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Re: thickest ice drilled through
« Reply #30 on: Jan 02, 2014, 02:52 PM »
Last April was about as close to bottoming out my jiffy mod 30 as I have ever gotten, my knuckels were were just about touching the ice. Coincidentally the ice didn't go out on most of our lakes until May 12th.  :o

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Re: thickest ice drilled through
« Reply #31 on: Jan 02, 2014, 03:02 PM »
Last April was about as close to bottoming out my jiffy mod 30 as I have ever gotten, my knuckels were were just about touching the ice. Coincidentally the ice didn't go out on most of our lakes until May 12th.  :o

That was a good problem to have in late April in Wisc. ;D

Just wish I could have gotten up north to fish tip ups on fishing opener. How many times can you finish and start the season with tip ups

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Re: thickest ice drilled through
« Reply #32 on: Jan 02, 2014, 03:13 PM »
Last April was about as close to bottoming out my jiffy mod 30 as I have ever gotten, my knuckels were were just about touching the ice. Coincidentally the ice didn't go out on most of our lakes until May 12th.  :o
that's amazing we are starting our gardens half the time by than

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Re: thickest ice drilled through
« Reply #33 on: Jan 02, 2014, 03:51 PM »
Have bottomed a gas auger, last season had a trip with some "complications" and drilled thru 16" with a hand auger for 2 days

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Re: thickest ice drilled through
« Reply #34 on: Jan 02, 2014, 04:00 PM »
I fished West Battle Lake in Western Minnesota and almost bottomed out my Strikemaster auger. I'm guessing around 40". Around SE Wisconsin, the most was probably 24-30".

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Re: thickest ice drilled through
« Reply #35 on: Jan 02, 2014, 05:38 PM »
My hand auger has an extension so probably at least 40 inches that was in college in Sault Ste Marie, MI in the mid 90's. We would take turns drilling until you got tired then the next person would take .

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Re: thickest ice drilled through
« Reply #36 on: Jan 02, 2014, 07:13 PM »
I remember we had to put the 18" extension on the jiffy once at Moosehead and we were still bottoming out the motor at that point. It was a high of -5 that day. We caught over 20 touge and a bunch of salmon.

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Re: thickest ice drilled through
« Reply #37 on: Jan 02, 2014, 07:20 PM »
Drill over 50" many years, usually need to put the extension on the auger mid season or I will bottom out the power head in the shack

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Re: thickest ice drilled through
« Reply #38 on: Jan 02, 2014, 08:06 PM »
Some where between 55-60''  Two guys on the auger and we drilled over 100 holes in a few days.  Good work out for sure ;D
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Re: thickest ice drilled through
« Reply #39 on: Jan 02, 2014, 08:08 PM »
26 inches with a spoon auger only four winters ago here in Nebraska. A sharp blade let me cut six holes before I crapped out. That was two more than the guy with the Lazer
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Re: thickest ice drilled through
« Reply #40 on: Jan 02, 2014, 08:34 PM »
36 in.   On lake of the woods last year.  Had to wiggle our jiffy pro 4 to get the water to come up. 

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Re: thickest ice drilled through
« Reply #41 on: Jan 02, 2014, 10:43 PM »
30" last year

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Re: thickest ice drilled through
« Reply #42 on: Jan 03, 2014, 05:57 AM »
a few years back there was over 3 ft in the main bay and at least 42 inches on sterling pond. i went with my buddy and his son with a new auger. the son drilled me 1 hole and i stayed put as long as i was there. decent bite as i remember. we went to the pond after the other guys left and used their holes!!!!!!!

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Re: thickest ice drilled through
« Reply #43 on: Jan 29, 2014, 03:17 PM »
Some where between 55-60''  Two guys on the auger and we drilled over 100 holes in a few days.  Good work out for sure ;D


Wasilla? Isn't that where your former govenor is from? Does she even live there anymore?
I live in the midwest now but have fond memories of fishing in New England as a kid.

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Re: thickest ice drilled through
« Reply #44 on: Jan 29, 2014, 04:47 PM »
I can remember 32-34"
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Re: thickest ice drilled through
« Reply #45 on: Jan 29, 2014, 07:24 PM »
Earlier someone posted a link to a 1967 clip of an Eskimo family jigging lakers.  The guy spudded through 6' of ice with a non-metal spear type thing.  Here's the link, the fishing begins about half way through (the first half is building an igloo).

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E3crt4JcYK4&feature=youtu.behttp://

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Re: thickest ice drilled through
« Reply #46 on: Jan 29, 2014, 07:29 PM »
over 30 inches in North Bay Ontario. probably thicker in some spots.was surprised that everybody was driving to the fishing spot in trucks or cars.

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Re: thickest ice drilled through
« Reply #47 on: Jan 29, 2014, 08:14 PM »
Some where between 55-60''  Two guys on the auger and we drilled over 100 holes in a few days.  Good work out for sure ;D


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Re: thickest ice drilled through
« Reply #48 on: Jan 29, 2014, 09:12 PM »
Why is there a sunny side egg in the bottom of your hole?
too funny!!!lol

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Re: thickest ice drilled through
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Re: thickest ice drilled through
« Reply #50 on: Jan 29, 2014, 09:45 PM »
Deepest ive seen to date is mackay res in idaho one spring, 8 in hand auger put it to the bend and didnt get through. Got lucky there was a group with a gasser with an extensiont that hooked us up.

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Re: thickest ice drilled through
« Reply #51 on: Jan 30, 2014, 02:09 AM »
Last year I fished a lake with 36 inches, we parked 4 truck/trailers side by side and camped on it.
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Re: thickest ice drilled through
« Reply #52 on: Jan 30, 2014, 07:23 AM »
I cant even imagine that yesterday we  were drilling through 12in and commenting on it :bow: :flex:

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Re: thickest ice drilled through
« Reply #53 on: Jan 30, 2014, 08:19 AM »
I'll be putting the extension on the auger next week...we're at 28-30" of ice in eastern SD, with more in the northern part of the state.  Most I've drilled through was a few years ago in MN, probably 37-40" of ice.  you know you have some thick, strong ice when you see guys pushing snow on the lake with tractors.

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Re: thickest ice drilled through
« Reply #54 on: Jan 30, 2014, 08:31 AM »
Where I go there is 22in. last week. two weeks before that it was 18 so I suspect that it will be at 24 to 25 this next week.

 



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