Auger mishaps

[Guest]

I know a guy that bought a brand new Jiffy 3 hp auger (10") and the first use just about cost him a toe or 2. It wasn't serious and he didn't know he did it right away (sharp blades). I don't know if sobriety played a role in this on not.

Anyone else with interesting auger/ice fishing stories stories?

[Guest]

I still have the mark from a lazer. I went to grab the auger by the bottom for some dumb reason. The power point went through my leather gloves and into the palm of my hand leaving a 3/4 inch gash in it. Not A happy fisherman.

[Jim W]

If you have fished LOTW you'll understand this one.
NOthing really out of the ordinary, but I recall a couple years a go the ice was so thick that even with extensions we had augers getting stuck. Not fun.

For those of you with 0 auger experience. If fishing in real cold temps and thick ice, I recommend continually, cleaning out the hole by lifting the auger as you drill.

If you punch through and the head of your auger is on the ice, the water that begins to seep in won't turn the fresh drilled ice into slush in turn freezing solid!!

I have cut my hands on the blades more than once from being in too much of a hurry(not worth it).

Man, I am starting to get pumped for ice fishing. NO I can't!!!!!!

Jim W

[Guest]

MJ5,

You mean they're not supposed to do that?

Ha ha!!!!

[Guest]

First of all, sobriety was not an issue.

Secondly I do not appreciate emergency room personnel refering to me as "The Fisherman"

Thirdly, when the Jiffy manual says "throttle may stick until unit is broken in." this indicates they knew there was a problem and should have just fixed it.

What I learned:
If the throttle on your auger sticks, DO NOT PULL IT OUT OF THE HOLE. This is eqivalent to picking up your lawnmower while it is running.

A boot liner can soak up about a quart of blood.

Do not fish with Bucksnort as I find he is of low moral character.

[Guest]

IS this how you got your forum name or what?

[Guest]

It was either that or "Dances With Augers"

[Guest]

I haven't had any auger mishaps like you guys but a friend of mine had a pretty funny occurance.
My friend got a new power auger and it was his first time using it. Once he punched through the ice the actual auger portion came off and fell to the bottom of the lake. I guess he forgot to tighten it before he used it. Keep in mind we were in about 20 feet of water. But wait, that wasn't even the best part! I had my OVS underwater camera with me and i dropped it down and sure enough there it was, sitting on the bottom. Good thing I had my auger with too. Nothing was hurt except maybe his pride especially after all the near by fishermen came over to see what happened at looked at the camera. We caught a lot of fish that day though (probably because of the "great" structure down there, haha).
Good Fishin, Matt.

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[nunzio]

I found that when using an auger extension, use the nut and bolt. We came up with the bright idea of using one of those pins with the built in cotter pin as sort of a "quick connect". While lifting the auger out of the hole, the cotter pin end caught my glove.... destroyed my glove and broke my thumb. With the broken thumb I did end up with a good dounut holder..
- nunzio

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[Guest]

Low Moral Character?

Dances with Augers. That's funny as all hell.

Anyone ever see the Dad tell the Son to go ahead and punch his first hole with Dad's power auger?

That is funny...watching the kid spin like a merry-go-round while holding the handles with a death grip, screaming and balling until it tips over and the engine kills.

BWAH HA HA HA HA, MWAH HA HA HA HA

Dat der Jim Beam didn't do da ting a bit a good, aye?

[Bird Dog]

As a precation b-4 heading out to use my power auger I wrap
electrical tape around the bolt and nut that holds auger to the power head it keeps the bolt and nut together and you have less chance of getting caught on the protruding
nut and bolt.I almost lost the auger portion once,b-4 I started wrapping it.Also from experience never wear a hooded sweatshirt with a drawstring while augering a hole the flywheels have a amazingly large appetite for the drawstrings.I survived the knot pulled through the drawstring hole in the hood.but it scared the *@%*? out of me never again I learned the hard way

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[Guest]

jiffyfoot,

How could the emergency personnel tell you were a fisherman, did you bring the minnow bucket in with ya?

Did you get Jiffy to cover the co-pay on the medical?

I'm not worried about my "low moral character(?)" cause I know you'll come along if you want fish on the table at home.

Snort

[Guest]

Snort,

Get back to the porno sites where you belong.

[Guest]

Now THAT is funny stuff!!!! She got ya right in the SACK huh?

WHOA...Singin' soprano for a while eh'? Twisted your hand off while it continued to bang ya in the old cahoonies....

So your hand is swollen and your balls are black and blue...What the wife would have thought of me when I got home....?

