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[greese30]

Well finally hooked and landed a few sturgeon this past week.  What fun!  Scored a 3', two 5' and today a 7'.  Awesome fun... until I tried a new spot and could not retrieve my anchor.  I worked hard to pull it off, several times being very close (too close) to sucking my bow under the tow.  After too many foolish tries I came to my senses and just cut the rope.

So is this a common problem... or is it just me?

Secondly, I run a 14 foot aluminum and used to run a 20lb anchor with a 10 foot chain.... would you guys recommend something else?

I live in Chilliwack... anybody got a recommendation where to purchase?

[dlo]

i have an anchor you can have for 25 bucks

[Fillibert]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2_lwJFQftak
Look at the second half especially

[BigFisher]

I was gonna mention the anchor trick, but someone beat me too it.

[greese30]

dlo - send me a pic and the weight.  thanks

[freddy2596]

This is all good untill you anchor in fast moving water(the Fraser) and it gets hung up on one of the many submerged tree's, log's, stump's or anything else that might drift by at any given time or tide change, some times you just have to cut your loss's, unless you are in a 300 horsepower boat and can get it free by heading upstream, but even then it does not take much to bury the nose.

[clarki]

http://forum.flybc.ca/index.php?showtopic=39045&hl=anchor

Good discussion and information on this thread

[arimaBOATER]

Have anchored countless times on the Fraser R  & never have had a problem but always picked a spot with calmer water. Bottom was very clay like.

But anchor problems by either NFL or NBA players ( think it was football players ) fishing on an aprox 25 ft boat got the boat to swamp in the Gulf of Mexico only a few yrs ago.
Think there were 3 deaths at least.

On the Fraser R a water logged tree can travel along the bottom of the river & can roll into the anchor & line .
The danger is the anchor line can be pulled under thus the boat can be pulled down resulting in a swamped craft.

[dcajaxs]

anyone ever anchor and when you go to leave end up pulling someone else anchor free?  I figure there are a few anchors on the bottom of the fraser.

[ICA]

Fellas, I have anchored on the Fraser lots of times and never had any issues, but the advice to anchor in slow water is a good one especially when the river is high and fast. If ever your line is caught by a water-logged log, dont even think but cut the line because you could go under faster than you might imagine. Better to lose your anchor than your life and that of others, not to mention all that expensive fishing gear etc. So the bottom line is use your common sense and remember that the smaller your watercraft, the more careful you have to be on the Fraser. It is a dangerous river and should always be treated with a lot of respect and I kid you not!

Play safe and enjoy fishing!

[Fillibert]

I just had an "idea" what if you always had lots of extra rope on board, and if you're stuck attach a drift sock to the line and give it lots of slack, maybe if the line gets pulled from the lower angle (underwater) it might come loose