Well at 5:50 in the AM I finally made it to my destination of the usual West Rush Lake hot spot with not another fisherman in sight. I had two heaters and a good lantern and not a doubt it my mind that today was gonna be a great day. I got the clam outta the truck and with not a second to waste I got the strikemaster out and pulled her till she started. She pulled half-way through the ice beautifully until poof she killed abruntly. So I pulled and pulled but still she didn’t start. So I brang some light in to see what was up and it turned out I was outta gas. ****…… Supposively my dad went out fishin the other day and didn’t fill her up. But a measly 4 inch of ice isn’t going to stop me from fishing. So all I could do was get on my knees, grab the blade of the auger and twist until I was through. About 20 min later she finally got to the edge and I broke the rest through with my ice scoop/chipper. God was that horrible. But through all that back breaking work it was well worth it. I limited out by 10 and even caught one nice gill. Best part was I didn’t even have to move around. The crappies just came to me haha 
January 6, 2010 at 9:43 am
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I think dad owes you a couple barley pops. It’s good to hear you caught fish. 
As a clarification, we really aren’t auger idiots… 
