How to Properly Tie a Kayak Anchor Using a Anchor Knot and a Zip Tie

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TAN TAN - 6 years ago

brilliant

shotgunaaron - 6 years ago

Great idea, I like it!

TheManCaveVideo - 6 years ago

Thanks!

Remi Moore - 6 years ago

That is simple enough. Cool trick with the zip tie.

Soul Song - 6 years ago

It's a good idea to use another D shackle at the top to prevent the possibility of losing the locking ring.

Ian Wiles - 6 years ago

rope wont last long on any rocky bottom,,, I use these instead of zip ties https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/172877539550

Lone Stag Bushcraft&outdoors - 7 years ago

Thanks for the vid. I found it very helpful.

Lu Ortiz - 7 years ago

Thanks, wish I would've watched this video before yesterday

R Lee - 7 years ago

if you concerned about the zip ties, you can use two of the very small ties hooked together, or substitute twist ties. ( the kind you get on loaves of bread etc) thank you for posting this

Richey 5663 - 7 years ago

Thank you!!!!!

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Gerret Smith - 7 years ago

This is great!! Thanks for the video

Carl Humphreys - 7 years ago

Good , simple, straightforward video man. Sounds like you are Southern born too, like me.

TheManCaveVideo - 7 years ago

+Carl Humphreys thanks for the kind words.

Dominic Arizzi Sr. - 7 years ago

Great video, only wish I saw it before I lost my anchor to a snag! :)

SP A - 7 years ago

Awesome video, very helpful.

Brad Johnson - 7 years ago

Good job of explaining it. Zip ties are new for me, this beats the light line tie off.

mark southerton - 7 years ago

Great advice, Thanks.

BluesTracker - 7 years ago

Great idea! Thanks!

Samuel Alejandro Salazar Cabrera - 7 years ago

I dont like this tecnic,i personally try a 2 lines anchorage sistem and work easy and properly. In a year fishing how many zippties drop off into d water by 20 fishermanw in same river,creeck or 10 scuare miles of sea???. Too mush trash on waters now and is enoght with a lead tackle on oceans botton. That's my point

LiNERROR - 7 years ago

use a small loop of 20# test, with a tail tied back on the rope. mono breaks, nothing left behind.

Jeff Trek - 7 years ago

Good point....that got me thinking on a way to be able to use this method without leaving anything behind. Use a LARGE ziptie on the anchor eye and then attach a downrigger line release to that ziptie, then clip the line into the rubber pinchers of the downrigger release....or even use a Prussian knot rig

david plante - 7 years ago

I tend to agree ,too much pollution ,I'm gonna apply that logic in a way that creates none...

AL'1 terre net - 7 years ago

EXCELLENT !! ;-)

Ian 20Minutes - 7 years ago

Only problem I can see with this is that having the fixing point at the base means that the sliding weight/grapple support that can move up or down the shaft of the anchor and it will tend to slip back down if it comes loose and the anchor is being pulled up from the bottom with a chain shackled to the base.......this happened to me (on dry land) when I added my zip tie the first time.
So I've put a large split ring through the top fixing point and attached the zip tie to that. This means that the weight can't slide down the shaft and fall off the anchor when you are retrieving it from the bottom (I hope!). HTH someone not to lose part of their anchor.

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ausiewood - 8 years ago

Very cleaver. Very sneeky. Good logic. Thanks a million.
Cheers.

Elvisr29 - 8 years ago

Genius

Wireline .Cables - 8 years ago

wish I would have watched this last week before loosing my anchor

Joe Pitt - 8 years ago

just wondering do you have to use the little Clevis

Rick Rabies - 8 years ago

genious

Lurechunker Too - 8 years ago

I found that my zip ties are strong so I cut part way thru it to weaken it.

SuperBardley - 7 years ago

Lurechunker Too 35lbs is about the most we can pull from a kayak before we get into tipping trouble, so buy zip ties that are rated for less than 35lbs. and you'll be fine. One key idea is to make the heavy pull with the bow of the boat pointed at the anchor so the pull is along the kayak's length , NOT off to its side or you will go swimming.

