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Tim, braided line has a nice "hand" to it, but when it snags on
something, it can tear out a little, and the deterioration continues
until you have a bit of a mess. I keep two sets of dock lines aboard,
one set twist, one set braided, and use the line appropriate to the
dock.

Used to carry an anchor with braided line in Florida. It's much easier
on the hands when pulling up the line, but the rough shell bottoms
ripped it to shreds in short order. When I bought son of Yo Ho, the
dealer tossed in a kit that included a Danforth-style anchor and 200'
of 3/8" line. I replaced that line with 1/2" twist because it is
easier on the hands (the palms, mainly) than 3/8". Now, the 3/8" is
attached to my back-up anchor.

3 strand twisted is best for anchor lines. We are talking about dock
lines.
Braided is easy on the hands. When you fish the ICW in NE Florida, you
move around alot from spot to spot, and might drop and raise your anchor
50 times in a day. That's why I used braided.
Gotcha!

In that case you need to get a windlass for that new boat of yours. It
will save your hands and your back. ;-)
I've got a bow roller, which works fine, and an anchor buoy and line rig
to raise it when it gets stuck. It's a fairly light anchor and doesn't
require much to raise it. Besides, in the course of a day's fishing around
here, I don't lower and raise the anchor all that much. I prefer just
drift fishing or sight fishing, which doesn't require anchoring.

I have been working on some lightweight trolling rigs, though, just to see
if I can make it a bit more interesting for me.

What sort of depths do you fish in?




It depends. When anchoring for fishing, typically, around here, 15-35
feet, sometimes a bit more. On the east side of the Bay, where I look
for flounder, sometimes 12 feet or less. You need to find some
structure, hopefully near live oyster beds, but not near enough to have
your anchor plop down on them.