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January 22nd, 2015, 02:04 PM
#21
Remember that a good rule of thumb is to have 5 times the depth out, so in 15 fow you should run about 75' on a bigger boat. A bruce generally holds better than a danforth imo. A little tinny I agree with the Tide detergent bottle full of sand..... can't go wrong.
Last edited by Habs; January 22nd, 2015 at 02:31 PM.
In the slanting sun of late afternoon the shadows of great branches reached from across the river, and the trees took the river in their arms
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January 22nd, 2015 02:04 PM
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January 22nd, 2015, 02:26 PM
#22
I have one you can have for free, pick up in Burlington.
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January 22nd, 2015, 08:00 PM
#23
And if you use plastic rope instead of nylon it will float when you forget to tie the end to the boat.....
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February 12th, 2015, 11:31 PM
#24
New anchor
A properly designed anchor doesn't have to be HEAVY to hold a boat in place. I constructed mine from scrap : Re-bar (a sliding shaft with 3 flukes) . It grabs instantly (except on smooth rock-bottom) . In case it should be difficult to free I just reverse the pull (180 degrees) and slide the O-ring against the anchor-head and there-fore dislodge the anchor . --- I've never weighed it but don't think it weighs even 10 lbs. --- I made up a bow-mount as well (45 degree tilt) . As soon as the rope is loosened the anchor drops into the water . --- Any-one could fashion one inexpensively with a welder .
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February 12th, 2015, 11:35 PM
#25
New anchor
I forgot to mention that I fish in the Bay of Quinte a lot ; it get's pretty rough there but the anchor always did it's job .
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February 13th, 2015, 03:30 PM
#26
I have a 16' Crestliner. I found a 16# mushroom on a yellow rope that was cut off a couple feet below the water line over 25 years ago. I tied a new rope to the old one, tied off to my dad's boat and played around with different angles and speeds and popped that sucker free!
I have been using it with my boat since '99 and have never gotten it stuck again. It holds my boat just fine, 98% of the time. When it doesn't or when I want the boat to stop swinging, I have a 10-12# navy anchor I throw off the transom.
Learn all you can about nature. What we don't understand, we fear and what we fear, we destroy.
Teach a young person to hunt and fish, after all, someone taught you.
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February 17th, 2015, 06:08 PM
#27
Another good tip is to add 6-10 feet of 5/16 or 3/8" chain between the rope and the anchor. That keeps the pull on the anchor sideways unless the wave are really ripping and rolling. In that kind of weather, though, I am usually on shore dreaming about better fishing days.
If you add chain, you can always use it to attract smallmouth. Remove the anchor and send out the chain with a suitable amount of rope so that the chain drags and bounces along the bottom. The noise and silt that is stirred up will attract the curiosity of nearby smallmouth which will generally come in to investigate the disturbance.
Learn all you can about nature. What we don't understand, we fear and what we fear, we destroy.
Teach a young person to hunt and fish, after all, someone taught you.
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