First time ice fishing

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First time ice fishing

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This will be my first time ice fishing and I was thinking of going around the manotick area ( Long Island Locks maybe? ) and was wondering if there was a place to "rent" an auger? I am not too sure how often I will be going out and sort of wanted to try ice fishing first before committing to buying. Planning on going Sunday.
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Depending on how busy things are you might be able to find an old open hole.
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Post by Jimmy_1 »

You may also be able to find someone who'll drill ya a hole for a couple of $$$ or even free!

I'd go in the evening though....
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I took my kids out to Petrie the other day and found 4 old holes that only had a thin layer of ice over them. :D We used an axe and a steel driveway ice scraper to create a couple more holes. It took about 5-10 min to cut through 9" of ice.

Unfortunately, we got skunked :(
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