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Van_Cleaver:
Have always used a 6" hole for crappie; though obviously a bigger hole provides more room for pilot error. Might try my 7" tomorrow for fun. Honestly unless I have met my dinner quota (usually 7-8 fish) I scoop them once they are in the hole as opposed to dead lifting them; big difference. ;)

spoofhoundicefisher:
used an 8" hole for years then got tired of lugging around the power auger.  hooked up the 6" hand auger to the drill when the craze hit and have never looked back.  another unintended positive is when a fish comes unbuttoned at the top of the hole it does not have as much room to turn around in hole to get away and can save most all the fish that come loose.

chumster:
Been using a seven for the last ten years. No problems.

rdhammah:
I fish a 6" hole and recently caught 2 that were 14" and 14.5" and they came out no problem.

Uppervalley Kid:
Had a 13 in get stuck in my 4in hole the other day! I got her through though.

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