Andrew Wilson - 8 years ago

Just saw this. On the way to my shed now to re-tie my anchor. No, really. Thank you. This is great.

Andrew Wilson - 6 years ago

I too carry some thin zip ties with me now.

Cuivre - 7 years ago

Do not use a very big zip tie. They don't break as easily as he makes people think-especially if you are in a kayak and not able to keep a steep angle which is necessary to make it break. I use as small of a zip tie as I can find-like those used to zip-tie around a jig skirt. I keep them in my tackle box already anyway

AnglerX - 8 years ago

Great idea! I'll have to see if my anchor has a hole at the bottom to even do this. BTW there's a Harbor Freight just about in every city and their zip ties are pretty weak and would work perfect versus say a 3M or better quality zip tie.

John Woodhouse - 7 years ago

AnglerX i

ReiMonCoH - 8 years ago

Great advise.
Thanks bro

c fedyszyn - 8 years ago

Maybe.

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Ron Mehringer - 8 years ago

This is a good technique. To further simplify it, I remove the shackle from the front end of the anchor and tie the line directly to the hole in the anchor.

MAD LIFTS - 8 years ago

what type of rope do you use for an anchor

12ernie - 8 years ago

I'll use the bread twist off a loaf of bread also! They will pull off a little easier!

Andreas Pankewytch - 8 years ago

Very explanation of how to set up an anchor and how it can be retrieved when stuck. Good work !

TheManCaveVideo - 8 years ago

+Andreas Pankewytch thanks for the kind words.

Explorer Mike - 8 years ago

First, thanks for the excellent instruction for tying an anchor knot! I like the theory of the zip tie, but I know that zip ties are pretty strong and the amount of pull force you can apply from a floating kayak is pretty weak. I am not really convinced it is practical to pull a line from a kayak with enough power to snap even a thin zip tie.

Cuivre - 7 years ago

I lost an anchor even when using this method. It was windy and I didn't have enough anchor line to get to the bank wheree I could really pull hard. I had to cut the anchor line. There is little risk in using a very small zip tie-especially if you have spares. Using a too big of one will NOT let you break it-and could be downright dangerous.

Explorer Mike - 8 years ago

+K Carnes OK, Great! Thanks for the cleaver idea and comments.

K Carnes - 8 years ago

it's very possible to snap a standard size zip tie. The ones that he is using are very easy to break so it's only serving as a temporary holder for the anchor line. Even a standard size 8"zip tie will snap with ease. Keep in mind a zip tie doesn't snap into, it's only breaking the small tab in the head of the zip tie.

TheManCaveVideo - 8 years ago

+Explorer Mike the small wire ties break with about 18 pounds of force. I have done it from my kayak and it's pretty easy. Once in position to free the anchor, a quick jerk on the line will snap the wire tie quicker than trying to just pull against it. Hope this helps.

K_pigeon - 8 years ago

TY
thanks
very helpful.
Most people don't know this.

TheManCaveVideo - 8 years ago

+K_pigeon you're welcome. Thanks for the comments.

NorthBoundProductions - 8 years ago

100th like, nice helpful video thank you. Assuming you get one of those rings for the bottom at a hardware store

TheManCaveVideo - 8 years ago

+Baseballfan19946 you're welcome. Thanks for the nice comments. Yes you can get those rings at the hardware store. That one actually came with that anchor from Academy.

Juan Torres - 8 years ago

Great help! Thanks.

trapangler - 8 years ago

Awesome video. Glad I watched this as I just ordered an anchor!

TheManCaveVideo - 8 years ago

+BigCountry12486 thanks!

David Hunt - 8 years ago

thanks, very informative and helpful, I'm new to kayaking and this may have saved me a big problem and the cost of a new anchor.

TheManCaveVideo - 8 years ago

+David Hunt thanks for the nice comments.

LowFlyer1200 - 9 years ago

Have you ever got the anchor stuck and break the zip tie to pull it up?

TheManCaveVideo - 9 years ago

Just once.

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