ONEIDA LAKE DIEHARDS THREAD 2013/2014

[wnyicer]

Check the screws on your auger blades before your next trip and make sure they are tight. They have a bad habit of coming loose from these bumpy rides. I lost a screw on my last trip.

x2 on that one

[hardwater61]

Check the screws on your auger blades before your next trip and make sure they are tight. They have a bad habit of coming loose from these bumpy rides. I lost a screw on my last trip.

Absolutely!  Some thread locker on them screws will help also. 

[CNY Fisherman]

Make sure you use the medium strength thread locker on the screws or bolts for your auger blades, it is blue in color.  The medium strength thread locker will prevent the screws or bolts from backing out but will allow you to remove them with a little added effort.  Auto parts stores are a good place to locate thread locker.

[Raquettedacker]

Clear silicone works great.....      In case you ever need to remove them...   

[Cross-Eye-Jig]

hardwater - I am putting a frabill together right now - i like your idea of pop rivets - do you use a backing washer?  Like do you drill completely through both sides of the trim and the sled?

I've done several with rivets.  Either use the biggest heads that will fit or use washers.   The more area that is clamped down from the rivet, the better !
  I've also used fine threaded nuts and bolts.   Neoprene or nylon washers on both sides worked great !

[SNAGGER]

   Picked up 3.5 inches of snow in last 2 hours up here, half a foot now, I know you guys had more down there earlier...any updated northshore totals, web cam looks pretty white.

[cnyiceboy]

   Picked up 3.5 inches of snow in last 2 hours up here, half a foot now, I know you guys had more down there earlier...any updated northshore totals, web cam looks pretty white.

I live in Csquare and the wife says we have about 8 as of right now and it's a whiteout

[filetandrelease]

Last year my 8 inch cover came off my nils and cut my transducer cable on the Vex.... BS to pay that much for an auger and have to buy another cover.......

dollar store for a plastic bowl ,some of the guys are using them ,

[bart]

I went with the strikemaster cover, much easier and works well. I think I'll be checking that everything is tight. Thanks for the heads up.

[Jiffyman]

   Picked up 3.5 inches of snow in last 2 hours up here, half a foot now, I know you guys had more down there earlier...any updated northshore totals, web cam looks pretty white.

10-12' just west of Oswego.

[Jiffyman]

make that 10-12"

[perch@pans]

8"  snow on north west shore it's heavy and dragging will be a heart stopper without a Smitty Sled . It has let up to light snow .

[fishit]

Check the screws on your auger blades before your next trip and make sure they are tight. They have a bad habit of coming loose from these bumpy rides. I lost a screw on my last trip.

You mean you had a screw loose  ?

[hardwater61]

You mean you had a screw loose  ?

Don't we all!??

[hardwater61]

hardwater - I am putting a frabill together right now - i like your idea of pop rivets - do you use a backing washer?  Like do you drill completely through both sides of the trim and the sled?

Phil,
I'm not sure how the Frabill is made but just looking at the Otter cover and the trim is plastic...so probably have to use washers. The Clam has a vinyl covered metal trim and didn't need them. Gotta make trip to the hardware store anyway as they gave me small self tapping screws to assemble the poles with...not happening on this one!

[spoon-n-eye]

Yup rough ride for sure even when trying to crawl on a sled or wheeler, had to send one of my last 4 Coleman focus 5's to the graveyard a few days ago, only 2 left now ): Prolly should start carrying my 21 year old Vex on my lap. Anyone know of a fix for this on my heater? Not interested in any other brand just to fix these I think I have a few others kicking around also I'd like to fix.

Had 2 of these through the years, both ended up the same way.

[315stickbow]

About 10" here in morrisville and it's a whiteout right now. Didn't wanna make the trip to Oneida so I went to moraine. Snow stopped midday . Then temp dropped, wind picked up and now it's snowin again. Almost got frostbite getting my tipups out. a lot of cars on the side of the road. Drive safe fellas

[H.T.]

Had 2 of these through the years, both ended up the same way.

i got a dead one in my garage too

[arcticicejigger]

anyone with a weather report? how many inches of snow on the lake! wheelers? or snowmobile! im thinking snowmobile tomorrow! thanks guys

[fishhooksul]

got out again with my grandson this afternoon. got 87 nice gills. most of them were caught the last 1 1/2 hours of day light. it was crazy for a while !!

we have over a foot of snow on the ice on the south shore. wheelers are not a good idea for a couple days.   Sully...

[Fishin Dave]

Left the ice around 1:30 at Apps. There was all of ten inches of snow on the ice and it was still snowing hard. No problem with my wheeler but I have pretty aggressive tires and chains. If you have the option a sled would be better.

[bcons]

Another 2-3" tonight, breezy but not windy.  It won't pack hard, but will drift some. Not quite 14" by lewis. 
You bring a wheeler you'll spend more time digging & pushing than you do driving.

[filetandrelease]

I have a Coleman focus 5 great unit for my one man ,and good on propane to , I have a new brinkman for my back up which is nice but needs to be in a bucket , If Coleman brought back this unit they would sell a ton , fool proof and rugged

[conesuscrab]

I'm surprised Coleman stopped making them.  They look like a pretty nice unit.

[Nysportxman]

I'm surprised Coleman stopped making them.  They look like a pretty nice unit.

They discontinued them due to safety issues.  They had a design defect that produced high levels of carbon monoxide.

[Cross-Eye-Jig]

i got a dead one in my garage too

I'll trade you 2 dozen ice jigs for it.

[eaglejac]

I had one of those Coleman heaters , it worked great on the boat , but when I saw what they were selling for on eBay I was shocked , everybody likes them and will pay big bucks for a nice one , I sold mine for $95.00 on eBay to some Golfer in Arizona for those chilly days on the course..  these baby's are worth money!!

[moosefeet]

Bart, I have a Strike Master also and use an elastic bungee cord to hold it on. The rubber straps that came with the cover lasted about a season and were junk. The elastic works pretty well and isn't as rigid as a rubber bungee.

[eaglejac]

I just looked on eBay, there are 5 heaters for sale...

[DeadEyez]

I fished for the last hour and a half before dark in the whiteout. Only managed a couple perch in 24 fow. Was only one other guy out there that I could see. He was on a 4 wheeler. There was a foot of snow on the ice when I headed in at dark.  Walking is going to be a nightmare for a little bit.