School Me On Ice Fishing Gear

[Sask hunter]

For walleye I would be Leary of cordless drill augers. My walleye fishing is punch 30-40 holes covering structure going from deep to shallow hole hopping. Not sure how much ice you get there

 

[Treeshark]

Marcum LX7
Clam 2-man insulated flip over
Mr Heater (Buddy)
Ion 8” Drill
Fenwick Aegis 26” rod w 8lb Power Pro (6lb Vanish leader)
Pfluger President 1000 series (or eq.)
Handful of #2 and #3 Jigging Rapalas
Beaver Dam tipups with Dacron/8lb Vanish leader.

Now you’re walleye fishin’.

 

[nordeast]

You can easily drill 2-3 dozen holes with a 8” auger and a 20V cordless drill with one battery. In pretty thick ice too. I use mine at first ice all the way to mid-season when I need an extension (24”+ of ice).

 

[MThuntr]

I convinced @Mthuntr to take it off my hands before I moved like I was doing him a huge favor

Still have it

I say get an electric auger or drill adapter. I have a gas auger that's over a decade old and runs like a champ. I am concerned a bit about battery life but dang those electric augers are nice.

A fish finder is a game changer. Lots of different styles. I've avoided buying a camera but might one day. Water clarity is a must.

I bet I have $500 of ice jigs and use like 5 of them..


I'm using cheaper poles and do well. A $30-50 rod will catch just as many as $200 rod

 

[Treeshark]

For walleye I would be Leary of cordless drill augers.

I get why you say that, I too run and gun. I haven’t been to the bottom of a Ion battery, and if I had the issue I would get a backup battery.

We don’t get the ice you do, although 24”+ is pretty common. Up by you I could see leaning towards gas- but I have an SUV, and will never go back from an electric drill.

 

[BuzzH]

Also should have added that I’m mostly interested in walleye fishing and not trying to go on the cheapest end of things. Not interested in hand augers

Imo/e...learn how to fish spoons and snap/nod Nils/rapalas...

Buy an auger that will drill 100+ holes a day.

 

[Bigjay73]

What size auger diameter will that operate? Worm drive drill? That's a good one I've not tried.

I have an 8" auger, I use a regular 18v milwaukee "fuel" drill with a couple of 5 ah batteries. I haven't drilled enough holes in a day to kill a battery yet.

 

[schmalts]

Beer to kill the boredom

 

[Buckskinbob]

One of those three legged backpacking chairs, they are way easier to sit on while leaning towards the hole.

 

[Southern Elk]

I'm selling out, of anyone is interested.

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