monstermoose78

A positive attitude is all I need for a successful trip. I have had horrible days for catching but the day was successful as I learned a lot from those trips. It’s all on how you look at it @Matt Johnson . On one of my most successful trips I never put a line in the water myself but I focused on my nephew. He caught piles of tiny gills and now loves ice fishing that was one of my favorite trips of all time.

I will be in area 126 at the cabin with my old man and the cousins.

That could be but rick sure could cut a lot of holes with that 9 then.

I thought rick g had the 12 last winter? I know I got two 12 amp for $199 on Amazon for dewalt last winter.

No way leech it’s game on buddy

Leech I told you I drill through thick ice with my drill I averaged 40-45 holes per battery with over 36 inches of ice. @eyeguy 54 wasn’t it close 42 inches on osakis last winter.

Leech we know you got gas

My dewalt has been working for 3 or 4 years and over 6000 holes cut with it. It’s still going strong. I have a brushed drill but it’s the top end drill. I also run the clam plate.

I was fishing late ice on lake Osakis with rick g Eyeguy Icehawk and we all used the drill augers. None of us ran out of juice and the ice was over 36 inches thick. I will say having the big amp hour batteries is awesome. We had a k drill nils lazer and clam auger out there. I will not use my gas auger ever again.

I still run my fl8 that I bought in 1996. I don’t need zoom and I have watched many friends with the new fancy locators not see fish under the ice. Not me I catch em. No stinking updates for my fl 8 and my fl 8 has fallen down the stairs more times then me. It still runs I had new brushes put in after I fell on it and smashed the casing. O yeah i fished all day with the smashed casing let’s see the new units do that. It’s fixedand runs perfect. Never notice the noise you guys are talking about as I am to busy catching fish!

Go to Milaca unclaimed Freight and for the pulley 8to 1 lift. Cheap and easy

Well I seen many nils in action and they worked amazing. You had a bad one maybe @Surface Tension might have an idea. On your issue.

With huge batteries that have come out in the last year or two gas augers will go away. I run 12 amp hour batteries and have some 3 amp hours for back up but I have yet to burn through both 12 amp batteries. I love my clam plate because you set it down like a normal auger and the drill stays off the ice.

I really like my clam plate and have been running it for years now. Make sure to buy the extension otherwise it’s super short. You can order directly from clam.

Congrats