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Originally Posted by DRH
What always worked well for us when we had a mooring was to tie a 1/4" or 3/8" nylon line to the chain where it attached to the mooring ball (which we removed for the winter) and then run the line over to our dock or up onto the shore where we would tie it off to something secure. In the spring it was easy to follow the nylon line out to the chain in a canoe or rowboat and lift it up off the lake bottom, then re-attach it to the mooring ball.
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Make sure the line/rope you attach to the chain is weighted so it stays on the bottom of the lake. Otherwise there is a good possibility that it will be cut by a springtime fisherman, or get caught in an ice flow and pulled somewhere else.
Rather than tying off to the shoreline, I sink mine near the shore in a area where I can reach it with an iron rake in the spring. This way it stays below the ice and doesn't get caught or cut.