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01-06-2013, 06:29 PM
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Location: marshfield
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cutting holes
any reason i cant just use a chainsaw instead of buying an auger?
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my 1st wife didn't like me fishing so much
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01-06-2013, 07:28 PM
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I have an auger you can borrow Paul.
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The future ain't what it used to be. --Yogi Berra
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01-07-2013, 06:03 AM
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Super Moderator
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Location: Georgetown MA
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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.
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"If you're arguing with an idiot, make sure he isn't doing the same thing."
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01-07-2013, 02:18 PM
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OLDGOAT7205963
Join Date: Mar 2006
Location: CAPE
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Sounds like a very w-e-t experience
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01-07-2013, 08:33 PM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by OLD GOAT
Sounds like a very w-e-t experience
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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.
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01-07-2013, 09:06 PM
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BuzzLuck
Join Date: Feb 2009
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![](image.php?s=1b0a690c2def6475a5e637f0285c2cfb&u=6852&type=sigpic&dateline=1476046454) Given the diversity of the human species, there is no “normal” human genome sequence. We are all mutants.
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01-07-2013, 10:06 PM
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Join Date: Oct 2006
Location: Marshfield, Ma
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be careful not to scare all the fish away
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"I know a taxidermy man back home. He gonna have a heart attack when he see what I brung him!"
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01-08-2013, 12:14 PM
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Join Date: Jan 2007
Location: Reading Mass/Newburyport/merrimack river
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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..
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A good run is better than a bad stand!
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01-08-2013, 12:37 PM
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Join Date: Oct 2006
Location: Marshfield, Ma
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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!!!
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"I know a taxidermy man back home. He gonna have a heart attack when he see what I brung him!"
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01-08-2013, 12:48 PM
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Join Date: Jan 2007
Location: Reading Mass/Newburyport/merrimack river
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Piscator
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!!!
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Absoluly right...holes that big should be marked with pine boughs or cones to protect a unsuspecting victim..
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A good run is better than a bad stand!
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01-08-2013, 04:27 PM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Piscator
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!!!
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im just talking 8 inch square holes
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my 1st wife didn't like me fishing so much
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01-08-2013, 06:24 PM
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Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: Hyde Park, MA
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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.
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01-08-2013, 06:35 PM
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I have tongs if you want them. Neighbor gave me a few. Tongs, not thongs!!!
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01-08-2013, 06:40 PM
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BuzzLuck
Join Date: Feb 2009
Location: Brockton
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Piscator
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! ![Rolling on the floor](http://www.striped-bass.com/Stripertalk/images/smilies/new/rotfl.gif)
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![](image.php?s=1b0a690c2def6475a5e637f0285c2cfb&u=6852&type=sigpic&dateline=1476046454) Given the diversity of the human species, there is no “normal” human genome sequence. We are all mutants.
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01-09-2013, 05:44 PM
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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.
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01-10-2013, 06:43 AM
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Cut triangles with a saw its easier and much faster thats the way i used to do it
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01-10-2013, 07:29 AM
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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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01-10-2013, 07:40 AM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by niko
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.
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"I know a taxidermy man back home. He gonna have a heart attack when he see what I brung him!"
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01-10-2013, 09:29 PM
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Just push the cut peice under the ice no need to pull it out
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01-10-2013, 09:49 PM
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Originally Posted by billy413
no need to pull it out
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that's what she said
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"I know a taxidermy man back home. He gonna have a heart attack when he see what I brung him!"
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01-11-2013, 07:23 AM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Piscator
Paul, let me know if you want a set of thongs. I'll bring them over.
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Whoa! Thats what she sais
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01-11-2013, 07:52 AM
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Originally Posted by iamskippy
Whoa! Thats what she sais
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Hey!!!! I said tongs. You said thongs!!!!
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"I know a taxidermy man back home. He gonna have a heart attack when he see what I brung him!"
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01-11-2013, 09:25 AM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Piscator
Hey!!!! I said tongs. You said thongs!!!!
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01-21-2013, 09:31 AM
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Location: Reading Mass/Newburyport/merrimack river
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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.
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A good run is better than a bad stand!
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01-21-2013, 11:09 AM
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nice, should have some safe ice in the backyard in a day or 2. i'll give it a go
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my 1st wife didn't like me fishing so much
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01-21-2013, 11:17 AM
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BuzzLuck
Join Date: Feb 2009
Location: Brockton
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Quote:
Originally Posted by niko
nice, should have some safe ice in the backyard in a day or 2. i'll give it a go
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Let me know I'll bring the GoPro and maybe the Dredge so we can drop through a hole.
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![](image.php?s=1b0a690c2def6475a5e637f0285c2cfb&u=6852&type=sigpic&dateline=1476046454) Given the diversity of the human species, there is no “normal” human genome sequence. We are all mutants.
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01-21-2013, 11:30 AM
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Location: Lexington, MA
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looking forwards to seeing a lot of Buzz's Dredge videos over the next year...
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01-21-2013, 01:09 PM
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Registered User
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Location: marshfield
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how about a ring of led lights
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01-21-2013, 01:27 PM
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BuzzLuck
Join Date: Feb 2009
Location: Brockton
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Quote:
Originally Posted by niko
how about a ring of led lights
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but I am working on lighting idea(s), they are in the mail
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![](image.php?s=1b0a690c2def6475a5e637f0285c2cfb&u=6852&type=sigpic&dateline=1476046454) Given the diversity of the human species, there is no “normal” human genome sequence. We are all mutants.
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01-21-2013, 08:05 PM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by niko
nice, should have some safe ice in the backyard in a day or 2. i'll give it a go
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Don't slip with that blade spinning.
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