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Originally Posted by OspreyVic
Looking for ideas and opinions as to what others have found successful when fishing off the Gulf Coast of Florida.
Vic in Osprey FL
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Vic if you are going to fish the big reefs (IE sunk ships, Cut off oil platforms, Basically anything with alot of debri) I suggest having some cheap grappling hooks made. You will lose anchors in these reefs when they get tangled up. I have some of the guys in my fabrication department make me some 5# grapplings. I just get the cheap rope from Walmart and drop the hook into the wreck and tie it off. I have them weld 1/4" soft steel onto a big base so I can bend the hooks when pulling it loose from the wrecks. It is alot lighter than pulling up a anchor and keeps you on the wreck just the same. When you get it back to the boat all you have to do is bend the soft steel back to use again. Saves money and works better than anchors to me. For regular anchoring I use a 13# fluke anchor with 7' of 1/2" chain and 500' of 1/2" anchor rope.
PS: I order my anchor rope through a locol Farmers COOP and it cost me about 1/2 the price for the same rope as West Marine uses.