Collection: Anchoring

Holding position on a kayak or small boat means choosing the right anchor type for your bottom and conditions. Grapnel anchors from YakGear and Attwood bite into rocky and weedy ground, and several come packaged as kits with line and a storage bag. The YakGear Bruce anchor holds better in soft sand and mud. YakGear Brush Grippers, in galvanized and orange versions, clamp onto branches and shoreline brush instead of dropping to the bottom. For shallow, calm water, the YakGear YakStick is a floating stake-out pole with a mudfoot tip that pushes into the bottom without rope.

Scotty's Anchor Lock systems, in flush deck and side deck mount versions, keep your line organized on deck for controlled single-handed retrieval. The Sea-Dog Performance Anchor Trolley Kit lets you shift the anchor attachment point fore or aft without re-rigging, which changes how your boat sits relative to wind and current. All the options here are sized for kayaks, canoes, and small jon boats, so check anchor weight and line length against the depths you typically fish before ordering.