06-22-08, 03:01 PM | #1 |
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Anchors
Hit the pond today.... and lost our anchor. The pond is very weedy and the cheap "Made in Taiwan" clip broke after the anchor snagged some weeds. The part that pivots and allows the anchor to enter the clip clean bent and broke.
So, we need an anchor. Looking for something that holds in weedy, mucky, or sandy bottoms. Not too many rocks around here, so we don't need anything for that. I think we'd need something like 12 or 15-pounds. Is that too much for a 14 foot boat? Thanks, -Buzz |
06-22-08, 03:15 PM | #2 |
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I use a 3lb. plastic coffee container, and an I bolt. Fill up the container with concrete, insert I bolt into wet concrete, let it set for 24 hrs. Even if I lose it, I am out 3 bucks. Works great on my 14 ft. jon boat.
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06-22-08, 03:46 PM | #3 |
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Try one of those mushroom shaped anchors..I used to buy the kind you lost today and most of the time someone would steal them. I have used all kinds of homemade ones, esp. I beam from work, but they ended up poking a hole through the aluminum..
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06-22-08, 05:04 PM | #4 |
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Buzz, look in your BPS catalogue for a "River Fluke" anchor. it is sort of three wing mushroom anchor. I have an 18 pound anchor that holds my 20' Astro in some of the toughest Texas winds you can experience. They are a great all around anchor that doesn't hang easily in rocks, yet works well in sand, mud or weeds.
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06-22-08, 06:02 PM | #5 |
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Bob, the anchor I lost had prongs, kind of like the fluke styles, and hung up terribly.
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06-22-08, 07:59 PM | #6 |
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I use the mushroom anchor JB has shown in 15 pound weight. It holds my boat very well. If you get a mushroom style, be sure to buy the style with drainage holes built into the cupped portion to allow mud and sand to wash free from the anchor. Some of the cheeper mushroom anchors dont have the drainage holes.
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Go with two 8 pounders of the mushroom sytle. That way you can hold both the front and the back.
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I only use a canoe, but I'm always in soft bottoms and use a 5# dumbbell with hex ends, not round. This style seems to hold very well in soft bottoms and is very inexpensive. Maybe it'd work for you too in a heavier weight.
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06-22-08, 09:32 PM | #9 |
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Hex ends? What do you mean by this, Marty?
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06-22-08, 09:47 PM | #10 |
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like thiss
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06-23-08, 12:05 AM | #11 |
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Buzzie, we use a 15lb mushroom anchor on our boat. It worked fine for us today out on a reservoir.
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06-23-08, 08:24 AM | #12 |
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Buzz, this one ain't what you're visualizing. It is actually a mushroom style anchor with slots in three locations that work very well in grass and soft bottoms, but doesn't hang up in rocks any more than a regular mushroom. BPS calls it a River anchor (look on page 272 of the BPS Summer Angler Catalogue)
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06-23-08, 12:58 PM | #13 |
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I don't have the BPS catalogue, Bob. Is it on their website?
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06-23-08, 01:01 PM | #14 |
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I believe this is what Bob was talking about.
http://www.basspro.com/webapp/wcs/st...=SearchResults BB
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06-23-08, 03:40 PM | #15 |
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hey buzz
is that what you were talking about?? we use when we dont have the anchor with us a cinder block.. a bit heavy but it does the job.. i also use mushroom anchors but intending on one of those river anchors for my jon boat
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Mr.P, and anchor like that is not at all necissary for fishing the small inland lakes Like Buzzie and I fish. we will use one when we go out of the big lake (Lake Erie), and maybe Lake St. Clair.
Bob, I've got work to do before I can fish, so I don't mind slowing it down a bit before the work. BB
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