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Conference wahoo::fishing-v2

Title:Fishing-V2: All About Angling
Notice:Time to go fishin'! dayegins
Moderator:WAHOO::LEVESQUE
Created:Fri Jul 19 1991
Last Modified:Wed Jun 04 1997
Last Successful Update:Fri Jun 06 1997
Number of topics:548
Total number of notes:9621

236.0. "10 Inch Ice Augers Will Be Outlawed???" by HYEND::WBARTON () Fri Dec 04 1992 09:09

       I dropped by Barnicle Bill's on Rt 119 in Littleton (Mass.)
today. I noticed his Ice Augers and started talking about features and
prices. 

       Anyhow, I was told that 2 states have outlawed 10" augers and 5
other states have pending legislation to outlaw them. Jiffy (The major
manufacturer of Ice Augers) will not offer a 10" auger soon, according
to the sales clerk. 

       The reason: Small babies can fall through a 10 inch diameter
hole. They can't go through an 8 inch hole. You could imagine the 
lawsuits, right?

       Can anyone confirm/deny this news? Where could one get more
information? I don't think Jiffy would be a good source because they
would have to deny that there is a problem until they have dumped
their stock of 10 inch augers in the states allowed to purchase them. 

       What about current owners of 10 inch augers? Will they be
grandfathered? 
    
    Bill.
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236.1Help! Protect me from my own stupidity!!!SUBPAC::CRONINFri Dec 04 1992 09:2812
    	WOW!  They better outlaw ice chisels too!!!  Do you realize how big
    a hole THEY can make???
    	I'm not giving you a hard time, I just get a little sick of stuff
    like this.  That same little kid can slide in under the edge of the ice
    in the spring or run across the ice and fall into open water too.
    
    	Along the same vein...  My son fell over backwards while he was
    skating last year... Whacked his head a good one... How about a helmet
    law for recreational skaters/ice fishermen!!!  Oh!  And air bags for
    toboggans!!!  Mumble... Mumble....
    
    					B.C.
236.2you could put an eye out with ttat thing!NQOPS::RITCHOTTEFri Dec 04 1992 11:262
      I think the only thing to do is to outlaw ice!
    
236.3YEAAH!!XCUSME::TOMASI hate stiff waterFri Dec 04 1992 12:148
re: .2
>>      I think the only thing to do is to outlaw ice!
  

I LIKE THE WAY THIS MAN THINKS!

-HSJ-  

236.4But....CAPL::LANDRY_DFri Dec 04 1992 12:404
	If you push hard enough you "can" get a brat though an 8" Hole :-)

	"NOT THAT I KNOW OF COURSE"
236.5Ice is nice......XLIB::ALLINSONThe GuideFri Dec 04 1992 13:0810
    
    
    
         Re: Joe 
    
         Move to Florida!
    
    
    
                    The Keg
236.6XCUSME::TOMASI hate stiff waterFri Dec 04 1992 14:3611
re:         Re: Joe 
    
          Move to Florida!
    
    
    
I'd like to, but first....

		anyone know of a good divorce lawyer?
		He just needs to leave me with my boat and tackle.

236.7Update: No 10's.HYEND::WBARTONMon Dec 07 1992 08:488
    
    
              I dropped into the Fair this weekend. They had on display
    Jiffy's 8 inch auger. The sales literature with the machine had spare
    parts for 5, 7, 8, 9 inch augers. No tens. 
    
    Bill.
    
236.8Just call 'um BAIT.....DVLP23::WHITTEMORECarp PerdiemMon Dec 07 1992 09:1712
>                     <<< Note 236.2 by NQOPS::RITCHOTTE >>>
>                 -< you could put an eye out with ttat thing! >-
>
>      I think the only thing to do is to outlaw ice!
>    
>

           BBBbbbbbbZZZZZzzzzzzTTTTTtttttttt - Wrong Answer!

                            OUTLAW BABYS!
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236.9I agree-outlaw 10" ice-babiesNWD002::PETERSEN_EWMon Dec 07 1992 15:306
    just curious... what's the legal size on ice babies this year? 
    
    any limit?  why would anyone have a baby (w/10" girth - clothed no
    less) on the ice ???  duh....
    
    moose
236.10Real Swift ThinkingKAOOA::BOURGEOISTue Dec 22 1992 08:5516
    All I'd like to know is who gets to decide all this crap.  It's
    obviously someone lacking in grey matter and living in some other
    world.  Politics really sucks when we the users of the ice, are told to
    scrap our (costly) 10" blades because some imaginary baby is going to
    wander right over and slide into our fishin' hole.  Whatever happened
    to the government representing what we the people wanted.  Damn, we
    don't even get asked for our input when they change all this stuff out
    from under us. 
    	Oh well, enough of this, I've gotta get out there and drill a few
    10 inch holes before they bring that dumb regulation up here to the
    Canadian bush.  
    
    	Chow 4 now
    
    	Larry Bass
    
236.11WAHOO::LEVESQUECatch me if I fallTue Dec 22 1992 09:282
 Does this mean that ice chisels and chain saws should be outlawed since
they can make much bigger holes than 10"? :-)/2
236.12Memories are the best part of ice fishin'!MPGS::MASSICOTTETue Dec 22 1992 09:5231
    
    :^)))))))))))))))))))
    
    A cousin'n I were talking the other day about ice fishing and how
    our Dads used to use an axe (1940s) to cut a hole.  Would start out
    with about a 15" hole on top and end up with a 4" where you broke 
    thru..
    
    Besides, who ever catches fish thru the ice where a 10" hole is 
    needed anyway?  Or izzat to fit your net in??!!!!  Ha ha ha!
    
    I have the 9" on my jiffy.  Love it, except when I forget my
    creapers.  The auger stops and I go 'round'n round.  :^)
    Actually when it's that slimy on top I chew two spots to step
    in with the blade first.
    
    And for all those "BIG" ones I get thru the ice, (shhhh - don't
    let this out now.)  A 3" auger would suffice....  :^)
    
    Now it's time for some real braggin'.  I'll be a coffee'n danish
    that I hauled a live critter thru the ice nuna you guys ever did!
    A CRAWFISH! 
    Was jiggin for perch and decided to have a coffee. Sat the little
    swedish pimple with a perch eye onnit on the bottom. After break I
    hauled it up and there he was, holding onto the line with one
    pincer and with the other was holding the hook with the eye to 
    his mouth.  Even got a picture of it!
    
    Fred
    
    
236.13XCUSME::TOMASI hate stiff waterTue Dec 22 1992 10:192
That also means people on the ice will be outlawed.  If they fall thru 
the ice, it will make a hole large enough for infants to fall thru.