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Snapper
 
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Yak Fishing Tip #3. Quicker Anchoring. If you plan ahead, anchoring is faster and more precise. Do this at home or the launch site if possible. If you know you are going to be headed into the current, position your trolley ring at the front of your yak and lock the trolley in place. Let out the desired amount of scope then pull your anchor up to the ring and lock your anchor in place by tying off at your cockpit cleat. (Or other tie off point.) When you get to where you want to anchor, Un-cleat the anchor line and the anchor drops to the bottom immediately below your bow. This allows you to anchor much closer to your desired point without having to get too close to your intended position before dropping anchor. (less scope too) If you are approaching from down current, simply reverse the position of the trolley ring. This is for shallow water anchoring. I seldom anchor in water over 5' deep.
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| Good tip, but I have a quicker solution. Buy a Shallow water anchor Pin. www.stickitanchorpins.com
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Snapper
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| isn't anchoring a yak at the bow a no-no ?
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Snapper
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| Stickitpins don't work too well on solid rock bottom where I usually anchor and I am sure they would make a helluva noise hitting rock. Anchoring off the bow or stern is about 100X safer than anchoring over the side. You can flip a yak in a heart beat anchoring over the side. I am very careful when hauling anchor too.
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| I'm anchoring in 2-6' of water. My anchor can be released in a heartbeat if there is a problem. When anchored off the bow, I can see a problem developing. Off the stern, an approaching wave is not easily seen. Additionally, my rudder is off the stern so I have to be more careful. I probably anchor 30 or more times per trip--some times a lot more. The article you attached is from California. Chances are, they are talking about deeper water. I noticed that they mentioned an anchor was not often needed except when beaching. My anchor is a bar of lead that weighs about 6#. It seldom gets hung and, when it does, I paddle past it and pull it free from the other side. The little folding grapnels most yakkers use would get lost mighty fast here. In the past several years with literally hundreds of anchorings, I have release my anchor exactly twice due to problems but I often release it several times per day to chase a fish. In the same time, I took on a bunch of water once but have never dumped.
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| Guys, I have been operating canoes and kayaks for most of my 65 years on this planet. There isn't always a "right" or a "wrong" way of doing some things. Common sense comes into play and experience makes alot of difference in what you do under certain circumstances. I seem to feel a hint of defensiveness here and I don't think it is necessary for either of you to challenge the ways of the other. I have anchored kayaks from the bow, stern, and the side and the only anchoring point I would definitely not recommend is the side for most situations. You can gain some advantage for certain uses in either the bow or the stern anchoring method. That is best decided before you leave the launch area and it depends on some variables such as what you are doing that day, ie., touring or fishing or just photographing wildlife, and it also depends on whether therre is a tide or current and which direction to your travel and interest the movement of water is heading. Above all else, some common sense and experience at the outcome of anchoring one way or another is essential over a set of rules and regulations governing anchoring a kayak. And, if the wind kicks up, it may well change all that planning if it is heading out of the wrong quadrant and pushes you broadside to the incoming heavy water. Wind, current, and tides are 3 variables that you must be aware of at all times as each can change and have an adverse effect on your anchoring position and you might not even notice until it has become a problem for you. One thought on anchoring from the side from first hand experience, I watched a good friend roll his kayak over in a swift current in a river we were fishing and lose most of his fishing gear and his glasses from not paying proper attention to the current. If you are going to anchor in swift current from the side of your kayak for any reason, make sure that your anchor goes off the kayak from the up river side of the craft! That way it is pulling from the point of attachment over the edge of the kayak or from the side of the kayak directly away from the paddler to the anchor. If you try to anchor by throwing the anchor over the downriver side of the kayak, the current will carry your craft over the anchor and the pull on the kayak, when the rope tightens up, will be under the kayak to a point up stream to the anchor. Most times, after that initial jerk that occurs when the rope tightens up to the anchor, the current will try to spin your kayak around to take the "kink" out of the rope. But either way, you will probably take in water when the anchor tightens that rope and the side of the kayak dips and the water splashes in. If you think about this, a strong current will have a tendency to roll your kayak over toward the downriver side because the anchor rope will try to straighten itself out and, in doing so, will try to take that little wrap of rope from the downriver side of your kayak around the bottom and straighten it out!! Imagine a yoyo with a half wrap of string around it and gravity pulling it down. The yoyo (kayak) will turn a half turn until the pull of gravity (downriver force of the current) straightens out the string (anchor rope). You certainly don't want to have a rotational pull on your kayak trying to roll you over when you have some emergency that you feel you must deal with at that very moment!! I was concerned for my friend's safety and his equipment at the moment but we both had a good laugh afterward as I dramatized how he looked when that anchor rope went tight and suddenly jerked that kayak and threw him off balance!! He had such a surprised look on his face and I had no time to shout any warning other than to simply stare and hope for the best.
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