no doubt most guys use sot kayak for fishing but has anyone got suggestions
for rigging a Old Town Loon 138 for salt water fishing in creeks and
inlet around inland waterway?
need suggestion on how to use pole stuck in ground beside boat instead of
anchor when fishing in shallow water--how do I attach it to boat
thanks Joe

Hey IJ:
I'm not sure I understand your question. You are asking how to connect
your boat to a pole (not a fishing pole) that is speared in the ground
as an anchor point? And the problem is: how to connect the boat to the
anchor pole (and I assume, without a lot of slack in the line)...is
this correct?

Some folks bolt a clam-cleat on their deck for rescues. You could tie
the anchor rope to a U-bolt on the deck, jam the pole into the ground,
then just haul in the slack and cleat it in a clamcleat to keep the
boat close to shore.

Let me know if this is what you are asking..

--riverman

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Hey IJ:
I'm not sure I understand your question. You are asking how to connect
your boat to a pole (not a fishing pole) that is speared in the ground
as an anchor point? And the problem is: how to connect the boat to the
anchor pole (and I assume, without a lot of slack in the line)...is
this correct?

Some folks bolt a clam-cleat on their deck for rescues. You could tie
the anchor rope to a U-bolt on the deck, jam the pole into the ground,
then just haul in the slack and cleat it in a clamcleat to keep the
boat close to shore.

Let me know if this is what you are asking..

--riverman
Joe answers---that is about what I am asking---SOT folks have drain holes
thru their hulls and are just sticking a metal rod into ground thru this
hole for temporary anchorage while fishing. I am trying to accomplish same
thing with my Loon.
Do not want to use the anchor system with lines running length of kayak as
fly fishing and landing fish do not work well with extra lines off hull.

thanks for your help

I think I understand. Its the anchor line beneath the boat that would
be the problem with a fish swimming around beneath you.

One option would be to run the rope to the sand-anchor (the peg for the
beach) through the endloop of your boat. Here is how I'd think of
securing it:

Tie the end of the rope off just behind the cockpit. One way would be
to put a U-bolt in the hull, and tie the rope to it. Then put a clam
cleat back a bit, where you can reach it by turning around and reaching
behind you. The rope goes from the U-bolt, through the end loop of the
kayak, then to shore to the sand anchor.

To anchor the boat, you have to get out and put the sand anchor in,
then you paddle a bit away from shore, take up the slack in the line
that is behind you, lock the line in the clamcleat, and tuck the
extra rope into the cockpit. Now there's no extra line anywhere on the
deck or in the water, and the line to shore is coming off the extreme
stern of your boat.

Otherwise, you can just drift and let the fish drag you around. :-)

--riverman

OR....

(I just read your request for the tenth time and the light came on)

Why not take a loop of webbing, and bolt it to the deck? One on each
side, off to the side so that the loop extends a bit wider than the
boat. Then you can pass the pole through the loop, and drive it into
the bottom.

--riverman

On 14 Dec 2005 08:15:11 -0800, "riverman" wrote:

OR....

(I just read your request for the tenth time and the light came on)

Why not take a loop of webbing, and bolt it to the deck? One on each
side, off to the side so that the loop extends a bit wider than the
boat. Then you can pass the pole through the loop, and drive it into
the bottom.

That sounds like a great idea, Myron. I have used the handles on the side of my
SOT for similar purposes.
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