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Location: Pensacola | I installed an anchor trolley from a kit at the KFS web site. I have used it once or twice & it works fine - some fine tuning may be in order but it is OK.
My question...
On this site or some other, I saw a photo where someone had installed a cleat and used as a fixed 'reel' to wind up their anchor line. I have also seen 'reels' made of PVC pipe - line is wound on the PVC & the whole thing is stowed somewhere until needed.
The cleat looks like a good idea: Anchor line appears to be tangle free, out of the way yet ready for use, etc. The anchor can be unclipped and stowed somewhere out of the way when not needed. I really like the idea of having the anchor line ready, but not laying around.
I have a 5 or 6 inch cleat and the well nuts to install it, but have hesitated on installation. I also have one of the 'clam' cleats that KFS supplies in their anchor trolley kit. The KFS cleat will hold the line in place, but doesn't provide any line storage.
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Location: Pensacola | Anchor line in a yak is just a pain, heres my way to deal with it. Two cleats, float, caribineer. Hope this helps.
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Location: Pensacola | I found a simple easy way to keep the line where you want it always wrapped and ready to feed out. Ferd uses the same thing I think. It's super cheap, only $3 at home depot I think, and it carabines to anyplace you want to hang it. Then just use a cleat or any point of contact to tie off after letting anchor out.
 
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Location: Milton... or somewhere fishing on my Yak!! | Here are some D rings and vinyl straping I found online at strapworks.com. I think they have every color you can imagine! Lets face it... I wouldn't think Orange would be a "best seller" but I was glad they had it!! I haven't taken a close up of them connected.. but it's mostly like everyone else's. I have been using the kind of line/holder as Cheetah ever since I first got a yak. Those little holders are great.. and keeps it all nice and neat and in one place! I cut 3" pieces and turned them into each other with the D ring inserted.. then before I placed one SS screw/washer I put a dab of silicone to seal them together. It works GREAT!!! Now I no longer have just the one side to anchor.. I can anchor off each side and it's so easy to use.
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Location: Milton... or somewhere fishing on my Yak!! | I'd sure like to find a 5lb mushroom weight.... but all I see are 10lbers. That seems like a lot of weight to me.  |
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General rule for yak fishing for bigger fish is to have an anchor set-up that you can cut loose to give chase and retreive later. Having the anchor line wrapped around permanent cleats does not allow you to cut loose easily. That is the real advantage to a hand spool, you just chuck the whole thing overboard (float attached of course) and pick it up after the sleigh ride.
Pam, just go buy a five lb lead weight from B&T. It will be smooth and rounded and will be more than enough to hold the yak in place in most local current/wind. |
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Location: Pensacola | Another weight I used a long time ago for rubber raft fishing, was a 5 lb plastic coated dumbell weight. the line slips through the hole, there's no sharp edges, and no metal to rust. Most weights in stores are metal now, but you can usually find an old 5 lb plastic weight at a garage sale, or the flea market, and they will probably give it to you to get it out of their way. |
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Location: Milton... or somewhere fishing on my Yak!! | I've got several of them Steve.. that is what I was using before I got the others. I have two of the claw kind.. and worried they are one day going to hook into something and can't get it undone. I'd much rather have a more rounded kind. I might go to GB B&T and look into the 5 lbs weights.. and paint it with a rubber type paint. |
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Location: Pace, FL | Pam - in the meantime, tie your line to the cleat at the base of the claw anchor and then zip tie it to the eye at the top (with a lightweight zip tie). If it snags, pull hard, zip tie breaks and anchor backs out...
I use the 8lb mushroom from Academy - has not snagged yet. Matter of time i guess. Vinyl coated so is quet to deploy, retrieve and store... |
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Location: Milton... or somewhere fishing on my Yak!! | Yeah Ferd.. that was what I was thinking... about being quiet. I would think 8lbs is pretty heavy for a weight. I'm wondering if they make them smaller... I like the shape of them also. I'll undo the chain etc.. and retie it and see how it goes for the time being until I find a smaller one. :- ) |
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Location: Pensacola | Theo61 - 9/24/2007 08:24
eccl:
General rule for yak fishing for bigger fish is to have an anchor set-up that you can cut loose to give chase and retreive later. Having the anchor line wrapped around permanent cleats does not allow you to cut loose easily. That is the real advantage to a hand spool, you just chuck the whole thing overboard (float attached of course) and pick it up after the sleigh ride.
Pam, just go buy a five lb lead weight from B&T. It will be smooth and rounded and will be more than enough to hold the yak in place in most local current/wind.
Ted is right. You want to be able to drop your anchor line and take off if need be. I wind the line tight on the cleats when transporting the kayak, but wind it loose when fishing. That way I can take all the line off at once and throw it over if Im lucky enough to hook a large fish.
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