I hate 10" augers!

[rickl1968]

Ok so now everybody who uses 10" augers should register them as weapons because from the sounds of it on here ice fishermen are being killed every year by 10" holes. Next we will be required to put up fencing around them..........Or people should watch where they walk and keep kids away from 10" holes. Come on people, let's just fish!

 

[woodab17]

don't need them, too big. you don't buy a 475. cal. just in case you might shoot a 200 lb. deer

You bet your a** I use a 30-06 and not a 22.  Just for the exact reason you said.  Because that is what I WANT to shoot.  That is the goal you idiot.  I don't walk in to the woods saying "I hope I get to shoot at a 125 lb 4 pointer today", obviously you do.  Well fishing is the same way for me.

I use a 9'' auger only becuase I don't have a 10'', but I am targeting LARGE Pike so an 8'' hole is going to be a real issue if I ever hook the one I am going fishing for in the first place.

[mroy44]

You bet your a** I use a 30-06 and not a 22.  Just for the exact reason you said.  Because that is what I WANT to shoot.  That is the goal you idiot.  I don't walk in to the woods saying "I hope I get to shoot at a 125 lb 4 pointer today", obviously you do.  Well fishing is the same way for me.

I use a 9'' auger only becuase I don't have a 10'', but I am targeting LARGE Pike so an 8'' hole is going to be a real issue if I ever hook the one I am going fishing for in the first place.

Thanks you, its not like a person dies every day from a ten inch hole, if you know where youve drilled holes youll never step in one

[rawrightII]

we will be required to put up fencing around them..........

Some of my holes I wish I could put a fence around with a posted sign. hahahahahhahaahhha

[rawrightII]

So if an adult knows the possible dangers of a 10" hole,why would they put their child in harms way ? If we have a kid small enough to fall in a 10" hole then that kid doesn`t go on the ice,period....Now how many fatalities have resulted from these evil 10" holes ? Please enlighten my apparent narrow mind set.

 

[MRwalleye]

Since there are so many people that hate 10" holes the only solution would be for you to form a group and buy all the 10" augers and hide them, because you can't be a 10" hole.

[taggin out]

I love this website. Everyone has something to say. Who cares what size hole u want to use. Its all a matter of personal preference. It could be worse. Someone could be holding a loved one at gun point saying ill shoot if u drill with that 10 inch auger. Remember when it was meant to be FUN!!

[tench]

Its not how big the hole is, but how fast you drill it!

[rayf]

i just wear snowshoes when I'm on the ice...problem solved.   

[mroy44]

The state record walleye barely fit through a 10 inch hole and wouldnt have fit through an 8 inch.

[icejumper]

LMAO  Anybody remember when we chisled wholes most of the time the bottom of the hole was 10''.

[iceman55]

Yeah, I know how you guys work. When you see someone catching fish on tip-ups you come ruinning!

Thats for sure

[paqman]

sooo what about 9 inch holes 

[mrch33]

The state record walleye barely fit through a 10 inch hole and wouldnt have fit through an 8 inch.

what was the girth on the state record?  an 8inch hole is over 25 inches around and a 10 inch hole is 31+ inches around? 

[mrch33]

The state record walleyes girth was about 20 inches so that means there is still almost 6 inches left to get the fish up the hole.  Not really sure why it wouldnt fit in the hole and why it had to come through a ten inch hole.  I mean I dont really care what people use for an auger and think all our efforts would be better spent discussing fishing, what to use where to fish, and so on but thats just me and look, i posted on this thread...twice LOL

[woodab17]

The state record walleyes girth was about 20 inches so that means there is still almost 6 inches left to get the fish up the hole.  Not really sure why it wouldnt fit in the hole and why it had to come through a ten inch hole.  I mean I dont really care what people use for an auger and think all our efforts would be better spent discussing fishing, what to use where to fish, and so on but thats just me and look, i posted on this thread...twice LOL

Not to be splitting hairs here, but an 8'' hole has a circumference of 25.12 so it really would only have 5.12'', plus the state record girth could have been rounded down from 20.49 for all we know, so at that point you are only talking about 4.63 inches of water around a huge fish coming through a hole. 

