Thread: Anchor front of my canoe, any ideas?

Kayak anchor troliey should work just fine!

10 or 12lbs of lead, melted into a peanut can with an eye bolt or heavy loop works great on my canoe. For a keel from the other end so you don't blow around so bad, try a sash weight about 2' deep. Also worked well for me.

An anchor troll would work where you could move the weight from front to back and back to front, put the bow into the wind.

Thanks guys, I have been reading some great posts here and I am thinking about a short piece of chain on a rope, it could also double as a drag in the wind when I want to drift. I am leaning toward drilling a hole and installing a grommet in the front and running a paracord through it to the back so I can raise and lower it.

Think that will work?

That would likely work, but after using an anchor trolley on my kayak, that system is hard to beat. Can adjust attitude of canoe/kayak depending on location of loop with anchor rope running through. Keeps your tie off location at your reach and adjusts by sliding loop on trolley front to back. And they are not expensive. If your handy look at a few videos of them being used and installed and surely a trip to Lowes and your gold.

The trolley isn't perfect, but it does allow you to move the anchor line to you so you can stow the anchor. Otherwise, you have to find a a way to make sure the anchor isn't banging against the side of the canoe when you have it raised out of the water.