Marsh Anchor

[fishfighter]

Working on me some 3/4" 10foot aluminum marsh anchors, any one know where i can buy some aluminum 3/4" socket weld pad eyes

[JDd]

Just make it out of 1/4" flatbar with a hole in it.

Honestly, I had an alum one and got rid of it. The alum marks fiberglass wherever it touches. The stainless ones don't mark and set better due to the weight.

[cmcnabb]

A piece of rebar with either a nut welded to the end or a short piece of rebar making a "T" on the end works good too. Aluminum seems like it would be too light, but I've never tried it

[fishfighter]

Will see how they work i made two ten footers for less than forty bucks, one six footer from the store costs sixty bucks so if they dont work i didnt loose much money

[weedeater]

Originally Posted by fishfighter

Will see how they work i made two ten footers for less than forty bucks, one six footer from the store costs sixty bucks so if they dont work i didnt loose much money

Have you looked at the ones Academy sells, they are stainless but I don't see why aluminum wouldn't work especially if its an area you can just push them into the mud vs. throwing them

[1fastmerc]

My dad has made some out of ground rods that work really good.


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[1fastmerc]

Originally Posted by weedeater

Have you looked at the ones Academy sells, they are stainless but I don't see why aluminum wouldn't work especially if its an area you can just push them into the mud vs. throwing them

I think that's one of the things they are saying. It's to light weight and marks up the fiberglass boats.


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[weedeater]

Originally Posted by 1fastmerc

I think that's one of the things they are saying. It's to light weight and marks up the fiberglass boats.


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If its for aluminum marsh boat then marking ain't big deal and if its long snuff to push in mud weight ain't a big deal but I also saw that Academy has their H&H stainless ones on sale for less then $50

[1fastmerc]

Originally Posted by weedeater

If its for aluminum marsh boat then marking ain't big deal and if its long snuff to push in mud weight ain't a big deal but I also saw that Academy has their H&H stainless ones on sale for less then $50

Go buy me one.


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[fishinpox]

I've used 1" PVC as a marsh anchor it worked great for a 20' alum boat , I doubt it would hold my new boat though

[Tonka337]

not sure if this helps but, I used 3/4" galvanized pipe with a Tee on top. works great for 3 years now. Got it all at Home Depot and cost about $10.

[southern151]

I've got an electric pole anchor rod. Galvalized and, it works great!

[timmyprejean]

Is stainless pipe the same as galvanized pipe for a marsh anchor

[Top Dawg]

Originally Posted by timmyprejean

Is stainless pipe the same as galvanized pipe for a marsh anchor

No. Stainless is stainless. Galvanized is just mild steel with galvanized coating and will rust.

[timmyprejean]

Originally Posted by Top Dawg

No. Stainless is stainless. Galvanized is just mild steel with galvanized coating and will rust.

Ok thanks, I'm thinking about using copper ground rod to make mine

[weedeater]

Originally Posted by timmyprejean

Ok thanks, I'm thinking about using copper ground rod to make mine

I have one made of sucker rod with a big washer welded on end that works well

[timmyprejean]

Originally Posted by weedeater

I have one made of sucker rod with a big washer welded on end that works well

Im new to this, what is sucker rod

[Top Dawg]

I made one out of stainless a while back came out pretty good.

[fishfighter]

My two ten footers work excellent at whiskey bay

[Top Dawg]

Only bad thing about copper is it's really soft and will bend easy.