Does anyone on here build and sell something to connect underneath bridges to secure your boat? I saw a guy yesterday with huge looking scissor type clamps.
Thanks,
sethook
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Does anyone on here build and sell something to connect underneath bridges to secure your boat? I saw a guy yesterday with huge looking scissor type clamps.
Thanks,
sethook
Which bridge were you fishing? Saw a guy under short creek bridge sat morning with big metal clamps like what you are talking about. I've seen more homemade plywood ones, though.
The man who used to sell them (Perry's Store Town Creek) I heard he got sick and stopped making them. Each bridge is different. Things I would invest in ...
From my knowledge:
- Get 2 15 ft of ropes
- Get 2 5ft plywood, drill a hole in the center and get you a paint stick to put the board up with
- Get you 2 large C-Clamps
Some bridges are 50", soem are 60", some are low enough for clamps, some are low enough for ropes.
I have yet to find out how long each bridge is and google doesn't seem to know. I know of a bridge that is exactly 5ft from beam to beam, but other than that ... nope.
Have you tried YouTube to find something?Quote:
Originally Posted by Jiggah
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I've seen some folks us a 2x8 with a rope going through the middle, they use on for the front and back. It works as long as your opening is not longer than 8ft.
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Yep. It took me forever for someone to finally tell me. I've asked for a long time. A guy who I used to fish with told me the length the board needed to be for one bridge. Then I went with a few people who had ropes and C-Clamps and that's how we set up. I couldn't find anything on bridge information via TVA website or Google or YT.Quote:
Originally Posted by Blk
go to harbor frieght look for a cargo rod , it will expand 40 to 70 inches but you can modify them for what you need, just put it between beams and it jacks out till it touches both sides, be sure to put a rope on it so if you drop it you can get it back, i saw one in the sale paper for 22 dollarsQuote:
Originally Posted by Jiggah
We also were fishing short creek but we fish several bridges so I'd like to find something that would adapt to all. The large scissor type clamps one guy was using would do the trick, I think.
Thanks guys, you had some great ideas. I did see some guys at Warrenton bridge the had C-clamps with a long handle on them so they could reach up high and still turn the handle to tighten.
I make a few different kinds some for concrete bridges and some for metal beam bridges just need to know what your looking for
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Thanks. Those look cool. Those will work if I can reach the bridge (like South Sauty) but for the beams that are 15 ft in the air I'd need a board and to know how long to cut it.Quote:
Originally Posted by realman515
I mainly fish 431 / 69 / Town Creek / Short Creek / South Sauty
Most of the time I'm on the banks though. But when I get up with someone with a boat and want to go night fishing, we never have what we need to tie off sometimes. I just wish someone would make like a draft cheat sheet for newcomers to go by for all bridges. That would be sweet!
Whats wrong with just anchoring down with two anchors ?
Only negative with anchors is the fish can get wrapped up around the anchor lines and when the water is 30'+ deep like at town creek you move around a lot more than you would if you tied up to the beams.
Plus there is a good bit of stuff at the bottom of bridges most of the time to get the anchor stuck on. And there is a lot of bouncing going on under these bridges at times.
Don't know if this will help, but I bought two of these "Branch Grippers"
(Model BRGPB) from " Catfish Connection" and replaced the string with
paracord. They work well on brush and tree branches and I would think
that if you dip the tips in FlexSeal liquid rubber, they would work on metal
as well. They work great for us up here on Rend & Shelbyville in Illinois.
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These will open and work at town and short creekQuote:
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