There is nothing worse for a hardwater angler than watching your ice auger bit slip from the drill chuck and plunge to the bottom of the lake. Your heart and the bit sink at about the same rate. Then ...

If I were to flip you the bird left-handed, which I sometimes do to mix things up, you’d notice that my middle finger is crooked, with a bulged knuckle. Why does it look like that? Catfish noodling.