Abstract: An ice chip clearing tool is for clearing ice chips made by boring a cylindrical hole through the ice by pushing those chips under the ice. The tool includes a downwardly concave circular plate of about the same diameter as the bore hole, a handle, and a rigid shaft extending between the plate and the handle. Openings in the plate allow water to pass through the plate while preventing ice chips from passing therethrough. The tool is forced vigorously down through the fishing hole, carrying the chips a substantial distance below the bottom surface of the ice, and the tool is tipped to allow the chips to float up from the plate to position under the ice at a distance spaced from the ice fishing hole.