In Need Of An Anchor

[Siebert Outdoors]

What do you guys use? I've got a 20' bass boat. I'm needing a good anchor for rocks to mud.

[Jig Man]

Bigfoot has a 30 # mushroom that he uses in the Bass Cat when he night fishes for crappie. I have been with him and it works pretty well.

[Catt]

Tri-fluted river anchor holds better than a mushroom

[Long Mike]

I seldom use an anchor anymore, because I now have the MK iPilot with Spot Lock. When I do use an anchor I use the one shown in the following link. It holds well in both rocks and mud.

http://www.academy.c...anchors&Ntk=All

[Catt]

The tri-fluted river anchor will hold better than the mushroom anchor, as well as the Navy anchor & is much easier the pull up that the Navy anchor.

[bus33]

I seldom use an anchor anymore, because I now have the MK iPilot with Spot Lock. When I do use an anchor I use the one shown in the following link. It holds well in both rocks and mud.

http://www.academy.c...anchors&Ntk=All

I agree....if you have a compatible minnkota, the ipilot add-on is awesome. I haven't used the anchor once since I put it on my boat. My real anchor is a water spike and works really well.

[Siebert Outdoors]

Thanks guys.

Catt, what weight are you using?

[Catt]

15-18 lbs with 25' of ½” rope

[Al Wolbach]

GMAN- Catt is correct about the type of anchor but I suggest you get at least a 20lb anchor for a 20' boat. Half inch anchor line = to 3 times the depth of water you are anchoring depending on wind/current. Most of the time 1 1/2 to 2 times the depth is plenty of line.

There is a knot for attaching line to the anchor but I could not find a link to it. I believe it is called an anchor knot(Imagine that). If you have a website for knots you may want to check it...........................Al

[Catt]

20 pound anchor & 25’ of rope is all you need, use a metal link like on mine & tie the rope with a slip knot.

[dink]

Or you can try what I did. I had a couple of old brake rotors lying around and bolted them together face to face to make a "spool". I just wind my anchor rope around it for easy storage as well as deployment. Seems to hold my 17 footer in place fine. Not sure about bigger boats, but an idea.

[Fishing Rhino]

A knot to tie an anchor to the line? What a bunch of landlubbers. You should always use an eye splice over a thimble, and a clevis to attach an anchor to the anchor rope.

The splice in this image is ok, but its better not to cut the three in the same place. Make at least three passes of the splice, then cut one of the lines by using a heated utility knife blade. It melts the nylong together and eliminates the tag end from protruding through the warp. Pass the two remaining ends back through the warp and cut off another using the heated blade. Pass the remaining strand back through the warp once more and cut it off. It makes for a nice tapered splice that wont snag muck or gunk on the bottom.

The hole in the clevis pin/bolt is for a wire to be passed through and wrapped around the clevis to prevent the pin from backing out. Some clevises aren't threaded they pass through the clevis and a cotter pin prevents it from backing out.

But, if you do want to tie the line directly to the anchor, here's the knot.