any reason i cant just use a chainsaw instead of buying an auger?

I have an auger you can borrow Paul.

From what I just googled up on it....not a problem but 2 things to remember, make sure you have a long enough bar to get through the ice you are cutting (with the recent weather, shouldn't be a problem), and clean all the Bar Oil out of the saw, it will leak into the hole you cut and can gum up your traps and/or reel.

Sounds like a very w-e-t experience

Sounds like a very w-e-t experience

You are 100% correct. Paul if anything look at a homemade spud. Or even store bought as they are cheap money. The chainsaw can get messy in many ways very quickly.

Can be done, just stand to the side you won't get tooooooo wet:

ice hole cutting chain saw, chain saw - YouTube (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iERXpopUoa0)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SJvDk9AYQTo

be careful not to scare all the fish away

I've used them for cutting large holes for trapping bait through the ice with a drop net.... I've seen them use them for cutting holes for practicing ice rescue...wear your grundens 'cause it's a wet proposition..

And don't fall in!!!!

An auger will not make a hole big enough to fall in, a chainsaw could. A little light freeze that night and a little snow fall and if you plan to fish the next day, make sure you know where those big holes are!!!

And don't fall in!!!!

An auger will not make a hole big enough to fall in, a chainsaw could. A little light freeze that night and a little snow fall and if you plan to fish the next day, make sure you know where those big holes are!!!

Absoluly right...holes that big should be marked with pine boughs or cones to protect a unsuspecting victim..

And don't fall in!!!!

An auger will not make a hole big enough to fall in, a chainsaw could. A little light freeze that night and a little snow fall and if you plan to fish the next day, make sure you know where those big holes are!!!

im just talking 8 inch square holes

How do you plan on clearing the ice from the hole?
You'll either push it down under, or pull it with ice tongs.

It would be easier to pick up a hand auger if the ice is less than 8" thick.
it would weigh less than a chainsaw and be a hell of a lot cleaner.

I have tongs if you want them. Neighbor gave me a few. Tongs, not thongs!!!
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I have tongs if you want them. Neighbor gave me a few. Tongs, not thongs!!!
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DAMN: I was so looking forward to seeing Niko running around on the ice with his chainsaw in a THONG!:rotf2:

I've watched the Local Fire Dept. use a chainsaw to get ready for cold water diving / rescue on a local pond. They had no problem cutting a large 6'x6' hole but it was a bitch getting the slab ice out. Took longer by 4X than it did cutting the perimeter.

Cut triangles with a saw its easier and much faster thats the way i used to do it
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To pull the plug out so to speak I'm planning on just screwing in a big eye bolt before I make the cuts. Triangle - that's a good idea. I've got a pond in the backyard, next freeze up I'll give it a go. Maybe buzzy will come over and make a video and we can have a few laughs
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To pull the plug out so to speak I'm planning on just screwing in a big eye bolt before I make the cuts. Triangle - that's a good idea. I've got a pond in the backyard, next freeze up I'll give it a go. Maybe buzzy will come over and make a video and we can have a few laughs
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Paul, let me know if you want a set of tongs. I'll bring them over.

Just push the cut peice under the ice no need to pull it out
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no need to pull it out
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that's what she said

Paul, let me know if you want a set of thongs. I'll bring them over.
Whoa! Thats what she sais
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Whoa! Thats what she sais
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Hey!!!! I said tongs. You said thongs!!!!
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Hey!!!! I said tongs. You said thongs!!!!
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:devil2:

I watched a dude cut at least 10 holes with a chain saw on saturday through at least a foot of ice... he had it down to a science... he cut triangles.. we were both jigging perch in the same area... and he accounted for himself nicely.. and stayed pretty dry.

nice, should have some safe ice in the backyard in a day or 2. i'll give it a go

nice, should have some safe ice in the backyard in a day or 2. i'll give it a go

Let me know I'll bring the GoPro and maybe the Dredge so we can drop through a hole.

looking forwards to seeing a lot of Buzz's Dredge videos over the next year...

how about a ring of led lights

how about a ring of led lights

???

but I am working on lighting idea(s), they are in the mail

nice, should have some safe ice in the backyard in a day or 2. i'll give it a go

Don't slip with that blade spinning.

Niko, I have the bottom half of an 8 inch mora you can have. Find an old bit brace and someone who can weld and you'll have a nice hand auger.






.......... save the chuck, they make marvelous vices for tieing big bucktails.

thanks stew. damn pond isnt even frozen yet. getting cold now though

Saw 2 knuckleheads making holes on Saturday w/ a Pick Axe and and a Sledge Hammer....

I like the sledge hammer idea. :smash: