Longline anchor day

[Crazy_Farmer]

Figured we'd make some good longline anchors instead of my window sash weights and normal round ball ones. The design has been stolen from Bryan as we saw his last season and thought they were the cats meow.

Worked out really well, and they should perform as good as they look haha

Thanks Kelly for the extra lead. Went to a good purpose.

Melting it outside

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One poured into the mold

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They cant roll in the boat or on the seafloor, and store nicely all together compared to other weights.

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[Ian F.]

Hmm I wonder why you are making longline anchors?

[Crazy_Farmer]

I would of had pictures of them Ian but got there too late and just as we walked up to the spot, eddy the eagle came swooping in and sent them out into the deep water.

Owell. Wasnt that sunny out early on so the pics wouldn't of been that stellar. Here's an oldie but a goodie.

http://i45.photobucket.com/albums/f52/Crazy_Farmer/10.jpg

[lorneparker1]

what are you using for a mold? and how much do they weigh? i like em!

[f350ps]

Did ya weigh one, they look pretty heavy to me. Look good though, did ya try the cold water dip? K

[Crazy_Farmer]

We didnt weigh any but I'd have to guess they are 5-7lbs probably.

Kelly we did do the cold water dunk for the first one and it seemed I work but then ran into a problem with the lead running into the tiny gap between the angle iron and the sides so the only way to get out was to pretty much hammer them out after they setup completely. They are pretty good though, I just went along the edges with a hammer after and smoothed everything out.

[Crazy_Farmer]

And the mold Lorne, Matt cut pieces of 3" angle iron in 6" lengths then welded sides on them. Gotta make sure the mold is all level aswell or the lead will be thicker on one side

[branthunter]

These are great anchors---I've got to make a few more mysef see'ins how I managed to throw one overboard last year before tying it on.

[Crazy_Farmer]

I got that story beat Bob. Last year I took my little punt into the port and only took a longline and 3 weights.

I used the three weights to create a v with one side longer then the other. Anyways I called it a day and pulled all my decoys off the line and before I even remembered let the line go and it sunk with two weights and I couldn't find it.

We went back the next day on low tide and went way out and finally found it by luck walking back. Got really lucky hahaha

Also the weight of the anchors is average 8lbs. Could get away with a bit smaller but it's good.

[branthunter]

A little bit too heavy is way better than a little bit too light.

[mattchu_19]

Hmm I wonder why you are making longline anchors?

There for the upcoming Snowy Owl season Adam put in for.

[heyblast]

Those wieghts are little big to hold a Lemming decoy in this secret upcoming Snowy Owl season. Hope it dosn't interfer with your Brant season.

[Crazy_Farmer]

Excuse me gentlemen, are you here looking for the snowy owls?

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ummmmmm...... no

[lorneparker1]

theres gotta be more to this story of the snowy owl!

[heyblast]

I figured this "Snowy Owl" reference was just to throw us the real reason. But now I wonder hmmm.

[Crazy_Farmer]

Oh nothing really, just a funny yuppie birder thinking we`re cut from the same cloth.

I believe the better line of the day was


I`m surpised you guys even made it into tsawwassen...I thought they had a gate to keep people from the valley out like you guys.

[stillwater]

nice weights Adam
Bryan

[Crazy_Farmer]

Thanks Bryan, we tried to remember the best we could the dimensions of yours, I think we did alright.

[f350ps]

nice weights Adam
Bryan
Holy sh$t, I figured you hated us or something! The wife finally showed ya how to turn the computer on eh? K

[Ian F.]

So you're saying I should maybe start digging gear out?

[Crazy_Farmer]

Hopefully the forecast for 5 degree lower temps then normal in march hold off. I don't want to have to take another photo like this again

http://members.shaw.ca/stevensml/hunting/march10th3.jpg

[lorneparker1]

I dont want to speak for ian, But being from the east like my self, hes gotta be thinking the same as me.

http://images.cheezburger.com/completestore/2011/4/18/3c24162d-c42f-4502-9e04-6bd6b2d0f301.jpg

[Crazy_Farmer]

You're phuneee Lorne!!

Give me the choice of the picture above or hunting black brant in baja I'll go with the later haha

[stillwater]

All theses years of voyeurism..K

[popsy]

Hi Adam, what year was the ice brigade???

[f350ps]

I'll try my memory and say 2009. Ya gonna get out Wayne? K

[Crazy_Farmer]

Yeppers 2009. The ice flow came through the bay and started pulling decoys and even moving the boat anchors. I'm pretty sure the other guys around us lost a couple decoys to that ice flow.

[Ian F.]

Little ice is good for the soul..

http://i1216.photobucket.com/albums/dd372/irfeir/JASANDME.jpg

I do miss it, but I also love that there are crocus's blooming in my garden!

P.S. the saltwater bay froze that day, around our legs...last hunt of the season, think it was Nov 11!

[mattchu_19]

Is that a Chinese Goose I see

[Ian F.]

Is that a Chinese Goose I see

100% Acadian shag! and before the wet coasters jump all over me, take a look at the New Brunswick Migratory Bird Regs.....

[f350ps]

100% Acadian shag! and before the wet coasters jump all over me, take a look at the New Brunswick Migratory Bird Regs.....

Wow, were ya homeless and couldn't afford a chicken or something? :) K

[lorneparker1]

http://i170.photobucket.com/albums/u279/LorneP/P1010694_edited-1.jpg

I gotta find the ones from the airboat!

Lorne

P.s Sweet commie Ian you dirty *******! hahaha

[lorneparker1]

Found em! Coldest craziest hunt ive been on in recent years. was a few years ago. -21 hunting out of an air boat in the detroit river in 40 feet of water with CRAZY ice flows. there was an open pocket in a back bay. that birds were in. The only way to get to it was airboat. Nothing like leaning over side ways on 45 degree angle trying to get up over the pack ice in 40 feet of water.

Lorne

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[Crazy_Farmer]

I remember you telling me about that hunt Lorne. I believe the line was and I quote," if anything happens you die"

[branthunter]

There were at least two years in the distant past when I've gone through ice that looked something like that in the foreground in the 3rd pic of post #33 from the Westham Is. bridge almost all the way up to the edge of the upper marsh across from Wellington Pt. ( wish I had pics but I don't )----but that must be 20 or more years ago. We used to get a lot more ice on the river than we have in the last many years. In years like that the river below the houseboat development downstream of the bridge used to get so plugged with flow ice that on some tides ( the whole mess of flow ice would flow back and forth with the tide) you couldn't get out to the foreshore from where I keep my shack just downstream the bridge, altho I 'm pretty sure Ken and Terry were able to get across---- I recall one time when I was set up on the edge of a 3-4" inch ice pack that covered the whole outer marsh on the NW side of Canoe pass outside Westham when the whole ice flow started moving seaward with the dropping tide and my decoys just disappeared, one at a time with a weird slurping sound--- lost a quarter of my rig before I could get the rest out of the water---and a few of times had decoys dragged down the big ditch with flow ice going out on the drop.