Anchoring Easy

[Dignity]

Still need an anchor regardless from a safety aspect as well as possibly insurance if not by law , would love an electric but the cost starts becoming prohibitive plus needing 36 volts for most of the bigger units not only increases the cost factor but also the weight factor, I would not be depending on my starter battery or house battery to power the electric.

[kc]

the 112lb with 72 inch shaft will hold your 6.2 Kelvacat easily. 60 inch shaft will be too short. Noel is right. I do alnot of night time fishing and tend to fish deep using the leccy and then anchor up shallow for a snooze, or to smash some Red Throat, and when it is shallow, the anchor is not such a drag to pull in. My leccy hold my 7.2, in fairly hard conditions for 14 hours w/ 3 by 100 amph batteries and never gone close to losing charge. All that said, a few local guys starting to play with them on Cats as the thought was, "too hard on a cat". Results however (fish catching wise, particularly fast bombie hopping or deep shoal fishing)...they are just too good to ignore. My experience, catch rates up 300%

[Dirtyfuzz]

Defo food for thought then, just to clarify I would never use an electric as replacement for an anchor just an alternative if coming across a show while cruising to a mark and wanting to quickly drop a Line to test the spot then move on,


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[kc]

Pretty much it. They are the ultimate "fishing anchor" and if you are anchoring up overnight, then clearly a proper one is required. Have to say, once used, going back to putting down and then pulling up any anchor, even with a retrieval float, is never the same again. Hard to believe how many more fish can be caught using one of these.

[ric]

the 112lb with 72 inch shaft will hold your 6.2 Kelvacat easily. 60 inch shaft will be too short. Noel is right. I do alnot of night time fishing and tend to fish deep using the leccy and then anchor up shallow for a snooze, or to smash some Red Throat, and when it is shallow, the anchor is not such a drag to pull in. My leccy hold my 7.2, in fairly hard conditions for 14 hours w/ 3 by 100 amph batteries and never gone close to losing charge. All that said, a few local guys starting to play with them on Cats as the thought was, "too hard on a cat". Results however (fish catching wise, particularly fast bombie hopping or deep shoal fishing)...they are just too good to ignore. My experience, catch rates up 300%

Do you have any pics mounted on the cat? Would be bloody awesome to have one.

[kc]

Sorry no. Have seen 2 done and I know quiet a few more local guys trying to figure it out. Mine is a big mono