05-02-09, 09:21 PM | #1 |
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Anchoring Ideas...
After a couple of very windy days out fishing by myself on Patoka (I got blown onto some unseen rocks and scratched my prop all up ), I have decided to give more serious thought to my current anchor setup, which consists of an 18lb Waterspike and 100' of rope. It works just fine when I've got a buddy with me...I let him idle the boat up while I take up the slack, and I can lift the anchor safely when we've just passed it. However, when I'm alone, I don't dare use it for fear of not being able to get it "un-anchored" or getting the rope wrapped around the prop, etc.
I'm thinking about adding a power winch type setup where I can take up the slack from the helm. I see them advertised for as low as $125 online. Do any of you have one of these? Where do you have it mounted? I guess ideally, an anchor roller should be right on the nose of the boat, but my typical trolling motor mount is right there. I would think to remotely pull it up anywhere else would be begging for some major hull dings and scratches. Any suggestions? I was thinking of maybe dyeing the last few feet of anchor rope red or something, so I would know I needed to pull the anchor over the side, but once again, that will leave me away from the helm in the wind. Either that...or I need some new friends with the ability to spend more than one day a month not being their wife's whipping boy. |
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what kind of bottom?? a water spike is a royal b!tch to break loose..
look for more friends... zooker
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Patoka has just about everything...muddy, gravelly/rip-rap areas, lots of weeds in summer, oh, and the odd tree here and there (Patoka means "log-on-bottom" in some Indian tongue )
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i'd use a river anchor it looks like your stock mushroom only more like a boat prop..water spikes don't half way release the way ya want them to..
if i was using a water spike again i would buy a large bouy the big round red ones add a fast snap or bolt latch carabiner. trust me this works.. you tie up like normal..when you want to up and move hook the bouy on the anchor line. crank the boat up and ease off the bouy goes down and yanks the anchor loose from the bottom. stop after you feel the anchor release from the bottom. the bouy floats up with your anchor on it you simply pull your rope in and done no honkin on it.. it's a trick i learned deep water achoring for trout at night with the big boat -30 pound water spike-and 500 feet of rope..it normally took 3 of us to pull the anchor up.. this way just the mate would haul in the line and bouy.. zooker
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Um...how exactly does the buoy go down to the anchor? I'm a little fuzzy on that, Zooker.
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using the bolt carabiner you put it on the anchor rope. you start the big moter and start driving off this forces the bouy down to the anchor. the bouy pulls the anchor and floats it up..like i said once ya feel the anchor release the bottom ya stop the boat and let the bouy float up with the anchor..
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Cummon now...the Indiana DNR prohibits any release of untreated human waste into any lake, river, or stream. So if you're gonna do it...best wait a real, real long time...then you can ask the game warden as you point proudly to your floater, "Does that look human to you?"
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Okay...I watched a youtube video on using a buoy...it worked, but his buoy stayed on the surface, and he kept driving until the anchor hit the buoy...it was sort of stuck to the buoy. Maybe I'll get one of those instead...a lot cheaper than a power winch...and no work to install.
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