Anchoring Odyssey off the Third

#1 ALaRocco

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Post icon Posted 29 July 2007 - 01:00 PM

Anchored off the SW side of the CBBT 3rd island yesterday about 40-50 yards from the rocks, chumming for cobia, clamming for spade (4th island too crowded). No luck, at all. Got bored, dropped a bottem rig and could have filled up the boat with sea bass, almost a double header each time the line went down --but all in the 8-10 inch range -- no keepers. Decide to try another spot, "pulled up the anchor" but it wouldn't budge. Kept trying, kept tripping the breaker for the windless. Finally got the anchor up such that the top of the 8 foot chain was just peeking out of the water -- could not see the actual anchor. But we were in 39 feet of water!??! No warnings about cables on the charts and no "No Anchoring" sign on the island. What in the world had grabbed the anchor? Rogue cable? Piece of a wreck? Giant squid? Was about to get into the water to try and look at the anchor but gave another pull 180 degrees in the opposite direction and she finally came free. Was a good thing we didn't get in the water, because at the next stop north of the 4th I hooked what might have been a large shark on a big live croaker. Couldn't turn him around at all -- just ran and ran and finally broke me off.

Anybody know what's off that island, other than rocks?

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#2 RayY

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Posted 29 July 2007 - 05:17 PM

We pulled up a 4ft piece of 6"x6" angle iron that was wedged in my anchor
in that area. Had a heck of a time getting it off.

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Posted 29 July 2007 - 10:08 PM

I anchored bayside of the span between the 4th and high rise last summer and spent almost an hour pulling up the hook using all the pork and beans power I could muster - turned out to be steel cable, probably 1 1/2 or 2 inch diameter.
I was in 30 feet and pulled up a big loop so I figured 60 feet x 1 pound per foot + 12 pound anchor + rode = really sore back + major aggrevation + bent danforth - 1 hour fishing. The next anchor I get is gonna be a cheapo

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Posted 30 July 2007 - 07:53 AM

It was Jimmy Hoffa.....I snagged him out there a few weeks ago, tossed him back in.....

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Posted 30 July 2007 - 08:11 AM

I never have that problem, John (carolinaman) is one anchor pulling machine.

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