View Full Version : anchor buoys ???
Help, how do they work? Dont they just pull along in the water as you motor ahead to retive?? It would be most usefull in big waves, do you have to drive into the (big)waves a LONG way to finaly get the anchor up to the buoy? and how dose it stay there? There is a pic. on page 171 of the cabelas 2001 cat. I just dont see how. I have see one used but only from a long distance. We anchor in 100ft. with 250ft. total out! (lakers) Sorry for so many question's but I have found this is were to come for the best answers. THANKS !!!!
If it's the type with a split ring attatched to a bouy they work real well. I've used them in salt water raising 25 or 30 pound anchors and they will save your arms for sure. You just move into the wind at a moderate speed and you'll see the ball start going under. The anchor eventually ends up in the ring, then you turn around and coil your line back to the bouy. Most people I know won't anchor without them.
Thank you , any one else? I need MORE INFO. with DETAILS.Some time's when it's time to go the waves may be to big to drive into at a "moderate" speed
Starfish
01-07-2002, 11:20 PM
The slider buoy rig works great-- I never go sturgeon fishing without it in heavy current. It has a sliding pin inside a plastic collar that locks in one direction but slides freely in the other. (I'm not sure if this is the same one you're looking at, but I'm sure it's a similar idea.) The rope slides pretty easily (depending on how heavy your anchor is) but you're right, you might need to power into the waves to get it to slide. But there's an alternative in a pinch; you can still raise the anchor hand-over-hand or however you prefer; the rope will just slide through the buoy slide, and if you let go it will lock in place with the anchor suspended until you resume pulling it up.
The one caution in using your boat to pull an anchor is to be careful not to either run over your anchor line, or tie it off too firmly to the rear cleat while running into wind or current. In either case, you could end up backward to the current and going down due to tangling in your prop, or motor stalling. I tie off to a front side cleat and swing out to the side before heading upriver, and I always keep a sharp knife handy in case of emergencies while anchoring or retrieving.
Good luck!
More help please. How does the anchor catch on the split ring type or the one in cabelas mag.If you cant go fast enough, due to wave size, will the ball just slide along the surface and not lift the anchor?? the more info thr beter THANK YOU!!