So I was fishing out at the near shore today and regrettably I had to leave my anchor behind. So because of this I’m thinking of getting a reef anchor. What do y’all suggest?
I make a nice homeade one I sell for about 40 bux if you were in the Beaufort area.
06 200 Bay Scout 150 Yam
I make and sell reef anchors for $35.00 and I am in Mt. Pleasant. I use only cold rolled steel not rebar.
Shoot me an email and I will send you a ton of info about reef anchors.
make sure it looks like this,rigged from the bottom so it will break away. Use plastic wire ties(3-6), depending on current and winds, to hold the chain in place,when its stuck…idle forward and the boat will pop the wire ties and the anchor is pulled from the bottom instead of the top
I picked one up from Charleston Angler, it looks like the pic above, but it’s aluminum and it bends and you can straighten it once you get it back on the boat. I bought 3/8’s rope, I should have bought 1/2" rope, last time we were out three prongs hooked and I thought the rope was going to snap, anyways, we were able to pull it back up.
We carry the aluminum ones here at HPT as well…tsolice, they should have shown you in store what capt waller is talking about with the zip ties…Sure the tines of the anchor will bend out with the motor pulling on it, but they can only flex so many times before it becomes weak, 95% of the time you will never bend the tines on the anchor if you try that zip tie method, been doing it for 15yrs like that, works flawless! However if the zip tie method does fail for any reason to function the way you want it to, thats when the tines on the aluminum style are great bc you can bend them out fairly easily. Hope this helps and good luck!
Scott Hammond
Haddrells Point West Ashley
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Originally posted by ReelHunterWe carry the aluminum ones here at HPT as well…tsolice, they should have shown you in store what capt waller is talking about with the zip ties…Sure the tines of the anchor will bend out with the motor pulling on it, but they can only flex so many times before it becomes weak, 95% of the time you will never bend the tines on the anchor if you try that zip tie method, been doing it for 15yrs like that, works flawless! However if the zip tie method does fail for any reason to function the way you want it to, thats when the tines on the aluminum style are great bc you can bend them out fairly easily. Hope this helps and good luck!
Scott Hammond
Haddrells Point West Ashley
Just have to make sure that shackle is tight on the chain…
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Originally posted by Bolbie…the harbor was slick as an eel pecker.