So I haven’t used the anchors yet this year, anyone else use this trick?
February 15, 2011 at 1:03 pm
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February 15, 2011 at 2:50 pm #937687
BAD IDEA!! That is really hard on drills. Tie to your truck or wheeler instead
February 15, 2011 at 2:56 pm #937689A good way to bust your blades…
Or bend the bitFebruary 15, 2011 at 3:54 pm #937711Really? In doing that for 20+ years, never had an issue. I do make sure that the auger is loose after drilling it in. If I could afford a wheeler or sled, or I could drive on the lakes I fish, I’d tie it to those! Learn something everyday here on IDO, here I thought I was Mr. Smarty Pants.
February 15, 2011 at 4:06 pm #937716My 1st thought was worrying about the auger freezing in the hole. I bet you could make a pretty easy anchor to throw in the half drilled hole and just stomp back down the snow and ice over it. Have a rope coming off of that to tie to the house.
February 15, 2011 at 4:45 pm #937730Great idea just lay the auger down on the snow/ice vs leaving upright in a half drilled hole. Hopefully its not that windy where it moves the auger.
February 15, 2011 at 5:34 pm #937752Guess I’ll lay her down, but I get worried with the blades because the cover seems to come off easily and the boys are always running around. Notice the metal handles anyway!
February 15, 2011 at 6:18 pm #937763i dont have a hub but whene we pack in to the backwood lakes we use a groundblind….and we would use the auger ….but no more got the auger stuck in the ice LAST WEEKEND and had to find a ax to bust it free…..note to self NEVER AGAIN
February 15, 2011 at 7:39 pm #937790Either way, I still think you’re the Mr. Smarty Pants of Ido!
February 15, 2011 at 8:58 pm #937810I’ve done the hook the hub to the auger deal on early ice. Now it’s hook the hub to the truck only on those windy days where nobody else is seen on the ice.
Those are just temporary anchors until I get my ice anchors all in.
February 15, 2011 at 8:59 pm #937811Ah shucks BK, knock it off
February 15, 2011 at 11:27 pm #937838February 15, 2011 at 11:58 pm #937849Quote:
Guess I’ll lay her down, but I get worried with the blades because the cover seems to come off easily and the boys are always running around. Notice the metal handles anyway!
February 16, 2011 at 12:29 am #937858
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• Nylon web handles perfectly balance auger for a comfortable one-handed gripFebruary 16, 2011 at 1:02 am #937868.
February 16, 2011 at 1:14 am #937871I don’t have a trump card.
February 16, 2011 at 12:11 pm #937927You guys have all the toys, probably buying those $10 rapalas too. Should have had bridge in the background….
February 16, 2011 at 12:40 pm #937933Quote:
I don’t have a trump card.
Checkmate.
February 16, 2011 at 1:35 pm #937974
February 16, 2011 at 3:52 pm #938039Don’t laugh at me! You’re the one beating your head against the wall!
I thought that the StrikeMaster bag was going to be a pain…it came with my last auger. When I sold that auger and got the Strikelite, I didn’t let the bag go with it.
Not only does it keep the dust off of it during the summer, but it’s very very easy to handle in the winter months for totting around. Now it does take a few more second to put on than a blade guard, but it seems like it’s easier to put on (possibly because I’m standing and not kneeling on the ice) and it STAYS on.
For $49.95 I would buy another one in a heart beat.
For what a good auger costs it’s well worth the protection and ease of use. Also keeps people from standing their augers in ice holes.
February 16, 2011 at 9:34 pm #938174I do like the bag, but now I feel I have to stand it in holes just because. See what you do to me BK? Now I’m looking at the golf clubs I haven’t used in years and wondering if I took the insert out of the bag if….
February 17, 2011 at 2:15 am #938114Less expensive than five gallons of gas. I haven’t used them but I did buy a set a few years ago. I gave less than $10 during end of season sale.
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