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I prefer 8". Just bought K drill and couldn't be happier
Where I fish you have to have have a ten inch. I’ve heard plenty of disappointing story’s about guys and there 8 inch augers. I’ve also caught fish that would have been lost if I hadn’t cut a larger hole. If they made a 12 inch auger I would buy it in a heart beat.
They’ll wiggle through a 6” or 8” hole assuming it’s still that diameter. When the hole starts to freeze and you’re losing diameter quick enough to watch it happen, it’s nice starting at 10”.
Yeah when it takes only two hours for an 8" hole to become a 6" hole and another two hours to drop to 4", then another two for it to close and that's in the heated shack.
So I'm looking into purchasing another auger to add to my collection. I have a 8" strikermaster lazer hand auger and an 8" Eskimo P1 propane. Was looking at the new strikemaster lite flite which does look really light and also look at a nils just because I always wanted one. Obviously to be used with a power drill.I also always wanted to try a smaller size auger like a 6" but don't know if that's really any advantage over an 8" hole. Only upside I could see with a 6" auger is it is lighter? What are people's thought on the six inch hole?
In response to holes closing up in a couple of hours in a heated hut... I have fish lakes at 9-11k in elevation in Colorado were morning temps with be -17 and a solid -3 during a windy day. When I would set up after punching holes and got the hut up and heater going, I’ve never had a hole close up on me like described above. I do run an insulated hut at 600d and a mr heater on the little 1lbs tanks. I may go through 2-3 tanks if I’m running all day and have the heater on high. But if holes closing up is a concern, you could always get a hole warmer puck? I’ve never used them so I don’t know if they’re super beneficial. I drill a 10” hole and I prefer to fish around 12-8 ft of water at some of my lakes. The benefit of a bigger hole in my opinion is, when I spot a fish on the flasher and then look in the hole, I have just a little more diameter to use to tell where the bit will be coming from and be able to set the hook properly. If I was fishing deeper water I would probably use a 6” or 8” hole with a flasher but because I only travel with one auger bit, it’s just what I go to.
I would wager to say you have never caught any 16+ inch crappies. Just to give you some perspective, they are as big around as a dinner plate. And, they can be 12 inches from top to bottom. Good luck getting one of those hogs through your 4 inch hole. As stated on here many times, I mainly use a 4 inch auger for gills but big crappies is why I purchased a 6 inch auger, this past week. Now, I don't have to worry about busting a slab crappie, while fishing for gills!
Reading some of these comments make me laugh.It's all situationally dependent on which one I use.
I think I’ve already said it on this thread but for the love of god would somebody please make a 12”.
This X3.
I don’t think you’d seen a company sell them unless is was a rescue type deal. A 12in hole would be so large children could fit through them and the company liability would be to much
My drill turns a 8” easily so thats what i use.i see no reason to go smaller even tho i have a fleet of augers from 4” up to 10”.
A 12" hole is almost 50% bigger than a 10" hole and 125% larger than an 8" hole.