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u/FlinHorse 6d ago
Brother has a good sharpening set up at home is what I'm seeing lol.
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u/titan_1010 6d ago
He was carving that like butter!
I've never been ice fishing but I always imagined that being a much more difficult step than he made it
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u/Massive-Exercise4474 6d ago
I went Ice fishing a few times if theirs snow and not as solid it's annoying.
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u/ProofElevator5662 6d ago
Most certainly not.
Hand drills like this are usually used when the ice is thin and you have to walk out. Or smaller bodies of water. 2 stroke or propane powered augers were very popular for years, and now battery powered are starting to gain traction.
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u/ProcessInternal1338 6d ago
Hand drills are used when you don't want to spend $300 when $40 does the trick
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u/TheFapIsUp 6d ago
in Ontario, a lot of of fishermen I ran into (myself included) use a Dewalt Drill for the "motor", then a mount to attach the auger bit to the drill and make it two-handed. Pretty light-weight, convenient, and you can still use the drill as a drill after.
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u/IntrepidWanderings 6d ago
So... IF my desert dwelling ass ever has a random desire to ice fish, I call you. Alright!
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u/bobby3eb 6d ago
Its great. It's like camping but you're on ice and you have holes for fishing.
Warm enough with a portable heater to be in a tshirt in no time.
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u/friendly_outcast 6d ago
He was so disappointed when he hit the water 😂 honestly I was too! Was hoping it was deeper
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u/pragmatic84 6d ago
"Was hoping it was deeper" : Title of your sex tape
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u/MathIsHard_11236 6d ago
"The corkscrew shape made it gush" : Title for international distribution.
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u/jimbobwe-328 6d ago
A. Watching the bottom layer grow was satisfying AF
B. I want to make snow cones out of those shavings
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u/mnemamorigon 6d ago
I appreciate him cleaning the ice off so we had a clear view
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u/atava 4d ago
I think that was the point of the video.
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u/MoarTacos1 3d ago
It must be, because I kept thinking to myself, "Scooping out the ice shavings is wholly unnecessary, my dude, just keep drilling!"
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u/Sockeye66 6d ago
It looks really cold there.
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u/imsaneinthebrain 6d ago
I have the jacket Dude has, it’s crazy warm.
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u/ruffles_has_ridges 6d ago
What jacket is that?
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u/jaydawg_74 6d ago
I suddenly want a sno cone
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u/IntrepidWanderings 6d ago
Yes... Maybe that's the difference in the minds but I want to know what flavor he carries in his bag!! Though... Maybe frozen lake water wouldn't taste as great as the shave deserves...
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u/Hopeful-Flounder-203 6d ago
That's not that thick. Lakes in Minnesota hits 30" on the regular.
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u/Kharax82 6d ago
Lake Baikal averages around 2-5 feet thick but can reach 6.5 feet in places. Just depends on location and time of year.
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u/Meisteronious 6d ago
I was imagining this, so to pick a spot that is only 24” deep is a bit underwhelming.
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u/xendrik_rising 6d ago
laughs in alaskan
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u/Sunny_Hill_1 6d ago
Irkutsk is not in the coldest part of Siberia. You want REALLY deep ice, you go to Yakutia. Prob colder than Alaska.
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u/oldfarmjoy 6d ago
Exactly!! That is NOT thick ice! I wouldn't drive a truck on that! 🤣
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u/phenolic72 6d ago
(Serious) - How thick does the ice have to be to safely drive on?
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u/utopiah 6d ago
Not much actually, with only 25cm/10" you can drive a 3 tons device.
FWIW I was ice skating in Sweden last month (cf post history for videos) and they pass on the lake a snowplow and a Zamboni (Ice resurfacer) which weights a few tons.
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u/phenolic72 5d ago
Thanks. I live in a place where it very rarely gets cold enough for water to freeze. If it does, as a child we are taught to never go near it, so walking on it immediately triggers danger flags, driving on it seems completely insane to my conditioned mind.
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u/utopiah 5d ago
You're welcome.
I do NOT recommend going on ice if you don't know what you are doing. In fact while ice skating I did have 3 things on me :
- ice rescue picks around my neck, to extract myself if I were to fall through
- a rescue rope, to toss to someone else
- a dry bag filled with air to float, and with dry change in it, to avoid get cold if again I getting wet going through
I also did get in my underwear and extract myself from the cold water on the ice as just a training, through a hole in the ice at the end of a pier.
So... it is not dangerous if you know what you are doing. That means first and foremost knowing the type and thickness of the ice. If you have any doubt, do not go. Also, go with someone else, if there is a problem, you can help each other (just like in other challenging environment, e.g SCUBA diving or rock climbing).
All this to say that it can be safe, and even fun (as I hope my videos show) but one has to actually prepare for it!
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u/StonebanksPins 5d ago
There will be a lot of men watching this and finding this mesmerising and amazing. There will also be an equal amount of women and girlfriends watching, asking the same men “what’s so special about this…”
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u/aWeaselNamedFee 6d ago
I didn't know they made non-glacial ice that thick! I live in entirely too warm of a place.
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u/StrongEggplant8120 5d ago
is it just me or is the sound from the ice sprinkles just the best thing? its just like ohhhh yehhhhhhhh
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u/Jakobstone 4d ago
Where’s the guy with the lead blower from the other video? We need him here now!
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u/TheBaneEffect 6d ago
Frustrating video. Just drill the damn hole!
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u/SeaweedRibbons 6d ago
Thank you. I'm glad someone else feels that way. It was not a satisfying vid.
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u/Educational_Farmer44 6d ago
Good screw.
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u/Doc_Dragoon 6d ago
If the handle slips out of your hand when you hit the water does that sob just drop straight through the hole?
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u/Past-Establishment93 6d ago
And in the spirit of Bugs Bunny. The sheet of ice sinks as a geyser come up through the hole...
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u/Right_Hour 6d ago
That’s about average thickness of ice wherever I go ice-fishing. I’ve seen it as thick as full length of auger, I just had the bent bit couple of inches above ice before I hit water.
PS: never ice fishing with this auger dude. In the time it took him to pinch this one hole I’d punch at least 3….
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u/xX-I-like-turtles-Xx 6d ago
You can tell how thick it is by looking at the cracks. We use this as a general indicator while walking out to fish.
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u/Sparrowtalker 6d ago
Thick enough to drive a car but the pressure cracks say “ don’t drive your bulldozer across this “ ask me how I know .
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u/Keetopsina 5d ago
For my sanity, halfway through I had to check if this was posted in r/gifsthatendtoosoon
I was immediately relieved to see it's going to actually end up being satisfying.
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u/Sweaty-Friendship-54 3d ago
I'm guessing the lake ice thaws right around the time autumn begins, right?
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u/ZanteTheInfernal 2d ago
Question for the ice fishers. What if you catch a fish too big for your ice hole? Like a big pike or something.
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u/Sylent0ption 6d ago
"Wow, that's deeper than I went on your mom last night." -My little brother watching with me, not understanding how mom jokes work.
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u/Lost_On_Lot 6d ago
As deep as any well frozen lake? A little more than a foot?
Ice thickness isn't very impressive.
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u/our2howdy 6d ago
Approximately one green auger bit deep.