Fishing Anchor Mount

Hi All,
I'm looking for ideas for how people have set up a fishing anchor from the bow of their solo canoe, with the line accessible from the seat? Something like the picture here:


This seems simple, but maybe not sturdy enough. Anyone else have a good set up?

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When I used to fish out of my canoe I had a loop of line running from the rear carry handle to the thwart right behind my seat. The loop was completed with a carabiner. The anchor line was attached to this carabiner.

I would deploy the anchor and then pull on the loop so the anchor attachment point was to the stern. When it was time to retrieve the anchor I'd rotate the loop so the attachment point was at the thwart where I could reach it.

Perhaps you could rig something similar.

Alan

Welcome to the forum. I've rigged anchor trolleys so the anchor can be moved from front to rear or anywhere in between but I don't see why your bow mount wouldn't work. If it proves to be too flimsy, you can always modify but I tend to go with the simplest method that delivers a desirable result.

Let us know what you come up with as well as the pluses & minuses of your system.

I've used a simple 2" c- clamp on the gunnel- put the clamp on the gunnel at the point you want to set the anchor, feed the rope through it, and tie it off to the seat bracket- simple, cheap, and you've probably already got a spare clamp kicking around.

I do something similar to Alan’s rig in my solo canoes. You want to have the anchor behind you so you have clear casting in front.

Similar to Alan's set up, I have a system that works for me but I have no pictures of it in action and I'm not sure I can explain it very well but...
I have this set up for my solo canoe but it could be modified for a tandem. On dry land I tied the end of the anchor rope to the stern of my canoe and pull out the anchor until the anchor rope was fully out behind the canoe. Next I cut a length of cord that was about 2.5 times as long as from the thwart in front of where I sit to the stern of the canoe. I tied this cord to the thwart just in front of where I sit and then ran it out toward the stern of the boat and lay it on top of the anchor rope. I make an alpine loop in the anchor rope near where the cord from the thwart ends. I attach the cord to the alpine loop in the anchor rope and this cord allows me to pull in the anchor rope from where I'm sitting. The anchor ends up in the boat near my feet.
You only have to do this initial set up once because you leave the cord attached to the anchor rope. When you want to go home, you untie the cord and the anchor rope from the canoe and store it in a mesh bag. Next fishing trip you just retie the anchor rope and the thwart cord and you're in business. Not very elegant and not much adjustment to the length of anchor rope but it works.

On my solo kevlar boat, I do something similar to Alan's plan.
A carabiner on a line from the thwart to the stern, the anchor line runs through the carabiner. When anchored the carabiner slides to the back so the line is off the stern. When retrieving, there is another line to carabiner to pull it up to the thwart so the anchor line can be retrieved.

With my plastic boats, I just run the anchor line through a carabiner clipped to the stern loop. Pull up the anchor and it dangles off the carabiner at the stern. This works on plastic, on the kevlar boat it clanks and bangs loudly..

I like your mount, that would keep the anchor hanging away from the boat. Might just try that..

pic from last night, a walleye on the fly rod..