Ice cutting?

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I was contacted by the yacht club to cut a large circle in the ice on Delavan Lake and I am wondering do I use bar oil ( I assume veggie oil) or do I not need it? Anybody have experience with this?
 
Ah hell, just use bar oil. If someone asks about the oil slick on the water just tell them that it’s a natural accumulation of oil that seeps out of the lake bed and gets trapped beneath the ice in winter time... :D
 
For a hole that size, I doubt you need to use oil at all.
 
I never changed out the regular dino bar oil when I cut ice off of the fish hatchery intake pond. Never killed any fingerlings or smolts in the runs with oil, either.
 
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Thanks for the input guys. I'll probably use veggie oil to make the greenies happy.
 
Very cool! I'd never heard of that before now. You'll definitely need a jig to make sure it's a perfect circle.
 
I like the way they get it moving... I bet it's neat laying flat on your back like they were doing! Watching the stars!
 
We use canola oil when cutting ice fishing holes up here.

A few weeks ago we were up at our cottage by Mountain and wanted to see how thick the ice was. I didn't have my saw but we used my neighbor's with bar oil..... It worked fine and didn't leave any noticeable slick.

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Yep that is what's getting made and they plan on using trolling motors. One or two I am not sure.
 
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