Anchor or drift sock?

[Bluegill]

Mine is a retractable clothes line with three pound anchor works great in reservoirs not so good in salt SPSP current really rips


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[JohnE]

Have you ever tried dragging a chain? You should try cbbt if you think spsp is bad. I just anchor off structure there most of the time, pretty hard to pull drifts. Most other places I just one hand my paddle to slow down a drift.

[Frogsauce]

I use a 5 lbs claw anchor, but a 3 lbs would be fine too. It's roped at the bottom and a zip tied at the top. If it gets hung on anything, I just pull hard enough and the zip tie breaks, and the anchor gets pulled out from the bottom. Similar to how a small boat would use a claw.

[Bluegill]

I'll try that but my issue seems to be getting it to hold bottom any tips


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[Frogsauce]

A 5 lbs anchor will hold you. Also, look into anchoring a boat, similar concept, but dramatically reduced line requirements for a kayak. If I anchor in 25 ft of water in terribly rough conditions and high winds, I'll only have to let out maybe 35 ft of line to hold with a 5 lbs anchor. My 7 lbs anchor on the Tarpon will hold tight no matter the length of line.

[Salty Dog]

3 lb drag chain, 3 lb collapsible anchor.2014 08 anchor 5.jpg

[JohnE]

Depends on where you are trying to anchor. If you are trying to slow down a drift, the sock or chain may help. I usually only drift around bridges when the current is not running too hard. In heavy current, I use a kayak wreck anchor. The wreck anchor will hold as long as there are rocks or other stuff around for it to grab hold of. Sometimes I have been out at cbbt when not even a 7 pound anchor would hold on the sandy bottom away from the bridge.

http://kayakkevin.com/home/kayakwreckanchors.html

[JohnE]

I have one of those collapsible anchors also, but it just does not work well at places like cbbt.

[Salty Dog]

Agreed, it will some time before I attempt the CBBT. At this stage I am more of a back bay/ flats yaker until I get a lot more experience.

[JohnE]

Yeah, that small collapsible one will work fine for those situations, but Bluegill was asking about places like spsp which is a little bit easier than cbbt but still requires some creative solutions for anchoring.

[buzz]

I'm still new at the Bay Bridge, so anchoring there is not something I'm interested in doing just yet.

Although with all the crap down there, I would recommend a wreck anchor.