So what do you have in your vest?

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Originally Posted by StinkyMatt

Go go Gadget Jim. If you don't have a drift sock and a 30 lb anchor you ain't got chit!

Damn!!! A 30lbs anchor?!?!? What the hell for

I don't think I ever deployed anything over twenty pounds, except when I was getting paid to do so, and that was only on big boats over fifty feet, with a power windlass.

It's not the weight of the anchor anyway it's the weight of the chain and the scope that holds you.

Personally I don't have much use for an anchor on a yak, except when I'm "bait an wait" fishing in freshwater. Then I use a grapple that only weighs something like 10 ounces.



Castiac and DVL are pretty rocky so it holds just fine without much weight to it..

Driftsocks another matter... I usually carry two on the yak, a small and a large one. They don't weigh anything and I found them ideal for dropper loop fishing, and halibut fishing.



I use them all the time, the small one even on relatively calm days to control my drift angle, and when it get's rough the bigger one slows me down and keeps my bow to the swell and waves. I've had whole days I could not have fished without them. They are great tools to have on board especially when it's windy or rough.



My take is there is more then one way to skin a catfish. If you don't use it, don't take it, but the things I generally take are things I actually use. With the exception of the flare I pretty much used everything I carry on the vest in the last year. If I didn't carry it on the vest I'd still have to carry that stuff somewhere, and it's nice having it right there when I need it, but that's just my take.


Jim