No, no, no on the axe!
First time I tried it (young, dumb, and full of .... you know) it took me over an hour to finally get through over 2 feet of ice. Top of the hole was 3 feet wide, the bottom about 6 inches.
BUT.
Did catch me two pike. Finally talked to a couple "old timers" a couple of hundred yards away, and they showed me how an auger worked. What a revelation!
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