Thom, it's rated for 295 lbs. No, I don't pack an anchor. Where I use it, I just tie up to tules or park on top of a weed bed when I want to stay immobile. Since it has such a shallow draft, it is very easy to scoot on and off weed beds. So sometimes I'll park it like that, fish everything that looks good within casting range, then move to the next parking spot. Great, relaxing way to fish. Takes about a minute to deflate. Half the air escapes as soon as you unplug all the valves. (The valves are big, not those little valves you find on pool float toys.) I then fold it in thirds and sit on it for about 20 seconds to take care of the rest. Leaving it folded in thirds, I then just pick it up and toss it in the trunk. Very quick and easy.
Bill, right you are. How often have we all longingly stared at water that we just couldn't fish well or at all because of shore access, no room for a backcast, we were on the wrong side, or we were separated from the good water by a swath of weeds on the water surface? Reminds me John Gierach once said that as you move up and down a stretch of water, you are on the wrong side 50% of the time. Makes perfect sense, since one side is usually better than the other at any given point. I have found this to be very true on the Delta sloughs I have become very familiar with. Based on catching experience, certain mini-stretches ALWAYS have fish that hit topwater during prime time, others NEVER do. More importantly, ALL of my favorite, most productive topwater stretches are unreachable from shore, period. Something to think about.
-- Mike
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