in 65 years. Although buddies of mine have  
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Posted: 12/31/2018 3:46:36 PM EDT
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Anyone here use an auger powered by cordless drill? Curious as to how many 8" holes through a foot or so of ice you can auger.
I have an 8" gas powered Jiffy. But a lightweight cordless drill powered auger sounds interesting. |
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Posted: 12/31/2018 5:41:28 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By johnh57:
Anyone here use an auger powered by cordless drill? Curious as to how many 8" holes through a foot or so of ice you can auger. I have an 8" gas powered Jiffy. But a lightweight cordless drill powered auger sounds interesting. |
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Posted: 1/1/2019 8:54:08 AM EDT
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I will not ice fish. I think of it kinda like I do sky diving.
Do the parachutes open 99.999999% of the time? Yep. Still not doing it. You’ll never see a headline stating Dsteelman died falling thru the ice in a freak ice fishing accident . |
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Posted: 1/1/2019 4:29:14 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By USSRangerSM: I have buddies that have them and like them... but honestly if I was going to get another one it would be LP gas cylinder one |
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Posted: 1/7/2019 5:42:49 PM EDT
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The reason to spend the money on the Kdrill, Eskimo Pistol Bit, or Nils with a high end brushless cordless drill is the weight savings. Propane augers are heavy. I have an Eskimo HC40 8" propane, and absolutely love it, but it's on the heavy side for 8" augers. Take that into consideration. The guys on the fringes of the ice belt, or those that consistently have to walk out to their spots will find out the weight savings for the cordless drill augers is beneficial. Also, you can get good sized fish up through 6" holes, so unless you're always pulling up huge lakers or pike, consider going with a 6" bit as you'll be cutting half the ice vs. 8" bit.
Ice has been very inconsistent here in Sodak this season. Northeastern SD has pretty good ice with many driving their trucks out now. Down here in the southeastern part of the state, we've had some really cold nights followed up by 3-4 really warm days which has caused a lot of spots to stay open. We also had a ton of waterfowl, mainly snow geese, stay on the lakes keeping holes open during our first deep freeze. |
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Posted: 1/7/2019 5:43:58 PM EDT
[Last Edit: tornadochaser]
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oh...and OP wanted to see some pictures! I don't have many on my work PC, but here's a few randoms.
 Attached File Attached FileFind the frogs and you'll find big walleyes. Especially near cattails during daytime.  Attached FileWas on 12" of good clear ice on a bay of the missouri river. other side of the main channel below the dam was ice free allowing boats to put in on the ramp. A little surreal but we hammered the sauger.  Attached File |
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Posted: 1/7/2019 6:09:35 PM EDT
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Did some scrounging. I have an old Mora 8", and was actually able to break the auger loose from the handle. Ordered an 18v Milwaukee drill with 1200 in-lbs torque, which uses the batteries I already have, Cabelas has an adaptor that attaches to old style Mora threads (15mm x 1.5 mm pitch). So I guess we'll see. If we get any ice.
I have a 10" jiffy gas auger, it will be interesting to compare. Nice pics, hoping to get out soon. Hopefully auger parts and pieces will be here this week. |
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Posted: 1/14/2019 1:18:30 AM EDT
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Last week, 150 mi se from here. We're a bit short on cold this year, lots of open water and bad ice out there.
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OH, USA
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Posted: 1/28/2019 9:22:21 PM EDT
[#22]
Never really been my thing, yeah I am leary of the ice breaking but also being out there in the freezing cold doesn't appeal to me.
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Posted: 1/28/2019 9:49:34 PM EDT
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No ice around here
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WI, USA
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Posted: 2/11/2019 11:04:01 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By dsteelman:
I will not ice fish. I think of it kinda like I do sky diving. Do the parachutes open 99.999999% of the time? Yep. Still not doing it. You’ll never see a headline stating Dsteelman died falling thru the ice in a freak ice fishing accident . We take the 3/4ton diesel trucks with 20 foot ice castles behind us out on the ice...of course, there's usually 25-40 inches of ice or more. I've been on ice thing enough that when see your buddy walking 100 feet away you can see the bow in the ice and water gushes up through the hole when you break through with the auger. I don't enjoy thin ice like that...but sometimes it happens. You take precautions, have a plan, and fish with a buddy. |
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WI, USA
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Posted: 2/11/2019 11:10:05 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By johnh57: Not going to work. My milwaukee hammer drill (2602-20) is only 525 in-lbs. The K-drill folks recommend something over 725 in- lbs as a minimum especially for 8" holes. By the time you buy a new drill and the auger parts you might just as well go propane. I thought it might make for a reasonably innexpensive way to get an auger set up as I have a 1/2" Milwaukee drill and 3 battery packs. |
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Posted: 2/12/2019 9:31:30 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By eclark53520: We've had problems with the propane getting too cold. Anything below -10 or so, and they don't like to run because there's not enough pressure in the can....the liquid doesn't boil off fast enough apparently. This might not be a problem most places....but northern MN it's a problem. |
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Posted: 2/12/2019 9:55:02 AM EDT
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I'm more scared of the cold than I am of the ice. Fuck that shit.
