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kintokae t1_ja32dwv wrote

Reply to comment by swamper1989 in Ice fishing help by Blatts

I was just at the windham one and both the wooden and the orange plastic traps were on marked down to $5/each. Renys has the same traps at the same price if you want a local store too.

The biggest expense will be an auger. Even used, those go for about $50-$75.

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RealMainer t1_ja33xzp wrote

Good luck finding one this time of year. I searched high and low and the only auger I could find was like $350. Everything else sold out. I like fishing but I’m not spending that much for maybe three trips out on the ice.

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kintokae t1_ja34m1s wrote

I just found a few near me on marketplace, hand crank style for about $55. But yeah, they are sparse.

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Blatts OP t1_ja32q08 wrote

Yowza, that's not bad at all, really. As a total novice, which would you recommend wood or plastic? (My gut leans towards wood)

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kintokae t1_ja331n1 wrote

Yeah the wood ones looked decent. They didn’t look like they were finished/sealed. So I might wax them a bit with a finishing wax or something, just to waterproof them. This was the windham Walmart on Friday that I saw them.

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