Gas Powered Auger

ive been looking hard to find a used power auger, would like to get one before ice is gone. if you have one you would like to sell let me know! THANKS

ORIGINAL: deerblazer93

hand augers are more reliable

also it's much better exercise...

Govt say power augers cause global warming

gas augers scare the crappie away when im im catchn em and then one fires up close by... and their done

Seems like overkill on 7" ice.

gas augers scare the fish, they are for the lazy. if u want to punch holes, just get a smaller diameter hand auger.

cweb, i gotta vex! and thank all of you for your input. but dave gens uses a power auger and he is the best there is plain and simple. and ive seen him drill three holes and catch MONSTER crappie as soon as he baited his pole. i think any noise an the ice scares the fish a little but they will settle down and return and get caught.

im not trying to be an arse so sorry if you took it that way ill keep my eye open for you.

powers def the ticket for the thick ice!!!!!!

Take a look at icegator.com saw used at Chautuqua when ice was 16in last season punched right through

we never have a problem with the power making to much noise and screwing up the crappie.but we fish 36fow most of the time..we find jumping on the ice sumthimes gets them biting again...

in extremely shallow water a gas auder can be trouble. off summerheim we used to drill six or eight sets of holes that fit our hut w/gas, we put a tip-up in one hole at each set. once the crappy get started away we go. one idiot and a gas auger can shut the whole thing down, but once you get in 6 feet or more, thumping feet are far more problematic. i've watched on a camera and the fish spooked in 20+ off the dock with one clod but the auger didn't seem to have the same affect???

Don't share your views about the gas augars. they probably outnumber hand drill ones 50 to 1.Ive used both for many years.I will bet anyone i can drill a hundred holes to their 3 with the old mora;s. Ive had my strikemaster lazer mag now for 8 years now same blades same rope no problems fires on 2nd or 3rd pull. Ive ive also noticed and my freezer does tooo it doesnt seem to matter tothe fish. Just got back from misery bay 6 to 8 fow caught many crappies and gills and everyone i mean everyone were using power augars!!!!!!!
One thing i do do is drill alot of holes when i 1st get there and move to the different holes.just a few years ago we got real winters - temps for weeks ice 15 to 30 inches youd almost need ann extesion on the augar. those winter are the reason alot of older guys have the power augurs.

icenut

I think also the foot traffic on the ice shuts em down more than the augars.At misery bay all you hear all day is sleds and huts being dragged all over the ice.Lots on noise!!! I also try to stay out to the outer edges of any pack of huts always seem to work for me. Even after ive drilled all the holes with the strikemaster!!!!!!These are just opinions mine.Im sure ther are cases were it may shut em down.I just havnt expierenced it.
All the pro tourneys thousands of guys all using power augars all catching fish. HMMMM

icenut

You may not hear anything while underwater, but you are not a fish. they are the masters of their enviorments. i have seen the ill effects (or is it affects?) of excessive noise on the camera screen. just like anything else, its not a 100 percent sure thing. but would you really want to risk scaring away a trophy fish.
 
i feel that the shallower you are fishing, the more stealthy you need to be.

that ice gator is wicked beast.. if i were to compliment my manual auger collection with a powered one, that would be it for sure. One wicked stealthy auger - Click here to check out the video

www.icegator.com