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by Eddy C » Fri May 15, 2015 11:06 am
What lenghth of rope to depth? Lets say you want to anchor in 100ft of water how much rope? 300 '? 1 to 3??
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Re: anchor line
by Nelly » Fri May 15, 2015 12:34 pm
Hey Eddy,
A lot of folks are confusing mooring anchor line scope (long-term/overnight) with fishing scope which is short-term with someone always on watch.
I've anchored in the Straits of Juan de Fuca in 200 feet of water with only 230-240 feet of line and held just fine.
I use a Rocna Fisherman 6kg http://www.rocna.com/ with a boat-length of 3/8" galvenized Proof Coil chain.
The more rope the better to a point: you'll hold better, but your swing radius and accuracy of your fishing suffers.
Good luck!
A lot of folks are confusing mooring anchor line scope (long-term/overnight) with fishing scope which is short-term with someone always on watch.
I've anchored in the Straits of Juan de Fuca in 200 feet of water with only 230-240 feet of line and held just fine.
I use a Rocna Fisherman 6kg http://www.rocna.com/ with a boat-length of 3/8" galvenized Proof Coil chain.
The more rope the better to a point: you'll hold better, but your swing radius and accuracy of your fishing suffers.
Good luck!
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Re: anchor line
by LisaMarie » Wed May 27, 2015 9:35 am
also run a nice 3 strand rode. Not floating poly! You need a bit of stretch to act as a shock absorber. Braided Rode tends to yank a set anchor off bottom....
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