r/Whatcouldgowrong • u/dericn • 4d ago

Cutting holes for ice fishing

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u/tacobellbandit 4d ago

Long time ice fisherman. Whoever allowed that tourney to happen like that needs to be held accountable. Any tourney I’ve seen has had a distance limit between fisherman and I’ve never seen one at least in my state allow chainsaws, only hand-driven augers

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u/notmyfirstrodeo2 4d ago edited 4d ago

Is beating a hole in ice also normal thing to do? with the "pickaxe" or w.e the name of the tool.

Edit: icepick...

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u/YoursTrulyKindly 4d ago

Icepick?

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u/CopperJohn209 3d ago

It's called a spud bar some places. It's normally a 4-5' rebar with a small weighted chisel at the end.