There has been a lot of debate on this forum over the years about shallow water anchors or "portable trees" for fishing skinny water.

I have used PVC pipes for years but got tired of fooling with them and the mess they make so I have been working on coming up with a cheap alternative to the expensive manufactured models.

This is my second attempt and I have it nailed now, they work GREAT. I have used these to anchor my 22 foot Xpress in the high winds over the past week with no issues and am 100% satisfied with their performance.



You can get full details on the cost and what I did to make these here:

DIY Shallow Water Anchors

Thanks Chad I could really use those.

No problem. See my note on there about the shipping on the fiberglass rods. I suspect you could load up enough people on TFF to get a big order and net the shipping down.

They work EXCELLENT.

I am in if anyone wants to order some!!

Good idea I have seen them made out of metal pipe but not PVC good job.

Is anyone having trouble accessing the learn to catfish website?

Mustan92g

The issue with the popup that will not go away appears to be caused by running outdated web browsers. I have someone looking at it.

You might try updating your version of internet explorer or changing to Google Chrome.

Does the mud not stick to the fiberglass as bad? I have iron ones with a bolt welded in it as a spike. It still brings some mud back in the boat.

very nice will order some is anyone else

I got around mud getting in the boat by taking a 10ft piece of 4" PVC pipe to place my trees in after each use. I cap one end thenmdrill holes in the cap to let any water out. About half way up I cut the pipe length ways to the other end, just cut say 2-3" slice out so the pipes will fit thru it. Then I slide my pipes in to this after use. Every so often I take a water hose to wash some of the mud/dirt out of the pvc pipe. It keeps muds from getting into the boat and keeps rusty pipes from getting rust stands on the carpet. My slit is a little wide than needed.

Is the rod solid fiberglass

Yep. I'm working on ordering a few sets.

Yes the rod is solid. Yes the mud will stick to them but not enough to make a mess. I just slap them on the water a couple of times and knock the chunks off and move on.

I made a couple of updates to this article this afternoon.

http://www.learntocatchcatfish.com/diy-shallow-water-anchors

To those that emailed me about getting a discount price through the folks with the fiberglass rod, I cannot help. I paid the same price they are charging everyone that calls.

They aren't cutting me any favors or deals for passing on the link to their site I was just sharing the information.

Sorry I cannot be of more assistance.

Why wouldn't. 3/4" fiberglass sucker rod work? People that work on windmills should have used peices