6” hand auger or less with sharp blade and it’s very fast to make a couple holes. I have bought 2 ice rods and made 5 more out of old broken rods and just put any reel I have on them. You can even hand line if you don’t want to do it even more basic. I’ve also used a full length rod. Basically can catch fish with what you can carry onto the ice with your 2 hands. Done it for years and slowly worked my way to needing a sled (which I built) to carry everything out.
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