It certainly has been in my world. I made the switch from a gas to lithium battery ice auger way back in 2016, and I haven’t looked back.

Gas-powered: Gas-powered ice augers are very powerful but loud, which means you run the risk of scaring away fish. They’re also less environmentally friendly than other types and require the ...

Electric augers are the latest rage. You don’t have to accidentally spill gas on the ice, and I have heard that the electric units are so much better today that they are as powerful as gas.

Gas ice augers were also a new fad and weighed more than a Volkswagen, and we weren’t smart enough to realize that lugging them out on the ice was more of a workout than drilling the ice out by ...

Dec. 9—GRAND FORKS — I wonder how many ice fishing enthusiasts out there have gas-powered ice augers gathering dust in their garages, sheds or wherever they store their fishing gear. Once a ...