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Old 07-25-2016, 02:16 PM   #11
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Thinkxingu -- Your issue is quite simple ...... not enough scope !

By your own admission you are expecting it to hook with 20' of line and hold a 20' toon. NOT gonna happen !

Solution - if you are truly always at the FL75 sandbar or Margate or similar-- then be prepared to jump off and set it manually

If you go to Patrician, Blueberry, Braun or other sandbar then you will be afforded the opportunity to have 40-60' of line off your bow and you'll catch just fine !!

I have a 26' bowrider, if I go to any of the sandbars first listed -- I know I am gonna get wet !! because the nature/ boating culture of those sandbar does not lend to a lot of scope (simply, I would look like an idiot with 80' of line out).
Phantom, maybe I wasn't clear: I was standing in the water, about 20' away, and pulling the anchor manually with my hands at my waist. The chain was flat on the sand, but as I pulled it, instead of the spikes digging in, the whole thing toppled over.

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