Drilling Ice 101
Posted: Fri Jan 23, 2009 12:34 pm
I recorded this at the last AMEC Event Driver's Meeting, thought it should help avoid some confusion when checking Lakes...
Drilling Ice 101
Drilling Ice 101
Great info! That's exactly the way I was doing it on MBay yesterday; the boring bit I'm using 'bottoms' (at the chuck) at 15 3/4 inches. I drilled about 12-14 holes (and talked to a couple of nearby fishermen), starting near shore and then every couple 100' before I got to the surface slush "band" that punched through at about 10" (all the rest were14"+). Went past that point ~100' and got 11" and stopped there, also due to increasing snow depth on the ice (I've got 3-1/4" of clearance at front spoiler).
Now, side note: talking later to one of my neighbors (fisherman) who saw me & the MINI out there mentioned that where he was fishing (and not catching) was about 8" - they're out towards the middle of the bay - refering to the map from "2007 ITT" topic, they are out towards the right where we would go left towards the small islands. And as a point of reference, again from that map, the 'slush' was just before where the indicated 'path' fades away.
Oh, and a P.S.: all of the holes drilled 'solid' all the way through, and none of them filled with water (?).