drilling holes with a hammer

[jayman64]

today i was out fishing with my bud's and these 2 guys had a small hammer pounding away at the ice. the ice is about 8 to 9 inc thick there pounding away takes them about 15 min or more for one hole. any thing for a hole to fish i guess idk seemed CRAZY TO ME!!!!!

[kayak2fish]

Well a hammer is cheaper than an auger! I carry an awesome hatchet I picked up at yard sale for $2. It is a regular hatchet with a nice hammer head on the opposite end. It has to be 40 years old or more. I use it to break open old holes when I am in an area where there have been a lot of people the day before. My biggest fear is loosing it down a hole. I may put a lanyard on it.

[Grumpyoldman]

Having no auger is a hard way to be. Can't do to much fishing that way. Here's to the effort.

[Garbage Scow]

When I was a kid the only way we got a hole in the ice was with an Ice Spud.
It seemed like it took hours to chop a hole, especially if the ice was three ft thick.
Seems like every time I broke through the spud would leave my hands for the bottom of the pond.
My father would sure be pis**d, He made our spuds where he worked so at least he didn't have to buy them.

Thank god for augers!!!

[jmny004]

they had the desire ,if not the financial means.

[Dull Hooks]

I've watched a couple of guys trying to cut holes with a hatchet.Surprised the heck of when I heard the constant thumping.It was quite painful to watch.I finally went over and let them borrow my hand auger to drill some holes.They asked how much it was and where I got it, told them and the next day I saw them with a new auger they had gotten at the shop I told them to goto.Well I made a couple of new fishing buddies only for a couple of days , I never saw them again.

[mr.clean]

today i was out fishing with my bud's and these 2 guys had a small hammer pounding away at the ice. the ice is about 8 to 9 inc thick there pounding away takes them about 15 min or more for one hole. any thing for a hole to fish i guess idk seemed CRAZY TO ME!!!!!

 Check out the video redneck auger in the video forum started by Snot Rocket a real hoot.

 Steve