Quote Originally Posted by Rees Guide View Post
Up until this year I have never used more than 25 foot of rope. For my rig, its different for every rig, I am now using 2 ropes, 40 foot long with a loop at 25. 1 rope has 7 foot of 3/8s chain and the other has 5 foot of 1/4 inch chain. When needed I add another 7 foot 3/8s section to the rope with the 1/4 inch chain on it.
Saturday in all that wind we were dead in the middle of the lake with our backs to the wind with 1 rope out 40 foot with the 7 foot 3/8s on it and the other one with 40 foot out with the 5 foot of 1/4 inch and a section of 3/8s 7 foot long attached to it. This held us at .5 mph in 3 to 4 foot rollers.
A very strong word of caution, if fishing in an open floor plan boat in the rear it is very easy to fill a boat with water when rollers come over the back, no deck to roll off of.
If anything bad could happen, it would happen to me. I was wondering if the chains ever hang or tear up stake beds?


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