We use 2x4 with a hole in the center just stick them between the beams tie off to your boat.
I am trying to figure out how to stay put so I can fish bridge support columns. I tried two anchors, but the current is too hard. I do not see a way to tie to anything above or around the columns themselves. What methods should I try?
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We use 2x4 with a hole in the center just stick them between the beams tie off to your boat.
Cut 2 2x4 the width between the beams drill a hole in the center tie your rope off if you can reach these beams by hand just put it between the beams & tie to the front & rear of your boat. if the beams are out of reach you,ll have to make ya something to place your boards to reach these beams i made mine out of (pvc) but i could reach one probaly 15 foot high.
Use a cord and tie to a float or foam and throw it around the column and let it float around the column. drop back and pick it up and then tie to a rope. Pull rope around and put a slip knot in the end of the rope and then pull tight. keep the knot tight so it won't slip so easy. Have the knot so that when it is pulled it will pull tight and stop slipping. like how you tie your line on a spool. The harder you pull the tighter it gets. Raise it to the height of your gunnel or higher. Tie this to the front of your boat, and then with a second line, tie the back of your boat to the rope that is around the column. Or you can tie the main line off and just use 2 other lines to tie your boat front and back to the rope on the column and then just leave it for the next time you go fishing. Be sure to use bumpers between your boat and the column. EB
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Cordless drill, concrete bit, concrete anchor and screw eye big enough for a small carabinger clip, tie off to the carabiner. Clip in each time you fish, and unclip when your done.
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I wonder if I would be prosecuted for drilling into the bridge supports? Or are you saying something else?
Newer Homeland security laws prohibit most tying off too and/or even fishing under bridges. Yes, it is rarely enforced on inland waters, but just know that they can. So be very polite if you are contacted by any agency about it. Do not tamper with any bridge structure. You are just asking for trouble.
A C-clamp on I beams or a rope around the column should work just fine. I have a large, sheep hearder style hook made out of a piece of aluminum conduit. I have a carabiner thru one end of a threaded union. I can hook most stuff, or toss is like a grapplin hook or screw on another stick of conduit to reach a place to hold too.
If the current is running, get a Rictor anchor and anchor to the side and above the pillar. Let out line to put you beside it. Fish tight and put your bait in there face.
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Get you an old or new HULA-HOOP cut through one side ,run rope through and put a snap on one end .When you come up to pillar unsnap snap take h-h by the end without the snap and just flip the snap around the the column and snap it to rope,then tie off boat .the h-h will keep column from eating up your rope....
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