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    Question Any canoe fishermen / fisherwomen?

    Lots of Kayak talk, not much on canoes.

    Looking for a shallow water anchor mount for my canoe if anyone has any ideas or links.

    Thanks

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    I don't have a canoe but my buddy does, he fixed a plate on the side with JB Weld. Think he just got some scrap aluminum that would support the weight. I don't have one on my kayak.
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    I used to fish out of a Coleman Ram-X 15 from 1990-1995. I simply used an 8-10 pound mushroom anchor aver the side and slid the line between my seat bracket and gunnel. You could also mount a cleat of some sort as well. Shallow water anchors would have been useless for most of the lakes I fished- they were simply too deep.

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    Thanks guys. I think I found a solution. I'll post pics once I get things installed

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    14' Meyers Sportspal. The round thing in front of the seat on the thwart bar is a retractable clothesline reel. I replaced the vinyl clothesline with 45' of paracord rope which has the anchor tied to it. On the starboard side gunnel between the seat and the thwart is a cleat to tie off. I deploy the anchor, tie off on the cleat and any excess anchor line is automatically retracted into the reel leaving no excess rope on the floor.

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    Nice rig! I had my deep cycle battery positioned on the end for counterweight as well-are long heavy gauge wire . Since my Ram-X was pointed on both ends, I sat in what would be the front seat but 180 degrees, since that put my weight more towards the middle of the canoe.

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    Nice rig! Love the retractable clothesline idea. Here's what I came up with this weekend.
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    I have a mad river passage 14. I've had it since 2010. This year my wife and I are buying 2 kayaks so our 2 kids 8 and 11 can all go paddling together.

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    ^^What models are you looking at?
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