[rawrightII]

Somebodys a little mathematiacian smartas*.....lol

[Spike]

Not to be splitting hairs here, but an 8'' hole has a circumference of 25.12 so it really would only have 5.12'', plus the state record girth could have been rounded down from 20.49 for all we know, so at that point you are only talking about 4.63 inches of water around a huge fish coming through a hole. 

She said "8 is about 2inches to small"!

[mrch33]

Not to be splitting hairs here, but an 8'' hole has a circumference of 25.12 so it really would only have 5.12'', plus the state record girth could have been rounded down from 20.49 for all we know, so at that point you are only talking about 4.63 inches of water around a huge fish coming through a hole. 

Well, thanks for proving my point, it would fit through an 8 inch hole. hahaha

[smithsfish]

I have my fathers old 1962 10 inch auger, and i have caught two northers over 19 pounds, both of with i was more than happy to have a big hole, especially when fishing alone!

[shiveringjoe]

Not to be splitting hairs here, but an 8'' hole has a circumference of 25.12 so it really would only have 5.12'', plus the state record girth could have been rounded down from 20.49 for all we know, so at that point you are only talking about 4.63 inches of water around a huge fish coming through a hole. 

To continue splitting hairs, this also assumes that the fish is a perfect circle.  I'm pretty sure you could squeeze a big pike but it could be tough with a walleye.  I had a 4lb SM bass that was pretty close to scraping it's back and belly in my 6" hole.  One of these days I hope to catch something that doesn't fit through a 6".  

[iceman55]

All this discussion and no one has mentioned the holes left by bait wells, live wells and beer cooler wells (these are made by drilling a collection of holes all touching each other and leaving a thin layer of ice in the bottom, in case you were wondering)

I was looking to see if any body mentioned bait hole, you want to talk about man eaters almost went down in a shanty one year trying to get it off the ice, got in side to rearrange every thing didn't look at the back of the shanty and oh boy dove out that door pretty fast thought I was going down

[mroy44]

Not to be splitting hairs here, but an 8'' hole has a circumference of 25.12 so it really would only have 5.12'', plus the state record girth could have been rounded down from 20.49 for all we know, so at that point you are only talking about 4.63 inches of water around a huge fish coming through a hole. 

Plus you got to remember that that fish is not going to be a perfect circle more of an oblong oval.

[Weedmaster]

I'm surprised by a number of points made by what I gather are seasoned fisherman, we have all returned to a lake the next day with no sign of previous days holes due to drifts so it isn't necessarily just paying attention I stepped into my own hole from previous day. A size 13 boot will go into a 10" hole! old live wells should mostly be a thing of the past but didn't consider the bait angle.But at the end of the day I'll continue to use my big 10" just in case....

[trout slayer 21]

I was looking to see if any body mentioned bait hole, you want to talk about man eaters almost went down in a shanty one year trying to get it off the ice, got in side to rearrange every thing didn't look at the back of the shanty and oh boy dove out that door pretty fast thought I was going down

i remember when i was just a kid 13 years ago there was an old timer on willobee cut a 6 foot by 6foot hole in the ice removed it and put a mesh net in it and kept all his white fish in there  think about fining that in the snow see ya later !

[Tlacey21walden]

I love my 10" auger 

[Spike]

I love my 10" auger 

I've read them all and I agree.  10" augars are the way to go!

[WildFisherWomanVT]

As a fisherlady, Im a big fan of a nice 8 inch  

Dont get me wrong, I have no problems with a 10inch! Just a bit harder to handle.

Its the damn live wells that people drill that pose more of a risk IMO.

[Lavman]

As a fisherlady, Im a big fan of a nice 8 inch  

Dont get me wrong, I have no problems with a 10inch! Just a bit harder to handle.

Its the damn live wells that people drill that pose more of a risk IMO.

I can't improve on this post 

[ice dog Jack]

I should hope anyone putting in a large bait hole would have enough common sense to mark it. All the ones I've come across have been.