Gonna buy one this year, either a hand auger or just a cheaper one to use with a cordless drill.
just wondering if the bigger hole is worth the extra cranking or if you go with a 6 and its fine
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Gonna buy one this year, either a hand auger or just a cheaper one to use with a cordless drill.
just wondering if the bigger hole is worth the extra cranking or if you go with a 6 and its fine
8 is better if you put anything but a fishing line down the hole, ie. fish-finder, camera, or drill 2 holes, 1 for the electronics.
If your going with the hand auger I would recommend the 6 . Its alot easier to punch a bunch of holes with the 6 . Depending on the amount of ice you chew through a season,the 8 inch I always had the replace twice a year. The 6 inch cut better and I went through a set of blades in about a season and half.
Last season I upgraded to the clam plate and Milwaukee fuel 18v . Wow what a game changer that was ,easily drills through 40 feet of ice per battery. That's with the 6 inch witch I think most are using on the clams. The 8s seem alot harder on the drills but I may try the 8 this year. The kdrill is a good option for bigger hole ,but then again the 8 is only 7.5 .
Also you then have to consider what kind of fish you are after . If your only after big simcoe trout then a 8 would be nice.
I fish simcoe and never have a problem with the 6 .now when the day come I hook a trout over 20 pound then I may have a problem I will deal with. Hopefully that day my buddy drilled it with his 10 lol. But seriously I have take trout 18 pounds out of the 6 ,the whitties come up the hole every time without an issue. I drill alot of holes on most trips twice a week about 10 to 20 holes in the morning. That's why I choose the 6 if you not going to drilling alot of holes the 8 may work for ya.
The clam plate is the cats a s s
On sale your looking about 450 all new if you dont already have a good drill.
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I've used a 8 inch manual swede bore for years. I rotate 3 sets of blades on it. I primarily fish Simcoe. Early season isn't bad but as the ice thickens, I really wish I had a 6 inch auger. It tires you cranking holes with the 8. This year I'm also upgrading to a cordless set up, and from everything I've read, most 18-20V brushless drills with high ah battery ratings and the Clam Plate is the way to go. I'll buy a new auger blade to go with it, and keep the manual for early season ice use only.
Having the option of both is nice, but if I had to do it all again, and could only buy a manual auger, I would get a 6 inch.
OP check out Normark Finbore3. No downward pressure needed, just have to turn the auger, the blades do the digging on their own. Even the 8inch unit cuts holes fast.
I pulled a 22 lb laker with a girth of 22 inches from a 6 inch hole when fishing for specks off a beaver house. How often are you going to have to do that? Other than being able to start a fishes head easier into an 8 inch hole the only other reason I'd say an 8 inch hole is better than a 6 inch hole is that it takes a bit longer for the sides to freeze in on those super cold days. And that problem can be beaten by chipping away the top of your 6 inch hole with an axe till it that area fills with water.
I’d say go 8 inch I have a 10 inch And wouldnt wanna go any smaller
Yeah, that’s the one I was looking at. Pretty impressive watching it work in the video.Quote:
Originally Posted by canadaman30
Six inch swede bore does the trick. Keep the blades protected
I lucked out and grabbed a 6” Finn-bore off Kijiji for 40 bucks, blades look quite new
Sometimes Kijiji is great...other times not so much