what's the deepest ice shot through by you

[Old Goat]

clear ice areas just finished might be able to cover a couple football fields worth quickly

[lefty2053]

Right around 38"

[Drifter_016]

66" of clear ice for me. 

[Old Goat]

holy jesus 66 inches  didn't you drill through part of that?      If so I'm saying without drilling

[lefty2053]

Old Goat I might be confused here. Are you talking about drilling through? Or shooting through with a finder? I have only drilled through it.

[Old Goat]

just shooting through with flasher

[Drifter_016]

holy jesus 66 inches  didn't you drill through part of that?      If so I'm saying without drilling

Shot through the whole 66".
I have even marked fish trough more than 4' of ice.
We get a lot of really good ice here.
Here are some shots of 5' thick clear ice.
If a fish were to swim by you would have no problem seeing it.

[Old Goat]

wow that's impressive 66 inches hope to get 1/5 of that

[Whopper Stopper]

We seem to be lucky to get 12"-14" of good ice before snow and flooding screws it up for shooting through..

                 WS

[lefty2053]

Well in that case I never even try. I poke a hole and then check.

[fowl_language]

Shot through 15" the other day that's probably the most I've done and it wasn't consistent, could only do it on a few places where powder insulated and had to add water.  I couldn't even imagine 5 feet of clear ice! Let alone have the auger extension to drill it.

I've noticed it does help to add some water to the surface of the ice when trying to shoot through usually some minnow bucket water or some from the water bottle helps.

[UFCreel]

Have 8 inches around most of these parts with the top 2 inches pure crap.

[Raquettedacker]

Shot through the whole 66".
I have even marked fish trough more than 4' of ice.
We get a lot of really good ice here.
Here are some shots of 5' thick clear ice.
If a fish were to swim by you would have no problem seeing it.

     That is just crazy....     

[Akhardwater]

Shot through 3 ft yesterday with the top 8 inches being cloudy ice.  I always sound before I drill, I go through way less blades.  The other advantage is I can locate structure without drilling a million holes saves time energy and blades.

[thndrvlly]

66" of clear ice for me. 

dam lol

[Old Goat]

shot through 12 inches without drilling this morning  only had to drill 2 holes and the first hole was where the mini gills came from. Might have to go for a 2nd time today to try to get one worth keeping

[Drifter_016]

Shot through 15" the other day that's probably the most I've done and it wasn't consistent, could only do it on a few places where powder insulated and had to add water.  I couldn't even imagine 5 feet of clear ice! Let alone have the auger extension to drill it.

I've noticed it does help to add some water to the surface of the ice when trying to shoot through usually some minnow bucket water or some from the water bottle helps.

I always use some water to couple the ducer to the ice.
I have a bottle of water in my bait cooler (keeps my dead bait from freezing). 

[Drifter_016]

Shot through 3 ft yesterday with the top 8 inches being cloudy ice.  I always sound before I drill, I go through way less blades.  The other advantage is I can locate structure without drilling a million holes saves time energy and blades.

Yep, you don't drill into rocks and you don't waste time drilling holes in unproductive water.
Especially when the ice is 4 or 5 foot thick.
It's quite the workout drilling holes in that stuff!!!   

[Chris338378]

The thickest I've shot through so far is 12 inches.  As Drifter said the key to it is having water under the transducer, it makes a night and day difference. 

Drifter_016, what flasher are you using?

[Drifter_016]

Drifter_016, what flasher are you using?

LX-5 Chris   

[1moslab]

66" of clear ice for me. 

wow.  I have never seen ice like that.  Wow