Water pickup vs anchoring

[Tuckntruck]

I fashion a PVC holder pictured and put a cinder block on the pipe side and both sides coming off the T, even if it does get hooked and flipped the foot valve stays out of the sand. The top gets painted black, bottom left white. If I can see it, it needs to be fixed. If you just have a line to a valve, try to terminate near a mooring ball. People don’t tend to anchor or fish too close to them. They’re noisy under water and not provide habitat.

[TiltonBB]

Originally Posted by Tuckntruck

I fashion a PVC holder pictured and put a cinder block on the pipe side and both sides coming off the T, even if it does get hooked and flipped the foot valve stays out of the sand. The top gets painted black, bottom left white. If I can see it, it needs to be fixed. If you just have a line to a valve, try to terminate near a mooring ball. People don’t tend to anchor or fish too close to them. They’re noisy under water and not provide habitat.

That looks looks a great idea. I am going to try to make one for next spring.

Do you have any idea how deep the water is where you place it and how far the lower end of the foot valve is off the lake bottom?

I have tried a couple of different setups over the last 20 plus years and I still feel like I am picking up too much sand and the filters need changing too often. Thank you