"Harry Krause" wrote in message
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Tom wrote:
Forget the bow roller. It gets in your way when you're fighting fish
that like to run around the boat. Instead, get an anchor buoy retrieval
system:

http://www.fishing-catalog.com/other...nchor_ball.htm


I saw that in a catalog - does it really work? I remember pulling
anchors when offshore and I was 20 years younger then - and I'll bet
the water hasn't gotten any shallower.







Sure, it works, but it can be a pain in the butt in a crowded fishing
anchorage

True.

since you have to drive your boat beyond your anchor to retrieve the
latter, and that might put you too close to other boats.

You drive at a 30 degree angle to your anchor line, and when you get past
the point where the anchor is set on the bottom, you start to turn *towards*
the anchor (ie--if you pass the anchor to your starboard, you turn to the
starboard). If the line looks like it's going to go under the boat, turn
even further *towards* (not away from!) the line. Once the anchor pops and
the ball runs down the line to the anchor, the anchor floats from the ball.
Just keep the boat going in a slow *wide* turn *towards* the buoy/anchor,
and pull it in. Even my 5 year old can pull it in once it starts floating
from the ball.