anchor arrangement

[steve79]

Hello all,

I'm new to this forum and new to kayak fishing. I plan on float fishing from my kayak and would preferably like the kayak to sit still and not blow around with the breeze. Advice from someone with experience in this area would be greatly appreciated. I was wondering whether 1 anchor would suffice or will my kayak require to be anchored at both ends? Thanks in advance

Steve

[Tanglefoot]

Hi

I'm fairly new to freshwater fishing myself. I find when I fish on the sea the tide holds you still. However, when I fished freshwater I found the kayak wandered a lot making bait fishing difficult. I'm going 2 anchors next time.

Ian.

[pikemanmick]

I;ve been considering this myself for river and lake fishing - Have you given any thought to how you would do this? And from where on the kayak would you hold the two anchors.  Would you need to anchor trolleys?

[Daz]

on a river you can anchor from the stern and use a small drogue from the bow which helps keep the kayak from moving about a much, its hard to stop all movement as i found on the river Trent.

welcome to the forum

Daz

[esoxuk]

I don't anchor on rivers, I clip up to either overhanging trees, bushes or reed beds using a brush anchor www.agmdiscountfishing.co.uk/baker-brush-anchor-kayaksboats-p-268.html and a length of paracord.
I find it better for trotting baits along the bankside features, especially for perch and chub hiding under bushes and undercut banksides.

[Izzetafox]

I like the brush clamps but they are likely to corrode.

I now use work clamps like the link below. Just drill a small hole in the handle, thread some cord through and there you have it. Lidl or Aldi often do them cheap.

Terry

www.ebay.co.uk/itm/12-x-LARGE-NYLON-SPRING-CLAMPS-6-5-160mm-STRONG-QUICK-GRIP-CLIP-SET-Stall-Big-/191059717423?pt=UK_Hand_Tools_Equipment&hash=item2c7c0bed2f

[philpot]

I fish a lake with many sunken trees and while the spring grip anchors work well, I sometimes can't get near enough to the better branches to get a grip. I found in my garage some long bird feeder hooks which are something like a long question mark (?). I tie parachord to the bottom of the hook and hang the top of the hook on the best suited branch. This gave me an extra 60cm to reach the anchor point. They are available in most garden centres and only a few quid. I slightly opened the gap at the top and closed the hook at the bottom where I attach the parachord.

shopping.rspb.org.uk/tree-hook-for-hanging-bird-feeders-60cm.html

Another alternative method

Phil

[steve79]

Thanks for all the replies. In some of the spots I will fish it will be possible to tie up to bankside features but other times I will be fishing out in the open so will have to use anchors. I'm not sure how I will set it up yet, it'll take some research. Possibly a fixed anchor at the back and an anchor trolley for the front.

[Izzetafox]

What you can do is set a full trolley on one side and a half trolley on the other.

Terry

[pikemanmick]

Where would the half one go on the kayak? Front or back?

[Izzetafox]

Whichever you want. Personally I would go stern. You could even have two stern anchors in a 'Y' configuration.

Terry

[esoxuk]

One or two people use a separate front and rear trolley, you could do that and use both but on a river its not a good idea as sometimes especially on the Trent you have to move fast due to other users such as brain dead jetskiers, mindless rowers who delight in going backwards without looking or peed up gin palace captains.

[greygoose]

Apr 17, 2014 9:58:06 GMT esoxuk said:

One or two people use a separate front and rear trolley, you could do that and use both but on a river its not a good idea as sometimes especially on the Trent you have to move fast due to other users such as brain dead jetskiers, mindless rowers who delight in going backwards without looking or peed up gin palace captains.

A lot of rivers !

[Axor]

Depending on the depth of the area you are fishing and the bottom you can also use a long stake pole pushed into the bottom to fix your self to, this is very popular in the States

[philpot]

Taking your comment further Axor, Jackson kayaks have just introduced an electric powered stake out pole which is fitted to the kayak and by pressing a button, the pole simply drives into the mud. Great when fishing the Florida Flats but not so sure it would be so good here.

Phil

[greygoose]

Lazy bu**ers can't even push a stick in !

[philpot]

May 26, 2014 13:39:08 GMT greygoose said:

Lazy bu**ers can't even push a stick in !