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newbie auger question Hand or Power?

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Sandmannd Grand Master

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Aceinthehole had a drill/auger out and the metro getogether on Prior and it worked for him. You aren't going to go out and drill a hundred holes with it in a day, but you can drill for a little while. I would bring an extra battery with me for the drill.

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hand auger worked fine for me when i got inot fishing, but i started to get... oh whats the word lazy and out of shape so i broke down and got a eskimo power auger, it is the best money i have ever spent, now i dont feel like im going to have a heart attack after drilling holes

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I have and use both an 8 inch jiffy and a 6 inch lazer hand auger. And I like both. I use the jiffy to punch a lot of holes and search an area. But when I set up in a spot, I like to drill my second hole with the hand auger.

This weekend the fish were very preasured and if I drilled a hole with the gas auger, no fish. With the hand auger, fish. Even with 20" if ice I can punch a hole almost as fast with the hand auger.

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I just spent the weekend ice fishing pretty heavily with my 6" lazer auger. I put new blades on it, and we had at least 24" of ice this past weekend.

I take back what I said about the hand auger being sufficient. It worked and I brought home a nice dinner, but FNA I got really tired. It never stopped me from moving when I wasn't on fish, but I was much more selective on location to drill. So thankful I had my GPS and lakemaster chip.

If you can swing it, I would get a power auger, but the best advice is to get what will get you out there.

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The biggest difference I've experienced is the blade. I bought a strikemaster last year at fleet farm. Cutting ice was a consistent struggle. this winter I noticed that one of the blades had broken in half! I brought it to the bait shop to replace the blades when we noticed my broken blades where made in china. Replaced with higher quality blades now it moves quick. I don't punch a ton of holes but I don't think twice about moving. If someone were to give me a gas powered auger I'd take it but I'm good for now.

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You need to ask yourself how much do you want to spend, and how serious you want to fish?

I can pretty much guarantee you time in and out that you will be a more successful by moving around and or keying in on specific structure. Even the best of the best GPS will not put you on top of that and even if it did, you might find it better 20 ft over.

What that usually means is that you determine your spot and then start drilling holes in some sort of pattern to locate any changes in structure or depth. Then you hop from hole to hole to locate fish.

Can you do this with a hand auger…..yep, but you can also shovel show with a dustpan.

Now if your kind of fishing is driving up to a spot, drilling a hole and sitting there all day, a hand auger will work fine. I’m not saying this is wrong or bad, a lot of people enjoy fishing this way and they catch fish, but you just need to determine what you are going to be doing.

I had a hand auger last year, and drilling holes got old REALLY quick.

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I was out this past weekend with my hand-auger punching many holes through 20” + . Today, I can hardly move my right elbow and shoulder without pain. I’m going to solve this problem by saving my pennies and going with gas by next season.

By the way, I only caught a few small throw back pannies the size of silver dollars. The pain and suffering was not worth it me. lol,

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 Originally Posted By: weeds
Sort of on topic... if a MN lake is designated "electric boat motor only" does that also mean that gas augers are prohibited?

Weeds, I think the purpose of the "electric boat motor only" is to keep down on boat traffic and speed. I could be wrong though.

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 Originally Posted By: Schloogs
 Originally Posted By: weeds
Sort of on topic... if a MN lake is designated "electric boat motor only" does that also mean that gas augers are prohibited?

Weeds, I think the purpose of the "electric boat motor only" is to keep down on boat traffic and speed. I could be wrong though.

Typically it's to prevent motor oil contamination...

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