Improvised Anchors?

[FalconSmitty]

Yall don't have a Parking Brake on your rig? Ya never need anchors. It coordinates with the GPS to secure you to your honey hole.. They are hard to find but I have a few left...call me at BR-549.. the first 25 callers get a free piece of rope.

[3's]

All I can say is WOW!!! I can't imagine hoisting 40+ lbs of anchor every time I move. I have a 2072 and my main anchor weighs 8 lbs. It will hold in about any condition you encounter including the current in the Ohio river. The only place it lacks is in rocky bottoms. We don't have much of that here mainly muck and sand. Its all in the amout of line you play out. More = better hold. Once I get the front where I want I have a 10 triflut\ke river anchor I use to hold the back. A small fluke style anchor made to dig into the bottom will hold a pretty latge boat!

Now for the homemades from back in the day....... window weights, concrete blocks, chisel plow tines, and SS pump shaft with SS rod welded to it to help dig!!!

[slab-happy]

I make all of mine out of old SEMI tire weights. Not the small kind of tires but the BIG BOYZ...Some weigh as much as 16 oz for ONE!!! I attached a pic of the metal bowl I pour the molten lead into. Once harden, I turn it over and there's my anchor. I bet it weighs 50-60 pounds if you fill it up too much. I would figure they would cost me about $40 each retail. I paint them black and pour liquid rubber on the bottom (the kind of stuff when it hardens is like the plastic handles on a pair of plyers.

Looks good sac-a-lait,.....I found one like that but not that heavy. 50 to 60 lbs would have to be a pain in the a** to pull every time you move. It should hold good and would give you a good work out ( save $$$ @ the gym). I made a couple steel anchors @ 20 bls each that hold a 18 ft. boat real good. Also a 36 lbs same type anchor for strong wind days. Tell me a little more about and how much cost for the rubber coating.

[sac-a-lait]

I never use mine. I never anchor BUT when I do it's in current and I can promise you, there's not an 8 pound anchor out there that will hold my boat in current. The plastic stuff's like $10 a can and could cover 2-4 anchor bottoms. I use the 50 pounder up front in current then I have about a 25 pounder I use on the back. You can make them any weight you want just by controlling the amount of lead you put in. When I had a smaller boat I used to make 2 out of bread pans. Had a small loaf of lead and it would hold good.

Also, if you note the ROPE is a VERY large diameter. The larger the rope diameter the easier it is to pull something up.

[rushcreekoutdoor]

I also just got a 20/72 and my old 12 lb mushroom would not hold it at all. I fish mostly reelfoot and the mud bottom needs a good heavy dead weight. You can't find really heavy anchors like that, so I made one and it is great.

I bought a 30 lb one piece dumbell from wal-mart for 17 dollars. I went to ace hdwe and bought a 1" hinged metal pipe repair wrap and bolted it centered on the handle then I drilled a hole in the middle of the pipe wrap. It is a great anchor at less than half the price of a store bought. This weekend, I am going to spray it down with rubberized undercoating.

rushcreekoutdoor

[bttmline]

I use 2 very small but effective anchors. I took an eye boltand placed it in the middle of a campbell soup can and fill it with melted lead from my melting pot. Small but very heavy for it size.
Tim

[EDDY CREEK BANDIT]

Do you guys remember seeing the screw on cap to 100 pound propane cylinders? I use two of those filled with lead, when dropped into a soft bottom they stick into it like a bullit. It will hold me almost every time. Hard bottoms are not so good. They are not very large and don't look to bad if you paint them to match your boat or carpet. Find the caps insert eye bolt and fill with scrap lead. Ready to go. THE BANDIT

[DC Crappie Kid]

After reading all these ideas, I think I may have found a purpose for that big old cracked cast iron skillet...

[bobberdown]

I once used a 1999 Ford F150, and the boat trailer. Worked great, The boat floated off the trailer and when the line off the reel on the trailer emptied and the truck finely stopped in 15 foot of water, (Flooded out in 4.5 foot) and I swam to the boat I could have fished in that hole of water in a hurricane and wouldn't moved.
The wrecker driver had a time pulling the mess from the lake. Insurance man did ask me if I was in need of an anchor. But the coffee can with some re-rod will work good.

[slabmaster09]

BD are you saying that the winch was still hooked to your boat when the truck and trailer rolled back into the water lol. that would hold it pretty steady.