Holes per tank

[Esox_Magnum]

Ok guys whats your estimated holes drilled per tank of gas?? I'll say roughly 200 holes a tank? maybe 300?? Also how much gas to you use a season?

I'm guessing on an average season I'll do on average600-700 holes a season, 2+ tanks of gas and never yet used a full gal of gas in a season.

[wayne123]

Lots - It depends on the thickness and quality of the ice and how long you let it idle between holes. I would say I use more than two tanks a gas a year and I do not drill that many holes compared to some guys. Maybe 50 to a 100 holes when fishing a new spot and less than 10 when fishing a spot I know.

[Dothedew]

Sorry don't mean to jack the thread but speaking about gas. Are you suppose to use new gas every month??? In my strikemaster manual they say to use new gas every month? Last year I fill 3 gallons in the middle of December (rookie mistake) and by early march my auger was stalling when i was drilling... could it be the gas causing the stalls or do you guys think i have a blinding issues with my auger?

[herefish101]

i'll bet I drill 100 holes or more with my lazer mag on each outing to a new lake, like above maybe ten or twenty on spots I know. I fish almost every other day and definatly on weekends. I only used more than one gallon in a year one time, because it spilt all over the driveway. Heck last year I still had a few tankfulls left at the end of the season.

[CAMAN]

My Strikelite uses hardly any gas, I think I refilled the tank once last year, in March, and that was only because I was going on a long weekend and didn't want to bring a tank along. I fish probably 3-5 days a week during the ice season, drilling an average of 25+ holes an outing.

I love not having to mess with gas all the time.

And as long as you use non-oxygenated premium fuel with some Stabill it should last the whole ice season, no reason to get new stuff each month.