Question on anchors

[djetok]

I am curious about anchors. I have owned my yammie for over a month now. I currently own three anchors, a fluke anchor, a navy anchor, and a digger anchor. I am on a small lake most of the time with a muddy bottom. We boat for like 30 minutes at most and then sit. This lake is very busy, so on a calm day in a protected cove its not bad. On a windy day it sucks. On a calm day the fluke would hold fine, but I hated dealing with the chain. So I bought a digger anchor which doesn't need a chain and it holds well and I always use my navy anchor off the back with both. I realize people like the box anchor and I tried to find one around here. I like to touch it before I buy it. The digger has worked awesome everywhere I tried it on Lake arcadia, even on open water at the beach. Has anyone else used a digger? what are the drawbacks? It fits in my anchor locker but I have to put the front ladder out to get it out.

digger anchor

http://www.cabelas.com/product/Digg...20&gclid=CKHw0__t184CFfRTMgod9cMKdQ&gclsrc=ds

 

[NukeJet]

It looks quite a bit like any Danforth anchor. I use a Danforth in the river with good results. My researching of the "anchor" subject has turned up that there are many types of anchors, and they all have their place.

 

[djetok]

It does look like the fluke/Danforth that I have. the digger if you give it a yank it releases the shaft and then it pulls up straight. The shaft is perpendicular with the flukes and comes out relatively clean.