Drift bag or anchor?

[bekkerian]

ok, what to do to slow me down or stop me from moving to fast over the spots when fishing in my inflatable? ::jdski::jdski

can I make my own drift bag and what effect will that have on the fish around me?

or should I just use an anchor, but that will also have a effect with the fish...

 

[basslover]

if you fish in a dam with lot of structure, then i dont think a drift bag is the best thing to use...my zim dollar.
I use an anchor.

 

[BassMasterNONPro]

I used to use a big concrete brick thing i spraypainted white, but a guy (badballie) from my inflatable thread told me he uses dumbells, and so i took some of those round dumbell weights u meant to slot onto the thing u hold (im no gymer??) and tied that to a rope. Looks good, have not used it yet, should work though, and there are no sharp edges now.
Hope it helps, even though its a budget anchor.
Let me know if u want a pic..
PEACE

 

[basslover]

I had a six pack cooler bag with bricks in, worked really good, going to buy a proper anchor this weekend, not to expensive.

 

[gt40]

drift bag is cool.my friend uses it with his bass boat when the wind is bad.its slows you down to nice pace

 

[snyper564]

Had the same problem it was a nightmare what i did was I took 2 5l water botles and filled them with sand thats all u need to make sure u dont move and i tied i rope to it

 

[bekkerian]

thanks guys, I currently use a "baksteen on a rope" as anchor, but bricks suck up so much water, and when you have the "anchor" in the boat...you take on water aswell.

but cool, like the round dumbell weights, no sharp edges, no water in the boat, and it doesnt take up space...

thanks

 

[Little Green Fish]

I've used anything from rocks, bricks, pickheads to pvc tubing stuck into the mud, think it's time to visit Sportsmans warehouse for them nicely coated bumbells the ladyweights perhaps one 5kg will do.....

 

[Little Green Fish]

And 7000000000meters of rope when I go fishing at Bass lake

 

[snyper564]

Yip dont forget alot of rope i had a heck of a shock when i threw the anchor over at sterkfontein and it just kept going luckily had enough rope

 

[Sailfish]

I use a 750g coffie tin. Made a small hole in the bottem. Thread the rope throw from the inside and made a knot at the bottem. Yust dunk it under the water and let sink. Once lifted, just empty and walla. Works fine to slow the boat down.

 

[Little Green Fish]

Made a visit to Sportmans warehouse and got 2 x 4kg's dumbells, now I 'm almost set for the next outing with daducky....... just got to get away from working myself into a physical resemblence of Achmed.... the dead terrorist, I keeeeeell Me.