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Posted: 2/12/2019 10:32:43 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By eclark53520: We've had problems with the propane getting too cold. Anything below -10 or so, and they don't like to run because there's not enough pressure in the can....the liquid doesn't boil off fast enough apparently. This might not be a problem most places....but northern MN it's a problem. Do you use a flasher? Seems instead of being minimalist ice fishing has gone high tech, with underwater cameras and flashers or finders and specialized transducers being the norm. |
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WI, USA
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Posted: 2/12/2019 10:48:37 AM EDT
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You haven't lived until you hear the constant cracking of ice beneath your $50K truck...
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Posted: 2/12/2019 12:04:03 PM EDT
[Last Edit: madwis15]
[#30]
Nope. it's too boring. I have far more fun racing iceboats.
I live on a bay that is first to freeze and first to thaw. I'm amazed every year when I see some fool out there a day or two after the initial freeze and the ice is less than an inch thick. or at the end of the season when a stubborn one is out at the edge of the ice chatting with a guy in a fishing boat that's pulled up to the edge of the ice. |
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Posted: 2/12/2019 12:19:23 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By USSRangerSM: Honestly we catch some walleyes... but nothing like the monsters we catch in the spring https://www.AR15.Com/media/mediaFiles/379420/FB_IMG_1524281665915_jpg-790554.JPG |
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Posted: 2/12/2019 12:32:45 PM EDT
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Never been but it is on my bucket list!
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Posted: 9/24/2019 8:40:54 AM EDT
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Do you guys only fish live bait or do you ice fish some soft plastics? Can you give examples.of your soft plastics baits?
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Posted: 9/24/2019 8:57:20 AM EDT
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I use some soft plastics for panfish, mainly perch and bluegill.
Custom Jigs & Spins, VMC, & Impulse mostly. |
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WA, USA
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Posted: 9/24/2019 9:11:19 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By Traderjac:
When it is cold enough to make ice thick enough to walk on, it is too cold for me to be out on it. No fear, better sense. |
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Posted: 9/24/2019 9:23:16 AM EDT
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I race iceboats on those same lakes, so no, I'm not scared to be out on a frozen lake.
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Posted: 9/24/2019 1:11:02 PM EDT
[Last Edit: USSRangerSM]
[#37]
Edit~Ussrangersm
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Posted: 9/24/2019 9:18:27 PM EDT
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The ice doesn't get thick enough here to go out on.
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Posted: 9/25/2019 12:17:43 PM EDT
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Posted: 9/25/2019 12:42:34 PM EDT
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Been waiting on the lakes here in Texas to freeze over.....
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Posted: 9/25/2019 8:31:12 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By madwis15:
Lake Winnebago? Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By madwis15:
Originally Posted By USSRangerSM: Honestly we catch some walleyes... but nothing like the monsters we catch in the spring https://www.AR15.Com/media/mediaFiles/379420/FB_IMG_1524281665915_jpg-790554.JPG |
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Posted: 9/25/2019 8:33:33 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By Backnblack:
Been waiting on the lakes here in Texas to freeze over.....
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Posted: 9/25/2019 8:58:28 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By USSRangerSM:
If they do freeze over and you can fish on them, Maybe I’ll start to buy in to global warming Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By USSRangerSM:
Originally Posted By Backnblack:
Been waiting on the lakes here in Texas to freeze over.....
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Posted: 9/26/2019 8:20:04 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By Backnblack:
We got 1/8" to 1/4" of snow 2 years ago for about 6 hours, people still have PTSD from it... Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By Backnblack:
Originally Posted By USSRangerSM:
Originally Posted By Backnblack:
Been waiting on the lakes here in Texas to freeze over..... 
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Posted: 1/9/2020 8:38:55 PM EDT
[#45]
Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By johnh57:
Anyone here use an auger powered by cordless drill? Curious as to how many 8" holes through a foot or so of ice you can auger. I have an 8" gas powered Jiffy. But a lightweight cordless drill powered auger sounds interesting. |
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MN, USA
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Posted: 1/16/2020 1:33:52 PM EDT
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We have around 12 inches of ice in the metro. I drag my house until there is closer to two feet, that way I can skip leg day.
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Posted: 1/16/2020 1:39:16 PM EDT
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