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02-27-2022, 04:21 PM
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Ice Fishing Charity - there is such a thing!
Had a nice fellow by the name of Brad take real pity on me. At crawling valley on Saturday this nice gentleman watch my fool self try hand drilling through almost 30 inches of ice. Walked a good distance with his electric auger to punch a couple holes. Truly appreciated the very kind gesture. Not to mention I had my best day of ice fishing ever. Iced between 8 and 10 pike in 2 hours. Super exciting! Thanks Brad. You made my day!
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02-27-2022, 04:44 PM
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Originally Posted by archerynut
Had a nice fellow by the name of Brad take real pity on me. At crawling valley on Saturday this nice gentleman watch my fool self try hand drilling through almost 30 inches of ice. Walked a good distance with his electric auger to punch a couple holes. Truly appreciated the very kind gesture. Not to mention I had my best day of ice fishing ever. Iced between 8 and 10 pike in 2 hours. Super exciting! Thanks Brad. You made my day!
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Great story! It’s nice to hear people helping out when they can in any situation. Good man Brad. I wish you good karma 10 fold.
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02-27-2022, 04:54 PM
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I remember starting with a hand auger and hated it. I always offer to drill some holes with my gas auger when I see someone using a hand auger
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02-27-2022, 06:41 PM
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That's awesome, I know just getting through 20 or so is rough by hand, u can't imagine doing 30.
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02-27-2022, 07:10 PM
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Location: At the end of the Thirsty Beaver Trail, Pinsky lake, Alberta.
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Yup some awesome people out there willing to help, from drilling holes, getting your vehicle out of a jam, giving advice and just for a casual conversation too!
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02-27-2022, 07:54 PM
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I'm fundamentally lazy. I yell at them to come over to me and get the ION, tell them which buttons to push, and let them have a tear on it. Good on Brad for helping you out though for sure. And grats on a good day on the ice. 
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02-27-2022, 08:49 PM
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Great to hear. How has the walleye fishing at CV been this winter?
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02-28-2022, 08:50 AM
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Always great to hear stories like this! Well done, Brad, wherever you are. 
I have to laugh, reading this thread, I wonder how I managed for decades without a power auger. It was always the old-timers who had them.
I ended up going in on one with my father-in-law when we started taking the kids out, mainly because I had to get the holes punched quickly before the kids' patience wore off... 
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03-01-2022, 08:06 AM
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I'm fundamentally lazy. I yell at them to come over to me and get the ION, tell them which buttons to push, and let them have a tear on it. Good on Brad for helping you out though for sure. And grats on a good day on the ice. |
I refuse to do that anymore. I always drill the holes.
All it took was some guy smashing the blade down on the ice and ruined the auger for the day.
When I asked what he thought he was doing he said he was just starting the hole.
So rather than lecture each person on how to use a pen auger I drill myself.
I explain how to drill properly in case they every borrow someone’s auger.
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03-01-2022, 10:41 AM
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Location: North of Redmonton
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I haven't had that happen to me personally, although it wouldn't surprise me to see it.
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03-04-2022, 04:40 PM
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Glad to help a guy out
Hi Andrew, I had this sent to me and it was so nice to see that me drilling you a couple of holes made your day. It was my best day on the ice ever as well.
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03-04-2022, 07:30 PM
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Ice fishing charity
I remember back in the day, late 70’s-early 80’s, all we had was a 6” hand auger. That’s pretty much all anybody had. We drilled a lot of holes with those things, and caught a lot of Wabamun lake whitefish through those 6” holes.
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03-06-2022, 08:41 AM
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Join Date: Jun 2016
Location: Makepeace, Alberta
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Hi Andrew, I had this sent to me and it was so nice to see that me drilling you a couple of holes made your day. It was my best day on the ice ever as well.
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Well it sure is a small world and I never expected you'd find your way to our humble forum. You truly made my day awesome. The only reason I left to go home was because I ran out of bait. What an afternoon! You made it possible so thanks again. Hopefully we run into each other out on the ice. I owe you a cold one. I think everyone needs a Brad in their corner. I've got mine!🤣🤣
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03-06-2022, 12:50 PM
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Join Date: Feb 2009
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Originally Posted by Rod Bender
Hi Andrew, I had this sent to me and it was so nice to see that me drilling you a couple of holes made your day. It was my best day on the ice ever as well.
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First class Brad. I like to think the great fishing was a little karma for you. Good on you.
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