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Doubles Shooter:
A question for anyone that has boat fished the walleye run. I'm heading to Ohio to fish the walleye run for the first time at the end of the month and bringing the boat. My question is,  what is the best design of anchor for the river? My brother lives in Perrysburg so we will probably be fishing that stretch of river. I have a 16' aluminum boat with 65" beam. Not huge, But I don't want to drag anchor. I need to buy a bigger anchor, but don't know the river bottom type and I would like to get the best style for the river. Thanks

tater140:
I have always waded for the run, but have observed boats out there. Im not sure what tupe of anchors or where they get them.  I would say the look heavy, some i have seen look like they have rebar stickers or something to grab the bottom.   Its a rocky bottom, and heavy current.  I would recommend making some type of quick detach on your anchor line in case for some unknown reason you get hung up and start taking on water you can detach it quick.  If you put a pool noodle on your quick detach you could come back and get it if needed.  Never ancher off of the rear or transom of your boat.
Have fun and i hope you catch some big ones.

rivereddy:
I have also never fished from a boat, but have fished many times from the bank. As the others have said, the current is very fast and strong -  Kind of like the St Joe below Berrien Springs dam.  The bottom varies between sand, gravel, cobble and outright boulders.  The depth bounces up and down as well.  Lastly, visibility is seldom more than a few inches.  We bank fishermen tend to hit the narrow slots so all of these variables are magnified.  There is a ramp at Orleans Park and downstream is considerably wider.  Keep your bow pointed into the current,

Doubles Shooter:
I'm leaning towards something like the Atwood river anchor. I've had the brother doing some leg work out there for me about this too. 18# should be good for my boat. I will also rig up a quick disconnect too. I'm planning on wading too at times. If the river is too high for me, I'll bank fish or sit in my brother's bar and drink beer. :laugh:.
Looking forward to going. Been drooling over pictures and videos of the run for years.

Doubles Shooter:
Also, he told me the river ice raised hell with some launches and shore line by the park.

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