Sea Anchor

[diver1]

i do a lot of drift fishing 4 flatties and things and hate it when its blowen hard and im flying along in the wind, do these sea anchor parachute things work? if i use a 20 litre bucket with a rope attached i heard some1 say to drill a hole in the bucket? correct or not?

[Bruce the Postie]

G'day Diver,

If you like to fish on the drift , you would be mad not to invest in a sea anchor. They are , in my opinion, an indespensible piece of gear .

I would even go as far as to suggest you buy 2, you won't look back!!!

Cheers ,

Bruce.

Edited March 10, 2009 by Bananaphobic

[Captain Spanner]

Mine is just a cheapy i think and it has lasted for years.

I normally always have mine out when drifting unless it's dead calm. They also help you position the angle your boat drifts at depending on where you tie it to your boat so you can fish over the side, back, a chosen corner, depending on conditions (remember the angle of your outboard helps with this too.)

Also if you take your canopy of clears down it may help your cause. They act as a sail.

I sometimes use mine to stop my boat swinging at anchor if the wind and tide are not cooperating.

Good Luck

[jewgaffer]

G'day Diver,

.......If you like to fish on the drift , you would be mad not to invest in a sea anchor. They are , in my opinion,and indespensible piece of gear .

.....I would even go as far as to suggest you buy 2, you won't look back!!!

.....Cheers ,

......Bruce.

Good advice Bruce Having two parachutes does come in handy, a larger size and a size to suit the actual size of the boat, especially if the wind is blowing one way and the current is running fast in the opposite direction...... If the wind makes the drift side on, the small and the large parachute can be balanced by tying off at other points on the boat so as to have one parachute working against the other if necessary to slow down the drift and only minor tie down adjustments along the rails or cleats would be needed to keep Diver1's boat drifting along on course........ Diver it's also a good idea to use an extendable boat hook with sponge rubber taped over it and use it as a push off pole when you're getting too close to rocks, jetties and moored boats etc.

Cheers

jewgaffer

Edited March 10, 2009 by jewgaffer

[diver1]

so they slow u down a fair bit? this would be gr8 cause at the moment i just dnt go when its windy and its windy a fair bit

[Frantic]

if its blowing or u might have a current running there great dont waste your time with a bucket go buy a decent one for your size boat. i usually have mine about 20 to 30 metres behind the boat on some rope and it can bring my drift speed down from say 4kmh to say 1 or 2 thats on a glass 5 m boat ,its great when u have to drop a bait down 20 to 70m.

[diver1]

sounds good, ill get 1 this week.

[diver1]

got 1 and went out 2day, seemed to work fine. cheers.