"NOYB" wrote in message
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Most of the time I'm fishing reefs in water shallower than the length of
my
boat. I was tarpon fishing in 19 feet on Sunday when I lost my anchor.
I'd
have mostly chain out rather than rope. 25 feet seems like a lot of chain
for a 5000 lb. 25' center console with a cuddy.


Even just dropping an anchor for fishing in 19 feet of water you'd probably
want a 3:1 ratio.
That's at least 60 feet of rode. We always put out 5:1 for the 9500 lb
mirage 33 I sail on.
On 100 ft of rode...the 33 feet of chain doesn't seem so bad.
When I pick up my Sandpiper 565 this weekend, (I hope) I'll be putting 19
feet of chain and about 100 feet of line on the anchor. Since the boat has
a retractable keel, I can anchor in shallow water.