I found this at a fishing store and bought it thinking it would work for my float tube:
http://i576.photobucket.com/albums/s...0604-00452.jpg
What do you guys think?
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I found this at a fishing store and bought it thinking it would work for my float tube:
http://i576.photobucket.com/albums/s...0604-00452.jpg
What do you guys think?
Looks like it should hold you Martin, unless the Santa Anna winds are too strong :) Then it may take two. But if it is that windy, you don't want to be out on the lake anyway.
Larry ---sagefisher---
I have a nylon bag with smooth river rock in it. I'd post a picture, but it's buried too deep under my fishing stuff. I like what you got, just make sure there are no sharp edges on it. If I got one of those, I'd round all the sharp corners/edges then coat it with plastic coating like you put on the handles of tools.
I took an old piece of PVC pipe, bought a couple of caps and put an eye bolt through one end. filled it upand glued together and it make a very nice anchor. If you want it to be plastic coated you might could put it in a ppiece of PVC, but there may be better methods. It looks like a great anchor the way it is though. :)
Nylon mesh bag on a rope works for me.
Fill it with rocks or gravel at the launch site.
Nothing to carry, packs empty and flat in the side pockets till needed
DuFf
I use an 8 lb sledge hammer head with a nylon rope ran through the hole. Works good in still water. Not worth a dang on the river unless it hits a snag.
I'm not planning to use the tube in running water, in that case I'll get on the pontoon. I got the rubber in a can so I will do that tomorrow. The sledge hammer sounds like good idea too.
It's a big chunk of lead wrapped on rubber now so I don't think I'll hear any complains. The anchor I was going to buy was also a big chunk of lead but not shaped as this one I got.
Now I just gotta wait for the weather to heat up a bit more so I can use my tube!
http://i576.photobucket.com/albums/s...0607-00459.jpg