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07/16/2017 03:42PM (Thread Older Than 3 Years)
What does everyone use to anchor their canoe while fishing? I plan on doing some slip bobber fishing, and I may want to anchor from time to time when I find fish. I know Piragis sells mesh bags you fill with rocks, but the price seems a bit ridiculous when I could get a mesh bag at walmart and do the same for a lot less.
07/16/2017 05:25PM
Use a basketball net. I just tied one end off with a zip-tie, then I wove 550 cord through the other end with a slip knot to make it easy to open and close. Plenty of rocks in the BW to use as weight. Dump the rocks out before portages. Cheap, easy, and light weight.
RW
RW
07/16/2017 06:24PM
Huh....never considered it. I will defintely be doing that. Cheap, and at that price, I can pick up TWO of them so I can anchor in a specific direction if need be. Anchor rope is cheap, and I don't have to cry if one gets lost in davy jone's locker, haha.
07/16/2017 07:53PM
Using a basketball net to make an anchor... one of the best bits of advice ever shared on this site. You'll never look back.
"Keep close to Nature's heart, yourself; and break clear away, once in a while, and climb a mountain or spend a week in the woods. Wash your spirit clean." ~ John Muir
07/16/2017 09:50PM
I might need to consider this basketball net business. Last few years I have used a small laundry mess bag. Packs small and seems to be holding up to the abuse.
He has achieved success who has worked well, laughed often, and loved much. --Elbert Hubbard--
07/17/2017 03:25PM
Just take two pieces of rope with you. One small gauge for the rock, the other a little larger to use to lower the rock. Find a heavy rectangular\square rock, tie the first rope around all sides several times until you run out of rope. Then tie the second rope in the middle where your first rope crisscrosses the rock. - Anchor
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07/18/2017 08:34AM
I suppose if it's rough enough that a basket ball net with rocks won't hold you then you should probably be using a drift sock or perhaps you shouldn't be out there at all.......
Having said that I have picked up a stunningly effective anchor by Sea Cure meant especially for kayaks and canoes. Small and lightweight they are simply the best anchors I have ever used. They grab "right now" and in any situation, from sand to mud to rock. An ideal base camp anchor.
Best anchor
If you are looking for an anchor for your "other" boat these are the best period (I have one for Kayak and another for my flat bottom flats boat). They will stick you quick and usually without chain. There is a rigging trick to insure it never becomes permanently stuck > tie your rope not to the provided shackle but rather to the tail end (there is a hole provided)....then cable tie your line to the shackle. If your anchor ever becomes stuck, just pop the cable tie with a yank and now your attachment point becomes the rear of the anchor and it will slide out.
Having said that I have picked up a stunningly effective anchor by Sea Cure meant especially for kayaks and canoes. Small and lightweight they are simply the best anchors I have ever used. They grab "right now" and in any situation, from sand to mud to rock. An ideal base camp anchor.
Best anchor
If you are looking for an anchor for your "other" boat these are the best period (I have one for Kayak and another for my flat bottom flats boat). They will stick you quick and usually without chain. There is a rigging trick to insure it never becomes permanently stuck > tie your rope not to the provided shackle but rather to the tail end (there is a hole provided)....then cable tie your line to the shackle. If your anchor ever becomes stuck, just pop the cable tie with a yank and now your attachment point becomes the rear of the anchor and it will slide out.
Lets Go!
07/18/2017 01:09PM
Pretty sure that goes without saying.
But if your canoe base camping on Basswood or the like or just want an anchor for your Bass or Walleye boat that actually works (and that without a bunch of noisy chain) then the Sea Cure is the ticket.......they just work.
But if your canoe base camping on Basswood or the like or just want an anchor for your Bass or Walleye boat that actually works (and that without a bunch of noisy chain) then the Sea Cure is the ticket.......they just work.
Lets Go!
07/18/2017 09:33PM
I've never used these but I've seen them on store shelves.
Anchor bag
In the past, I've used anything I had that was mesh because I usually forget about the anchor bag until we're just about ready to pull away from the driveway for the trip. LOL.
Terry
Anchor bag
In the past, I've used anything I had that was mesh because I usually forget about the anchor bag until we're just about ready to pull away from the driveway for the trip. LOL.
Terry
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07/30/2017 02:02PM
quote jhb8426: "I use a folding anchor previously sold by Bell. Weighs about 3-4 lbs. but holds the bottom well. Looks a lot like this one.
I mainly base camp so the weight is not a big concern for me."
How many portages do you typically do while carrying that thing?
"Keep close to Nature's heart, yourself; and break clear away, once in a while, and climb a mountain or spend a week in the woods. Wash your spirit clean." ~ John Muir
08/02/2017 09:53AM
quote jhb8426: "I use a folding anchor previously sold by Bell. Weighs about 3-4 lbs. but holds the bottom well. Looks a lot like this one.
I mainly base camp so the weight is not a big concern for me."
You dont have issues sometimes getting it back out of the rocks? I'm with QM. I just find a rock with different edges to it and wrap with rope both directions. Can never have enough rope in the BW.
keep your line wet, good things will happen
08/02/2017 09:16PM
Or you could do what two guys going up the very steep Eddy Falls portage did - one carried the canoe and the other carried a bowling ball size rock tied to the canoe. They had found the perfect rock and by luck had the perfect knot, so they were going to keep it, despite the barely muffled snickers of the crew fishing at the bottom of the falls.
OtherBob - lots of Bobs on this board
08/03/2017 04:09AM
quote OtherBob: "Or you could do what two guys going up the very steep Eddy Falls portage did - one carried the canoe and the other carried a bowling ball size rock tied to the canoe. They had found the perfect rock and by luck had the perfect knot, so they were going to keep it, despite the barely muffled snickers of the crew fishing at the bottom of the falls. "
Is this tongue in cheek ?
keep your line wet, good things will happen
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