11-15-2010, 05:38 AM
One of my buddies introduced me to the Nils master auger in the 6" size about 5 yrs ago. I watched him blast through 2' + of ice in under a minute! I didn't realize at the time the significance of that until I bought a cheap auger the next year and it took me more that that to go through about 6 inches! I bought the nils 6" auger last year and don't regret it a bit. It still goes through ice like butter. Ask Chrome Junky. He borrowed mine last year after his friend had a mishap with his on Ririe last year. When he returned it he told me he knew exactly what his next one was going to be, and I believe he had a popular one to start with.
As for hole size windriver is right. There are few places where you have to worry about getting a fish through a 6" hole. I managed to land a 7# rainbow last year through one. Not simple, but definitely doable, plus a little room to spare. That leaves Henry's and American Falls, maybe pali
es for where you could run into size problems around SE Idaho.
the trick w/ these augers is don't push down on them when cutting. just let the weight do the work.
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As for hole size windriver is right. There are few places where you have to worry about getting a fish through a 6" hole. I managed to land a 7# rainbow last year through one. Not simple, but definitely doable, plus a little room to spare. That leaves Henry's and American Falls, maybe pali
es for where you could run into size problems around SE Idaho. the trick w/ these augers is don't push down on them when cutting. just let the weight do the work.
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