Slabfest III Official Topic!

[chaffmj]

Headed up tomorrow and will be leaving sometime Sat. I'll stop by Hillmans and say Hey to all of you. I might just have to go out fishing with ya.

? for Hanson and DTRO, are you bringing your buddy Randy from Bside with ya?

Chaff

[DTro]

Something tells me if he doesn't show up, it won't be hard to find a "Randy" to take his place

[chaffmj]

I may even be a Randy by Saturday!

[Stan7600]

I'll be up with my nephews Fri. through Mon. somewhere on Hillmans' road. Blue & white Ultrashack. Stop in if you see us. Stan C.

[Borch]

Looking forward to hooking up with you Stan. I haven't seen you since you guys helped my wife and I get unstuck the day after slabfest.

[frogtosser]

I dont think I am going to be able to make this one. My father in law is having open heart surgery next week so I need to be with the wife. I am going to try to make cool cats though.

[Borch]

We'll miss you Frogtosser. But we all understand. I'll keep your father in law in my thoughts and prayers.

Hopefully Cool Cats works out.

[SomethingFishy*]

We will be up sometime Thursday and plan to stay thru Sunday. Probably be somewhere off of Hilmans road.

[analyzer]

well, it's looking more and more like the nephew isn't going. Which means it's just me. I have access to a portable, FL-8, Auger, etc. I would have room for one, or I could ride with someone else if you need a partner to split expenses.

I live in Oakdale, NE corner of the metro. I have to work friday night, so I was going to head out 4 or 5 am Saturday, and comeback late sunday.

If anyone is interested get back to me.

[email protected]

[analyzer]

I still have no clue where I'm staying. Anyone up there have a spot for Saturday night?

[nate larson]

Me and some buddies will be at URL this weekend. We are staying in one of Don and John's sleeper houses out of Roger's. It sounds like the weather will be nice this weekend and we would like to do some exploring on Saturday. I am thinking we might join up with you guys for slabfest. Hope the weather man is right!

[steeplechaser2]

Borch and Hanson,

Just a quick thanks for letting my son and I join you on the Scouting Trip on Saturday...we learned a lot and had a good time....we were lucky we left when we did...my knuckles are still sore from gripping the wheel all the way home to Saint Cloud! Hope the Slabfest goes well....

[Borch]

A fun time for sure Steeplechaser. You and Blake are hardcore as it was sure getting cold and windy in the afternoon and you both out in the open catching fish.

[steeplechaser2]

Balke look at me cockeyed when I told him it was time ta go...he said...why are you cold....you could warm up in the truck....he was absolutely convinced that the crappies were going to start any minute....sounds like you guys ahd a pickle of a ride back to hanson's house.....the truck ride was no dream either...man, it got foggy and weird out even before we got off the lake!!!

[steeplechaser2]

ooops...i meant Blake looked....

[steeplechaser2]

by the way Gander had a really sweet deal on the Strikemaster Lazer augers....strikemaster also said I could get my mag2000 repaired quixckly and reasonably....are the Lazers as reliable? I think it's the same powerhead, etc

[hanson]

Steeplechaser2-

Was nice to have you and your son join us. The photos I took turned out pretty good. I'll post one up tomorrow but I can also e-mail them to you as well. You can shoot me an e-mail to my e-mail addy listed below and I'll send you the photos.

The ride back to the ice shack on Saturday wasn't nearly the ordeal as the ride back on Sunday. Sunday night was white out blizzard conditions with 10' visibility tops. Cold sucker too!

In regards to your Strikemaster, I do believe they are the same powerhead. But if you can swing it, you'll sure like that Lazer auger assembly over the Mag2000 chipper blades. The auger I run is a Strikemaster Lazer Mag Xpress that I've had for 6 years now.

[hanson]

For those coming up to Slabfest III Friday night, better stop into Hillman's Tall Tales Bar. We should have a pretty good crew in there Friday night.

[Team Otter]

We will? Oh, oh...

[SomethingFishy*]

We (myself and girlfriend) are leaving St. Cloud in about 3 hours.Hope to catch up with you guys on Saturday if everything works out as planned. There will be 2 in our group. We are probably going to leave the atv's at home as it sounds like the won't be very helpful.

[nate larson]

 Originally Posted By: steeplechaser2

by the way Gander had a really sweet deal on the Strikemaster Lazer augers....strikemaster also said I could get my mag2000 repaired quixckly and reasonably....are the Lazers as reliable? I think it's the same powerhead, etc

Steeplechaser2:

Yes they do have a great deal going right now. I just picked an 8" lazer last week for 299. It sounds like a lot of the factory installed blades are out of pitch. I tried using it and it cut way too fast at first and then would bind up at the bottom. I let the weight of the auger do the drilling and I cleared out the ice chips a time or two on the way down but it still bound up tight at the bottom. I called strikemaster on Monday and they took care of me. It sounded like this is happening to a lot of the new augers. I had new blades in the mail yesterday. So if you do buy one and you plan on brining it up to URL I would definately pick up an extra set of blades because the factory installed ones likely won't work for you.

As far as slabfest goes, looking forward to doing some fishing with you guys on Saturday!

[cpinkert]

Huh, and I just bought one yesterday...sounds like I should call Strikemaster today and get me a free set of blades:)

By the way, Duluth Gander Mountain still has a few of these augers left at this price. Heck of a deal.