My sides hurt so bad from laughing at that one...Whew.

Catch my breath...

PCG

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[Dave]

A guy at work has one of those old Jiffy's.. said the same thing....LOL

[Lip RIPPER!]

Sand Burr, that absolutely made my day. My co-workers asked me why I was laughing out loud. They don't ice fish so they didn't think much of it. Maybe Cabela's will start selling ice fishing nut cups!

[TUMBLEWEED]

AAAAHHHH, the auger.....an icefisher's best
friend. My story comes at the expense of
a buddy a mine. It is a two part mishap!!

First off, he is out tip-up fishing when,
after just going through the ice on the second hole,his flag goes up in the first.
In his haste to to get the first fish, he
pulls the trigger early and comes up empty.
As he is walking back to the second hole,
the hand auger goes in reverse,the handle slowing spinning in circles until it dissappears under the ice!!

A few weeks later, he comes into the shack
with it's replacement. Another Strikemaster
but this one was a really old gas powered
unit. I was ready to recut the holes with
my Lazer, but he insisted to use the
antique??? I stepped outside so not to
be overcome with the exhaust. I hear the
thing start up and begin drilling, when
all hell is breaking loose inside the shack!!
Amongst all the smoke, I could see the poor
guy's coatsleeve was caught on something,
and the thing was really kicking his butt!!!
Yup, he was "dancing with auger"!!!!!!!
He went this way and that,all the time flailing about and hollering at the top of
his lungs!! I finally managed to hit the kill
switch, and pull the thing off him.He survived luckily.......

[Sand Burr]

If I could only tell you how many times this thing has delivered a sever whooping to me! I remember a couple of times in my ice house where it has pinned me to the side of the blasted wall with that dang handle you no where!

Rememberd another one! I was at LOW and pulling on an auger trying to start it (no it wasn't my jiffy it was another guys) I sliped off the pull and started pulling again when I heard my buddy swearing at me! I turned around to see him holding his nose! Apperantly he had walked through the door the same time I slipped and I got him right in the BEEK! Took him a few hours to believe the story but were still friends.

Remember ice fishing is'nt a hobby it's and ADVENTURE!

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"Hey Nice Rack"

www.bucketrack.com

[Guest]

MR Burr, Remind me to never go fishing with you. Sounds like way to much hassle. First you practically ripped your bean bag off, Then you crack your buddy in the snout, Sheesh! Way to much action for me

[Sand Burr]

Has anybody got an old jiffy with one bar coming out and a handle on top? I have one and this thing will woop your butt before you even blink an eye! First the handle comes around and gets you in the SACK all the while its spinning your wrist on top 360 deg. I wish I could bring myself to get a new one but the dang thing won't dye.

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"Hey Nice Rack"

www.bucketrack.com

[Guest]

jiffyfoot,
Why stop at "Dances with Augers"?

How about some other suggestions:
-An auger and a gentelman
-Foot_loose
-Sleepless in the emergency room
-Toe story
-First Blood
-Red Boot Diaries
-An auger runs through it
-jiffy the foot slayer
-Dude, where's my toe
-Blade runner

Just a few that came to mind .

Snort

[Guest]

You forgot Slingblade.

[Guest]

Hey Sand Burr,

Normally you do not need a nut cup to go ice fishing but with that thing you might want to consider it. Then if nothing is biting you could start a hockey game. Lol.

[Lip RIPPER!]

If you guys have ever watched "jackass" on MTV, that auger would be a classic on their show!

[erikwells]

I used to own a power ice auger called a 'Boss Hog' It was big, green, smokey, leaky, ugly and loud. It had a 3 1/2 hp motor on it. While fishing alone one winter evening I unloaded my gear on the ice and fired up the boss. I opened her wide open and started cutting ice. This is when the handle grip came off. I hit myself in the eye with the end of the grip. I had attached those awful looking handle grips you had on your bike when you were a kid with the big red white and blue tassels. One of the tassels went into my eye. The hog spun around in the hole (the hole was about 3 inches deep)and the handle came around and hit me in the ribs. I slumped to the ice eye stinging and the wind completely knocked out of me. The hog then fell landing on my minnow bucket smashing it too pieces. After I recovered I looked around to see if anyone had witnessed my beating. I was all alone on the lake so 'no witnesses'. I picked up some minnows and put them in a can. I fished and caught nothing. If anyone out there ever had the boss hog you would agree this contraption should have had a safety warning on it to operate only with two heavyweights holding tight.