I’ll add it doubles as an ice auger blade sharpener… Works great on my Lazer blades.

Magnesium supplement and a visit to the chiropractor, thats what solved my leg cramps. I use to get the same thing. Darn near dangerous when you’re standing waist or better deep in a cattail slough. Chiropractor figured out due to an old injury I’ve got one leg shorter than the other and it was throwing everything out of wack.

No fee to fish or launch there. I’d watch the USGS site for current water levels.

https://waterdata.usgs.gov/mn/nwis/uv/?site_no=05320000&PARAmeter_cd=00065,00060

The parking lot can get a little crowded on the weekends, and it’s a little steep to get down there but otherwise its a great spot to launch.

Depending on where you are, weatherlink.com allows you to create a free account and you can get weather that is “local” to where you are. Most stations have 15 minute upload times. They have a website and an app.

Bribed my wife into lifting what I told her was the “lighter” end. Will be looking into a better system for next year. Probably two canoe lifts and a platform or a winch.

Finally got around to finishing my new storage this weekend. I’ve got a 3rd stall in my garage that’s to small to put a vehicle in. So with about $30 worth of materials from Menard’s I was able to build a 4×8 platform for the fish house that has more than enough room for other things as well. I mounted it high enough that I don’t have to worry about hitting my head when I go under it and there’s more than enough clearance under it for when I do finally pull the trigger on a boat.

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Got a steal of a deal on a Jason Mitchell Clam Yukon at Scheels this winter. Upgraded from the Shapell Bayrunner…. Aside from it being 40lbs heavier than the Bayrunner I don’t know why I waited so long to upgrade. Tons of room and a lot more convenient. My goal is to get a track sled built this summer so I have a motorized means of transport without having to take the pickup out next winter.

Heres what it looks like in the guide.

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Joe Scegura wrote:

Thanks Eric! I have a bunch of old blades so I will give it a try on a pair. I really have nothing to loose I guess. Thanks!

Thats what made me try it. They are three year old blades this and I figured it couldn’t hurt anything to try. The real test will be on my power auger blades. I have an older electra with the notched blades. I was planning on buying new blades this year but I’m hoping I can get it to work as well with those blades.

I’ll pop the blades off my hand auger tonight and match them up to the guide angle. I’ll shoot you a pm in the morning.

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How did you go about matching the angle on the WorkSharp? Isn’t the blade curved? Very curious!

Thanks to all of the other responses! I have a few options now.

Sorry I didn’t get back on here right away.

I haven’t been able to find the original post where I saw that the sharpener would work for auger blades. I know there was alot more information on that post. But…

I was able to take the blades off my hand auger and even though they are curved, pull them through the sharpening guide on the Work Sharp unit. Only real draw back I noticed is the corner of the blade that you put through the sharpener first is slightly rounded. The angle guide matched it up perfectly to the blades. I punched another 40 holes this past weekend and they are still cutting really well.

I have had luck so far this year with using my Work Sharp sharpener on my Laser blades. (Full disclosure, I’ve only had the hand auger out three times and probably only cut 30 holes.) This was the first year I’ve tried it but I just matched the blade angle to the proper guide notch on the sharpener. So far they are cutting like brand new blades.

Switched mine over to a pro pack last winter. No problems fit wise there. Should just be a matter of hooking up the battery indicator from there.

20% off all Dewalt if I remember right. So bare tool is running $119. I need to double check but I swear I saw the drill with batteries for that same price in store.

I hadn’t looked into the torque question. I’ll dig into that some.

I use to live in Wahpeton. We would always go down and fish Elsie at Hankinson and then the sloughs over towards Lidgerwood. It’d only be an hour and a half drive down to there. There are some really nice pike there as well.