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Anyone try those oyster reef anchors?
Posted on 3/5/24 at 8:23 am
Posted on 3/5/24 at 8:23 am
They look like a grappling hook with bendable hooks.
Having a hard time anchoring over oysted beds in a current with standard anchor and chain and line.
Hate to spend 2000-3000 for spot lock trolling motor if our grandfathers had or there is a better way to anchor. Too deep for a Cajun marsh spear.
Having a hard time anchoring over oysted beds in a current with standard anchor and chain and line.
Hate to spend 2000-3000 for spot lock trolling motor if our grandfathers had or there is a better way to anchor. Too deep for a Cajun marsh spear.
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Posted on 3/5/24 at 8:31 am to Sixafan
I have the 22# and it’s a little overkill for my boat but it always holds. Make sure you have 5’-6’ of good chain. Shackle on bottom and zip tie at top, when it hangs up and it will you can break tie and anchor will come up.
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This post was edited on 3/5/24 at 8:34 am
Posted on 3/5/24 at 8:33 am to Sixafan
Yea, they work great.
Posted on 3/5/24 at 8:42 am to KemoSabe65
What do you mean zip tie on top?
Posted on 3/5/24 at 10:32 am to Sixafan
I zip tie the chain to the top hole, needs to be a thick one. When it hangs up you can pull on the rode and the zip tie will break allowing anchor to come up.
Posted on 3/5/24 at 10:45 am to KemoSabe65
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When it hangs up you can pull on the rode and the zip tie will break allowing anchor to come up
Uhh, what do you mean “come up”?
Posted on 3/5/24 at 10:53 am to Outdoorreb
anchor has a shackle point next to the plow and a top you attach chain to. When you break zip tie anchor will pivot at shackle and release from bottom.
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Understand>
Posted on 3/5/24 at 10:59 am to KemoSabe65
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Understand>
I think I'm tracking.
Ignore that I scribbled "rope" instead of "chain".
Posted on 3/5/24 at 11:01 am to Sixafan
Maybe I'm misunderstanding, but I'm not a fan of destroying any part of an oyster reef by jamming an anchor into it. That's just me though. It seems oyster reefs are dying and disappearing due to a number of factors these days (natural and human caused), so I am going to try to do my part in not destroying any.
Posted on 3/5/24 at 11:08 am to Loup
Correct
Where do you think the fish are? Anchoring on a reef has been and will continue to be a thing. Anchors getting hung up has been happening for millions of years. Reefs will self repair faster than you think.
Where do you think the fish are? Anchoring on a reef has been and will continue to be a thing. Anchors getting hung up has been happening for millions of years. Reefs will self repair faster than you think.
Posted on 3/5/24 at 11:20 am to Marlo Stanfield
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not a fan of destroying any part of an oyster reef
It's oysters, not coral. In La. commercial oyster harvest is done by dragging a dredge across the reef and the reef persists just fine as long as cultch remains. Oyster are very resilient, fast growing, and respond well to disturbance.
Posted on 3/5/24 at 11:40 am to Loup
Thanks, I understand it now.
I was picturing a rope zip tied to a chain connected to the anchor. I thought you were using a rope and it auto corrected/misspelled rope to rode.
The “coming up” part was making my brain hurt trying to figure out what you meant. Once the zip tie was broken you wouldn’t be attached anymore, and that fricker obviously wasn’t going to float even if it miraculously dislodged itself from the oyster bed.
I was picturing a rope zip tied to a chain connected to the anchor. I thought you were using a rope and it auto corrected/misspelled rope to rode.
The “coming up” part was making my brain hurt trying to figure out what you meant. Once the zip tie was broken you wouldn’t be attached anymore, and that fricker obviously wasn’t going to float even if it miraculously dislodged itself from the oyster bed.
Posted on 3/5/24 at 12:08 pm to Loup
Bring more than five zip ties pls.
Posted on 3/5/24 at 1:52 pm to Cubera
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It's oysters, not coral. In La. commercial oyster harvest is done by dragging a dredge across the reef and the reef persists just fine as long as cultch remains. Oyster are very resilient, fast growing, and respond well to disturbance.
Even though I'm from LA and grew up on Lake P, I've been in TX for 17 years now and can say that is not the case at all over here. Entire reefs(big reefs) have been completely wiped out due to oyster fishermen, boats running over them, and hurricanes.
Posted on 3/5/24 at 2:16 pm to Sixafan
In my experience almost any anchor will work on oyster reefs as long as you have a good length of chain attached. I use at least the length of the boat in chain. Its crucial to keeping the proper angle on the anchor. You want it pulling parallel to the sea floor as much as possible.
Posted on 3/5/24 at 3:08 pm to KemoSabe65
Do they work good as a general anchor? That’s a neat design. A stuck anchor is a pain in the arse.
Posted on 3/5/24 at 5:06 pm to Marlo Stanfield
My cousin is an oysterman in VA.
The state gives them free land to harvest big triploid (hope I’m saying that right) oysters.
They hand them a sack the size of a softball with about 700,000 seeds.
The have tk build these intricate frames with running water going over them for weeks.
The they burlap them and put them in cages.
Delicious oysters. Great salinity in the Lynnhaven Bay.
I wish NC would use the same program.
The triploids don’t reproduce. So they do it all over again every year.
His worst problem is boaters that steal them. Now they are stealing his cell cams too.
The state gives them free land to harvest big triploid (hope I’m saying that right) oysters.
They hand them a sack the size of a softball with about 700,000 seeds.
The have tk build these intricate frames with running water going over them for weeks.
The they burlap them and put them in cages.
Delicious oysters. Great salinity in the Lynnhaven Bay.
I wish NC would use the same program.
The triploids don’t reproduce. So they do it all over again every year.
His worst problem is boaters that steal them. Now they are stealing his cell cams too.
This post was edited on 3/5/24 at 5:08 pm
Posted on 3/5/24 at 5:12 pm to Loup
Now I get it. How much chain and then how much rope ? How much total out when you set it from anchor to boat you think? Sometimes the boats can be thick and you can’t put out 60 ft of line.
Posted on 3/5/24 at 5:28 pm to WeagleEagle
When you drop it you better get ready for the boat to stop.
I want to see the lower unit that damages a reef of oysters.
I want to see the lower unit that damages a reef of oysters.
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