Anchor Bags

[rodgerole]

Y'all have come up with some good ideas. I'm going on with my soft anchor idea even though they may last only a short time. I found a couple of nylon camo sacks at Bass Pro for $4.99 ea. Other sack I found were about the same price, but all had to be shipped here to the podunk little place we live. Luckily Bass Pro is only 25-30 miles away. They don't look terribly sturdy, but will probably last as long as the shot sacks I used for my first anchors. I'm gonna stick the shot in a plastic freezer bag to see if letting the bag dry out better will help the longevity. It took my first sacks quite a while to dry out because of the material and the wet shot inside.
I actually need the soft sacks because I have the anchors rigged thru micro cam cleats and fairleads so I can raise and lower them from my kayak seat. I leave them dangling over the side of the boat on opposite sides(for balance?) at each end, but not touching the water, when not in use. Hard anchors bang against the side of the boat and probably bother the fish. I know for certain the banging and thumping bothers me.
They worked pretty good for anchoring quickly when I was searching around for fish. I can let them down with one hand and still keep the fish on so I don't lose track of where I was when I got bit.

Thanks,rodgerole

[ducksterman]

It probably will not solve your bumping problem but in threads in the past it seemed there were a lot of people that agreed that a bundle of chain worked quite well...especially in moving water.

[jeffro]

I replaced some old windows one time and kept all the old window "counter weights"......They weigh probably 2 ta 3 lbs each.....they are about 1ft long and about 1 and 1/4" around.... seems like they would be justa bout right and wont be so heavy i cant pull em up also wont have ta worry about em gettin snagged too bad.

[Uncle Jesse]

It probably will not solve your bumping problem but in threads in the past it seemed there were a lot of people that agreed that a bundle of chain worked quite well...especially in moving water.

I have never used chain as an anchor but seem to remember from a book on Ozark trout fishing that Arkansas outlaw the use of it because it damage the areas where trout laid their eggs. Is that correct or is the memory playing tricks again?

[ducksterman]

You are probably correct UJ. I know years ago the guides would walk their boats down the Madison dragging those chains and there was much discussion on the damage being done....don't know how it ended.