Building a better Ice Scoop

[DTro]

One of those "why didn't I think of that?" products. Stay tuned towards the end to find out how to win one I'm giving away.

[guyonacouch]

I bought one of these late season last year and it works incredibly well. When it was auger extension time, I could have a hole fishable in one pass and completely clear of all ice in two passes. All of my buddies that have fished with me have now bought one because it really does work well and saves a lot of time.

[DTro]

I know how its easy to be skeptical with a lot of these “new” products, but I can honestly say it works exactly like you see in the video. I’m curious to see how it works when the ice is 30”. I expect the same result just maybe a little heavier to pull up. I had someone tell me it looks clunky, but the reality is that it folds flat and actually packs away easier than a regular scoop.

[lanningjw]

Used it last year at my skid house with 30 inches of ice. Its works OK, you need to rotate it right and left when removing from hole. Still need to finish with a scooper. With skim ice a scooper is better.

Almost want to tie it to your wrist so you dont drop down the hole.

I rate it 8 out of 10. Will not replace a scooper.

[Redlineracer12]

I have two of these in 8", Works great when using my dad's 2 stroke Lazer, but for some reason the 8" lazer my Electra came with punches a slightly smaller hole and the skimmer plate doesn't really fit. I'm sure I could take care of this by trimming my skimmer plate down just a little bit all the way around, but I have been reluctant to do it.

Out of curiosity I checked there site and they sell just the skimmer plates so you CAN interchange sizes on the pro model. I am happy to hear this as I have a 10" auger now and for $4.99 a piece (plus $8 shipping) It's cheaper than a whole new skimmer.

[DTro]

Plus they will custom make one to fit any size auger.

[FshBloodRiverMud]

Assuming you have waterproof boots and bibs....Hold the throttle when pulling your auger out of the hole. Clean as a whistle.

Use a scooper whe it starts to freeze again, or fills in with snow.

Neat and simple idea though!!

[Down2Earth]

I can see having it with about a foot to two feet of ice shavings and just like in the video hitting something and poof its all over the floor of my fish house. Where a slush inhaler prevents that from happening.

[Hawg]

Neither is as slick as a Slush Copter. You don't have to carry ice out ever.

[DTro]

but you have to carry a drill.

not saying its the end all, but for me it worked awesome and I'm giving one away!

[Wanderer]

Too bad I don't Facebook or I'd try to win it!

I saw those at FF when I was Christmas shopping and thought they probably worked really slick. I didn't get one though.

Darren, thanks for posting about products you find genuinely worthwhile for us to try. I know you've gone through a lot of gear and you've always kept your opinions and recommendations straight up!

[Brad B]

I was talking to one of the guys from deep freeze they redesigned this years model by adding the small bar of plastic across each of the holes. the ones without this added feature were known to leave a little more slush then this one does. I have been tempted to get a 6 inch and 8 inch model to try but just haven't pulled the trigger yet, still might thou.

[PiedmontAngler]

Thanks for the share. I am in the market for a better scoop.

[JoeMX1825]

curious if the 8" skimmer will fit properly in an 8" Ion auger hole since it's actually a little less than 8" wide? anybody know?

[elkoholic]

I'm with Hawg, got a slush copter for christmas and it works great!!

[bturck]

DTro, lookd interesting for sure. Last year you did a program on a headlamp. I did uy that and it is a truly great product and performs very well. you can zoom to spot tightnfor tieing jigs or widen it out for toal hole coverage. thanks for that tip

[Mid-Lake Rock]

I purchased this product in 2013 at the Ice Show. It is great and really does cut down on time getting slush out of the holes in my wheel house. One or two scoops and I am done.

[ClownColor]

DTro, lookd interesting for sure. Last year you did a program on a headlamp. I did uy that and it is a truly great product and performs very well. you can zoom to spot tightnfor tieing jigs or widen it out for toal hole coverage. thanks for that tip

same here! That was a great headlamp. Not in the market for a scoop but keep the reviews coming.

[bak2MN]

Mom got me one for Christmas. I haven't used it yet because when I get done drilling the holes my son has them cleaned out right behind me!!

[aberg22]

It doesn't fit well with ion hole. I took mine to bench grinder and took a little over 1/4in off all the way around and it works better. Slush copter works in ion hole fine.

[DTro]

Congrats to Brian W for being selected to win the One Shot Skimmer!