Been lots of years past since ice fishing. We had hand powered augers 8 inch. That was a workout when drilling at least 6 holes of 2 and a half feet of ice. No tent, no shack and not sitting in a vehicle. Home made tip ups. We always used smelts from the Asian market and dead stick about 1 to 2 ft. off the bottom. We would start at about 6 ft and drill out to about 15 ft deep. The lakes we did fish we knew where the big weed beds were and the drop offs. Don't even ask what the big KFC bucket was for
