Anchor System

Here's an image of what I'm refering to above.

Not sure you can get up enough speed/power to make that thing work effectively.  The times I've seen it used on a power boat, the captain guns the engine.

-Allen

Here's an image of what I'm refering to above.

Not sure you can get up enough speed/power to make that thing work effectively.  The times I've seen it used on a power boat, the captain guns the engine.

-Allen

So, It doesn't lock the rope if you drop the anchor rope? so the anchor doesn't go all the back to the bottom.

The anchor lifter will cam on to the rope, locking it so that the anchor won't drop. The problem is that you want the resistance of the buoy, in the water, to be greater than the effort to raise the anchor- otherwise you'll just be dragging around an anchor that's suspended under a buoy. A PB can gun it's engine(s) and the resistance of the buoy through the water is enough that the anchor will be lifted.

I've heard of folks using the same buoy system to pull crab and shrimp pots, in deep water.

I should have clarified.  I don't think you could use it the same way that power boaters do (gunning the engine to pull the anchor up to the buoy). 
I think it might be helpfull in a couple of other ways though:

- It would give you the ability to take a break without worrying about having to tie off to a cleat or losing all the progress you'd made to that point.
- It would take some of the pressure off the kayak when anchored in swifter currents by baffling the flow of water in front of the kayak and changing the direction of force applied to your yak while on hook.

I'll have to give it a try this spring.  I'll let y'all know if it helps.