I’m sorry, I wasnt refering to the show having 10″ I was refering to last saturday… sorry for the confusion, i did not see the show but my guess is that there is closer to 6″ in that picture , looks similar to what we had where we were last saturday

John

I have the new ION and I wish the had this years ago, It is very quiet and there is no bog down when you are breaking thru and only weighs 22 lbs. The only bad thing is the safty swicth is cumbersome but not all that bad. The only thing is make sure that you keep the battery warm when not in use, just remove it and bring it in the warm shack with you when you are done
Yes a replacement battery is 150.00 but you should get up to 800 recharges out of the stock battery if it has been takin care of

John

I was was on he bay that day in a different area and where we were there was 6 inches of solid ice and it was crystal clear . my wife made a comment that it looked like we were sitting on open water because you could barely see the holes because of how clear it was, With that said I heard the area they were fishing had 10″ of solid ice and Jim had left to scout another area . Knowning Jim he would not bring sleds or 4 wheelers to an area out there with 4″ of ice . so please dont assume things if you were not there to see it yourself RIP JIM