ice fishing?

[2wheels]

Any of you boys use your chain saw for ice fishing or do you have one of them fancy ice drills?

A friend tells me as a coastguard they used them on the ice breakers to cut holes so the divers could access the water.

 

[wdchuck]

This year, just take pi$$ in about a 6" circle and yer all set. Ice just started forming the last couple days.

 

[TooTall999]

We've got 2 feet or more of ice on Lake of the Woods

 

[Sprig]

Hm, I'd be concerned with the oil slick left and getting in on my bait
I hear an axe works well with a cross-handled crosscut saw to square it all up.
Short story here.
When I was but a wee tad of 7 or 8, I had a chance to head up Lake Winnipeg with my dad and his biology crew in an old plywood bodied Bombadeer (now that was fun, noisy but fun), they were going sample taking and do a bit of fishing. In the middle of nowhere, way out on the ice, we stopped and they pulled out this monster 2 man gas auger and proceded to drill through the ice (about 2 1/2 -3 ft thick). One of the young biologists got tired and let go of his handle for a sec. resulting in the throttle guy going for a great feet-out helicopter spin and getting thrown about 10ft away while the machine spun around like a demented dervish. After the laughter subsided they managed to get a hold of it and shut it down they proceded to finish the hole and get their samples, then fish for a bit. Loved those field trips *sigh*. Fun stuff.
My wee afternoon blathering.

 

[Woodie]

We've got 2 feet or more of ice on Lake of the Woods

Yeah, but that just means you've added a quarter inch to what was already there in late July... :hmm3grin2orange: