How many holes can your auger drill?

[nd_limit_keeper]

In order to catch tons of late season panfish, you want tons of holes. My question is how many holes are most of you getting on 1 tank of auger gas?

(realizing this question will vary for a number of reasons)

[CALVINIST]

I was wondering a similar thing...how many gallons of gas do you use in a season? I'm on my third gallon this season. I have no idea how many holes I've drilled, but it must be hundreds and hundreds...

[SSSTaxidermy]

Whew...I don't know if I've ever physically counted how many holes my auger can drill per tank. I've got a 10" XL-3000 Strikemaster. When trolling the ice, I go until my arms are dead...Fish a bit. If not action, go until my arms are killing again..Keep repeating. Don't think I've ever killed through a tank of gas a day or weekend for that matter. When I was up on URL last year, I went all weekend without filling up and I drilled a lot of holes, in search of the big slabbies.

Normally, before I head to the ice, I check the fuel level on my auger and usually add it if looks to be ½ full (or ½ empty however you want to look at it). It's much easier doing this in the comfort of my garage verse the ice....

Bring on the late ice...I'm ready!

[Deitz Dittrich]

Yep no clue per tank... I'm on my 2nd gal of gas... No clue how many per tank..depends on how thick the ice is I guess. 2 feet of ice... 100+ holes?

[eyepatrol]

No idea, but last Sunday I punched 6 holes which was enough to get a great meal of fish.

With the ice thickness we have right now (30"+/-) I'd estimate I could get 60 holes or so drilled on a tank. Got a 15yr old 10" Lazermag with single blade. Never drilled that many holes in a day, but have drilled 25 - 30 in a day and the tank was about 1/2 gone.

[danwilliams]

Think Deitz is close at 100 holes with 2+ feet of ice. Lazer Mag 8"

On 3rd tank for winter myself.

[harvey lee]

I have went through a tank of gas in one day with my Nils but it was alot of holes and numerous guys cutting them with my auger. I would have to believe in 24" ice, one would cut 100 plus holes.

[anyfishwilldo]

It is like the great debate of how many licks will it take to get to the center of a tootsie pop. The world may never know.

[polarsusd81]

I punched about 60 holes the other day with my Strikemaster in 42" of ice and only went through about 1/3 to 1/2 tank of gas. I only had a little more than 1/2 tank to start and had enough for 10-15 more holes when I was done. Arms got wore out before the tank did this time.

[mr walleye]

Last year with my 8.25" mag 3 I cut 137 holes througt 27" on 1 tank for a kids ice fishing contest.

[maddowg1192000]

3yrs ago I cut hole for the brainerd fishing extravaganza. We used 2 ppl per auger and cut holes from 8-2 and only used a tank and a half on a strikemaster 8in. I was impressed on how many you can get.Everyone out there cut around 15000 holes, that was around 20 augers going so that would be 750 holes per auger and at a tank and a half it would be around 500 holes per tank.

[mr walleye]

Was that with chipper blade or 2 blade lasers?

With my 6" laser I can cut for weeks on a tank of gas (don't know how many holes thinking maybe like 400?)

[S.D. Ice Angular]

 Originally Posted By: maddowg1192000

We used 2 ppl per auger and cut holes from 8-2 and only used a tank and a half on a strikemaster

Huh???

What is 8-2

[ozzie]

I think 8-2 is the time

[danwilliams]

Guess I've drilled a few more holes than I thought to be on my 3rd tank...goin by Maddowgs count...

[Bemidjifisher]

I helped cut holes for the Perch fishing contest on Bemidji a couple weeks ago.. Using a 6" strike master we drilled in the neighborhood if 175-200 holes per auger full of gas. And tore the transmissions out of 3 or 4 of the 6 augers with only 6" bits.

[Dan189]

wow, Bemidjifisher, that's nuts! I've heard that strikmasters' customer service is top notch. How much do you think it's going to cost to get those replaced, and who's forking over the dough? Or are the augers just toast?

[Bemidjifisher]

Actually Strike Master was there with a couple trailers... They replaced all the bad ones on-sight, which is good, yet the failures were not too encouraging..

[hhguide]

I did 143 Holes when we were crappie fishing Last Spring granted the ice was starting to break up but thats how many I did!

[reelemin]

I would guess I get about 150 holes or so per tank - maybe

[Northlander]

Never counted but will all the ice we have up here now I doubt I get 100 holes on a tank. Maybe but it would be close.

All I know is I have done a ton more hole cutting this past couple years than I ever did before. (Got a Nils)

Im on my 4th can of gas and Im running a 1.5 gallon can. 6 gallons is a lot of gas so I have no idea how many holes but its a ton.

I actually enjoy cutting holes now because its so easy with the Nils. With my old auger I didnt want to do more than 20 at a time. The searching is getting to be almsot as much fun as the catching.

[fishgutz77]

With 36" of ice up north I get about 40-45 holes on one tank in my strikemaster. the average trip I drill about 40 holes fishing eyes and perch. Lakers I punch about 25-30 holes

[tisosy11]

i can cut a lot of holes, never really counted but a tank of gas lasts a quite a long time.

[Kyle Sandberg]

With a 8" SM Lazer, easily over 125. Drilled a series of holes 10x10 and only used about 2/3 of the tank.

[LMITOUT]

 Originally Posted By: anyfishwilldo

It is like the great debate of how many licks will it take to get to the center of a tootsie pop. The world may never know.

ROFL.