Hello Ballers- Frequent troller, infrequent poster here. I am looking for some advice with my seasonal course. I put in a course for the summer months in a public lake. In the past I have taken my anchors up at the end of the season, about 150# concrete, rectangular shaped anchors. I want to rid myself of taking out the anchors at the end of the season. That's not a problem, I have that all figured out.
I am trying to decide the best way to anchor and tension. I don't have great protection from the wind and at times it can be quite a challenge to keep enough tension on the mainline of the course. I am leaning towards a couple of 200# pyramid style anchors. One end of my course is anchored in about 14' of water and the other is about 8' deep. I am comfortable with the bottom being quite mucky on the 8' end but I need to investigate a bit more on the 14' end. I think that the pyramid style anchors will do a good job of digging into the bottom.
In the past I would tension the course by pulling one anchor away from the other. Sometimes this would work, other times the anchor would not catch well. In this new setup, I am considering using a comealong to take up the slack. Ed (EZ Slalom) tells me that he knows of some people that do it this way. Does anyone have any experience with anchoring a portable course that stays in for a longer period of time? Tensioning ideas and advice would also be appreciated.
Sorry for the long post. Thanks in advance for your help and advice.
SF