its probably not the best system but I only small pond fish from a canoe and dont have current to worry about just wind. I have a large metal Nut attatched to about 50' of rope, I drop the nut over the side and sit on the rope once it hits the bottom.

I have thought about extending the bow with a 2X3 about 18 inches long and putting a pully system in to run the rope back to the stern seat. My coleman is such that I could do this with wing nuts and only take a couple of minutes to put it on and take it off.

Keepin it simple

Eric