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Just moved back to WYO after an all-to-long hiatus in Florida. Haven’t been ice fishing in years but excited to get back into it (not much ice in FL).Just got a brushless drill and am now looking for the right Auger bit to use with it. Have heard some good things about the strikemaster lite flite, k drill, and the Eskimo pistol bit , but curious if any of you have experience with either of these, or if there’s a better option. I know these aren’t new products, but they’re new to me- When I was a kid we used a Jiffy gas powered auger. Worked just fine, but weighed a ton. Would be nice to have something a little more portable.Thanks for the help!
Yeah I got a Milwaukee 2904 that came with a couple 5ah batteries. Thanks for the advice
Just got a brushless drill and am now looking for the right Auger bit to use with it. Have heard some good things about the strikemaster lite flite, k drill, and the Eskimo pistol bit , but curious if any of you have experience with either of these, or if there’s a better option.
Wyoming is notorious for wind blown dirty ice where the shaver style blades will dull. The chipper style of the k drill will drill the slowest but will be able to cut better even when dull. So you kind of have to decipher which one fits your style best.
I also bought some kuiu “glomits” for all things outsides hopefully they’re as good of a mix between “gloves” and “mittens” as their name suggests…
No new gear. Kind of ready to fish . Finished elk hunting last week with grand daughter harvesting the last one we had a tag for. I have a Dr.'s order to stay off the ATV till January . I'm sure I will comply! LOL. Small pounds are locked up around our area. KH is still open and fishing well. Life seem to keep getting in the way right now.
I bought the kuiu northstar glommits summer of 2022. They are the only gloves I've found so far that keep my hands warm and dry. I would definitely buy them again. I mainly use the glommits hunting but I did use them ice fishing last winter and they were alright. Only issue Ive had is I had to pay attention with my reel so the bail didn't catch on the glommit - I'd say it was more of operator error & me getting used the glommits. I've been looking at getting the Otter Vortex Pro Lodge. I want a hub I could fit 2 regular sized cots in for ice camping and possibly truck camping when hunting. Do you have room to fit 2 cots in your Otter Lodge?
Great to hear! I usually don’t reel with gloves on but I did think that maybe I could with the glommits. Another little thought in my mind and reason I went with them. So we’ll see!I have a good picture here to illustrate camping in the lodge. You can definitely fit two cots in there. But you couldn’t fit two AND fish…unless you out tipups under your cots or something 😂. Both these cots are the XXL variety. No reason to skimp on comfort when on a cot if you ask me. 😃 so if your cots are the “normal size” you’d definitely be able to walk between them. It was barely enough room with these cots to shimmy in between them.
Live scope will change things a lot! I got over a year ago and fish with last winter. I don't know how may times I would see a fish under someone else hole and talk them into a bite. We are way more efficient searching for schools, walleye, crappie and then looking for kokanee. I almost don't use a graph much. It is a pain to haul though. I bought a small kids sled just to drag around on the ice. Most of the time it stays on a small trailer behind the ATV.
The size of the thing, and the complexity of the settings is what has kept me from pulling the trigger up to now. Hopefully can get it dialed in and not have to mess with it much once I get the basics figured out! I barely use any of the settings on my basic fish finder as it is!!!