Fired up the mule with the ice auger, 150 foot safety rope, Ice picks, ice strainer, and ice measuring device on board. Put on all the cold weather gear including ice-cleated boots and headed pond side.
On the pond:
Tied off the safety rope to the Mule and me. Bored the first hole about 6 feet from shore. 5.0 inches Bored another hole about 30 feet from shore, 6.5 inches Bored another hole about 60 feet from shore, 6.750 inches Bored 3 more holes, the last at 150 feet, all 6.0 inches plus
Good to go for walk-on ice fishing, for sure.
While I was out there I put a marker on each of the Xs and the tank structure. The markers are pretty much in a straight line. If one stays away from the marker line in every direction one will be close to structure but not on it. There could be an errant tree clump anywhere on the pond so one is never completely safe from setting up on something.
I dressed way too warm just as I always do that first time out there working. Live and not learn..........
