Need Anchor Advice

[brim]

Getting frustrated with anchors. Wonder whats worked for you.
I have a 21' with cuddy cabin & any type of a wind, I am drift fishing.
Suggestions??? Have used 25lb concrete and chene style , neither with much success.

[utwalleye]

I use a navy style anchor 25 lb. and I don't have a problem holding in the wind. also a piece of 2 foot chain will help too. later chuck
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[Saberfish]

[black][size 3]The type of anchor style is important, depending on the type of bottom you are holding to. But more important is the rope/chain setup. If you go on the net, I'm sure that there are formulas for this length.[/size][/black]
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[size 3]The amount of rope required seems excessive, I don't remember what the length/depth formula is, but it's a lot. I'll go into the net, and see if I can find anything that may help.[/size]

[#ff0000][size 3]PS: From what I could learn, it's a 5 to 1 ratio in calm water. 7 to 1 is standard, and 10 to 1 ratio in rough water. So if you're in 10 feet of water, you would need the standard 70 feet of rope. Also a piece of chain will keep the anchor laying in the correct position on the bottom.[/size][/#ff0000]
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[#ff0000][size 3]Hope that this helps.


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[muskyhunter]

I also use the navy 25# with 6' of chain on 150' of 3/8 rope on my 19.5 cuddy it works well. M.H.
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[Old_Coot]

[url "http://www.jamestowndistributors.com/userportal/show_product.do?pid=341&familyName=Danforth+Anchors"][/url]



[font "Comic Sans MS"][size 2][#002850]My experience is that these Danforth, Hooker, or Supper Hooker style anchors are best bang for the buck. For their weight, they hold as good as, or even much better than, anchors that weigh 3 times heavier.

As it has been said before, they should have about 6 feet of 1/2 inch chain connected to the anchor to ensure that the rope doesn't lift the anchor arm.

When folks buy these, they tend to get a bigger anchor than necessary. If you do buy one, just get the one designed for the size of your boat or one size larger. The anchors are labled as to what size boat they are designed for.[/#002850][/size][/font]
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[Tarponjim]

Listen to Old Coot! That's what you need, with several feet of heavy chain. The chain is key! It keeps the anchor at the proper angle to dig in instead of drag. Drop the anchor well up-wind of where you want to end up, and once it catches, drift back to your desired location and tie it off. Lots of rope, lots of scope, and lots of chain.
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[Fishhound]

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[black][size 3]You've gotten some good info here by the others. Here are a couple of links to other threads with some of my experience with anchors.[/size][/black]
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[url "http://www.bigfishtackle.com/cgi-bin/gforum/gforum.cgi?post=208527;search_string=RODE;#208527"][black][size 4]BFT LINK 1[/size][/black][/url]
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[url "http://www.bigfishtackle.com/cgi-bin/gforum/gforum.cgi?post=228047;search_string=RODE;#228047"][black][size 4]BFT LINK 2[/size][/black][/url]
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[Troll]

It's not about anchor weight.
If a boat will float 4k pounds and you tie a 500 pound anchor to it, when the wave lifts the boat, it will lift the 500lb anchor.
It's about angle of pull, if the angle is upward at to steep of an angle, then the anchor gets lifted, if the rope holding the anchor is long enough(scope) then the angle is very slight and the anchor gets pulled deeper into the bottom, instead of being lifted.
The chain is estential to this as it acts as a weight to keep the anchor from being lifted, more important is scope. It takes 2x as much rope as the depth to set a rope at a 45 degree angle, 4 times for a 22.5 degree angle of the rope. 8 times the depth for a 11 degree angle. 11 degrees is about as steep as you want to go. That means 80' of rope for every 10' deep of water.
I have 3 anchors on my boat. one is a river mushroom anchor and is only for calm waters, light winds and throwing out on shore when I pull in. The second anchor is a 25 lb pyramid weight like the drift boaters use. This is on a caribener that I can clip to the leading end of the chain in rougher weather, it really helps to keep the chain down and pulling the anchor into the bottom. The thirs anchor is a Danforth like Coot has shown. If I am setting up a mooring for the night or really need to hook up in wind I use this one. I almost always put the pyramid on the lead end of the chain for this anchor and that combo always hooks up and holds.
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[MGB]

Like UtWalleye said, navy anchor is the best. My 20 lb. works great on my 17' fiber glass boat but a 25 lb. now that would work even better.
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[brim]

Much Thanks to all . I will re-rig and re try [sly]

I'll see what idea does the trick for me.

Thanks.