"JAXAshby" wrote in message
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Put 8-10' of 1/4" to 5/16" galvanized
chain between the anchor and 3/8" anchor line / rope.

in all my years in and around boats on Midwest lakes, I never saw, nor
ever
heard of, using chain on an anchor. Not once. You tie the rope to the
mushroom and drop it overboard.

You ain't seen much. First you do not use rope on an anchor. And if there
is wind, on a lake, you want the chain to help get the anchor to set. Try
Okeechobee. I bet the wind can blow bit time there.