"John Sobieski" ] wrote in message
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On Thu, 25 Aug 2005, "Bryan" wrote:
I have a couple of man-made lakes nearby. They were natural canyons until
they were dammed. Consequently the lake is filled with submerged trees
and
rocks.
I'm wondering how useful a fish-finder would be to visualize below the
surface in order to avoid submerged trees including dropping an anchor
into
a tree instead of mud. I'd rather not buy a new anchor and rode everytime
I
drop the hook in some quiet water.
Has my imagination created a problem that doesn't exist and tree filled
reservoirs aren't really anchor-thiefs?

Thanks
Bryan

If they are US Army Corp of Engineers flood control projects, they clean
out the trees before they let the reservoir fill. For us fisherman, that
is
bad.

I have boated on flood control lakes for over 30 years and never lost an
anchor. Finding the fish was the toughest part. An old saying, 90% of the
fish live in 10% of the lake.

Yes, a fishfinder can find trees, but you only need 1 to hang up on.
Pretty
hard to notice that single tree that got washed out in a flood and now
sits
water logged at the bottom.

If you are really worried, don't use that nice expensive Fortress. If it
isn't windy cove you anchor in, just tie on a coffee can full of cement or
a concrete block My uncles used those for anchors for years.

Beat wishes!



Regards,
SOB


I don't know if the lakes/reservoirs are flood control or domestic water
sources; I'll have to check it out for the sake curiosity. The two I have
in mind are USACE projects. The nearest lake is full of submerged
near-shore trees and the coves seem to full of submerged trees. I'm new to
this kind of boating so I'm learning stuff every time I go out and getting
more comfortable with everything about the boat. The last time out I just
used a dock line and tied the boat to a piece of tree sticking out of the
water in a cove I tucked into. A coffee can filled with cement will hold my
boat in place?

Thanks
Bryan
Sea Ray 185