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NILS 6" hand ice auger, brand new and has never touched the ice. $100 "Nils USA Hand Augers feature a one piece cutting head constructed of high chromium steel and features curved blades that quickly cut through the thickest ice. The offset handle design brings the drilling hand out, farther away from the center line of the auger increasing the torque going directly to the cutting head." Rated #1 hand ice-auger by many. Local pickup (Athens, PA), or willing to meet/deliver at a reasonable distance.

I build and use light-weight (component-wise), spiral-wrapped casting rods for jigging lakers, most are MH rated. Reels are left-handed (I'm often running a tiller motor while jigging) low-profile casting reels (Lew's, Quantum) with a flipping switch. (Love that switch!) Usual braid/fluoro setup mostly, but sometimes all-mono. Have fun!

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Jigging?, no brainer: John Gaulke - http://fingerlakesanglingzone.com/default.asp

Glad that worked out and it's serving you well! I happily resorted back to my "old-tech" unit, hopefully it lasts longer than I do!

definitely a fun summer, nice job Capt Mark!

Thanks for sharing another great video & awesome fish Pete!

Keep after 'em and be safe out there - love to read your reports

Hi Pete, Glad that you're back on the water jigging, sounds like a blast - would be honored to be your cameraman anytime! Keep after 'em, Mike

Sean, pm sent

For jig & fish-watching, you usually need to tweak your sensitivity setting higher and stay vertical over the cone if possible. I use a simple old X85 Lowrance, sensitivity 100%, zoomed in on bottom third of column, 193kh. Pic of jig falling and rising on left, lake trout everywhere else...cat n mouse game

Glad to help, nice looking weekend on tap -- good luck!

Great to hear!

Tough to beat nice fish and a lot of smiles! ...great to see your boat is back in action!

Sure thing Sean - will have some in the mail to you today, not sure if they'll make it to you by Thurs though with the holiday closure. Glad to help, no need for any payment - hope the kids catch some big ones!