Anyone make their own? If so what did you use to make it. Thinking something other than stainless. Not sure where I could get that.

steel round stock inside of PVC w/caps on ends? Not sure how you'd attach a rope

Mine is stainless. I didn't make it myself, but know some people who have. The heavier the bar stock you use the better IMO. Heavier bar stocks allows you to keep the bar shorter. The added weight let's me throw it like spear if the water is deeper than the pole.

Yall got pictures of one of these "cajun anchors"? Anything with cajun in front of it just sounds interesting.

I made a few out of aluminum. My stainless one is my h better because of the weight

Someone had told me to use the heavier grounding rod from HD or Lowes. I looked at some and the largest seemed to be about 5/8" x 8' long. Its pretty heavy round stock steel coated with brass or bronze. Gonna get me a stick and make a 5' rod to try. It runs about 10.00 a stick. So less than 20.00 per rigged anchor with shackle and 1/4" rope.

Thats interesting... never seen that before.

ive got two , 3/4 stainless bout 4 foot long and i have an 8" handle on top with a stainless ring about a foot below the handle that i tie my rope to. Im getting four finished right now and if someone needs one let me know.

They work really well, unless it's super rough

i read that ppl are using grounding rod. I'm going to go look at that option. I'm trying to talk to Uncle J about building some, but he has too many damn phone calls.

Aluminum or stainless tube, filled with lead and capped. Never seen one of those before.

It would be a Cajun that wants to stick his dick in the mud.... Wonder where the idea got started????

Don't be so quick to judge Earl. Some of that mud is really soft!

I'm guessing these would not work to well on a hard bottom, huh?

I picked up a 5/8" x 8' grounding rod and a stainless shackle from Home Depot for 15.00. If 4' is enough you could make 2 w/shackles for less than 20.00. Its copper coated so rust should be at a minimum and its really stout so it should work fine.

Find an Ace Hardware. They cram everything into those lil ass stores...

you get the mud itch on your crank and wish you could get the balls up to cut it off to get it to stop itchin.

Look, the mud itch ain't as bad as some of the things you can pick up on a night in the French Quarter. At least the mud itch goes away on it's own. And it'll never track you down for child support!

Just sayin!

Made this one 5' long. Never used one before so I didn't want to go to short. That is a 1/4" stainless shackle. 1' PVC holder for the boat.

Pokers ~ You need to paint the fence and mows the yard ......
just sayin' .......

Hahaha. Yard is mowed and I don't care if that fence ever gets painted. That's Jo's job and I keep telling her the same thing.

Daddy built me a couple from stainless bar with a washer welded on top. Hate the noisy shackles for fishing. It's F'in heavy but works much better then the alums.

im guessin its the redneck equal to a power pole ?

The CA worked great. Need to make a second one to hold from 2 points. Easy to use and held great in pretty good wind today. It holds with a short line too so no need for long ropes.

another reason I love this site! was bout to drop some money on a cajun anchor and thought to myself... "that's a simple design im sure the guys on MMT have found a way to make a homemade one" sure enough 1 search for a cajun anchor and I find this! good stuff Poker!! gonna make me a couple tomorrow at work, we got 3/4" x 10' ground rods!

I make my own stick-it style pins using 3/4" fiberglass rods from Grainger. I generally cut them to 8' and make a T-handle out of 2x2 vinyl trim. A little glue, a stainless pin to hold the handle on, and some sanding is all it takes to make one.



Nathan

do you think the cajun anchor would hold in the mud if i tried to winch off of it?

My x girl friend would like one of them anchors , she ain't gots no boat.