Flyfish wrote in
:

On a scale of slow to moderate how would you rate the Andy where we
went last fall?

I do not wish to experience first hand the horror show of a pontoon
that decides to throw me because I anchored in water that was too
fast. But I also don't want to be wimpy about it either...

I looked for mesh bags locally, with no success, and I have one
someplace that I used float tubing, but dammed if I know where the
hell it is...now that I think of it, it is probably in one of the tube
pockets....doh....

Flyfish


....well, as I remember, the current ranged from slow to moderate, I don't
recall us shooting any fast water. A mesh bag, instead of typical anchor,
won't tip your pontoon boat because it will drag instead of digging in.
In the case of your heavier-than-mine pontoon boats, you probably will
require a bigger load of rocks. Having said that, there's nothing wrong
with letting the thing drag, allowing you to fish out the holes rather
than speeding by.
Don't you have any of those Navy mesh laundry bags stashed somewhere? ;-)
Come to think of it, I may have one lurking around somewhere.

Frank Church
FWIW, in the past I have used a 10# mushroom anchor off the front of the
pontoon boat. *Never* anchor over the side, that's asking for a dunking.
If I recall your pictures, you have a rear anchor system which is fine
too..I just don't know how you can reach around and bring the anchor up
without straining something important.