Anchor line size?

[Liv2Fish]

Thanks everyone. Seems to be a huge swing in pricing out there. Any good sources? I'm finding pricing from $1.5 per ft to $45 for 200'. I'm assuming somewhere in the middle is good?

I will be splicing a wye with loops for cleats down to an eye to shackle to the main rhode, etc. Don't want the cheap stuff that sucks to splice.

[ronfish]

There used to be a shop in Fall River, MA that sold factory seconds on braided nylon line. A lot of the guys running lobster traps bought from them as well as a lot of the quahoggers. I used to use 3/8" for my 18' skiff and carried 300' for raking purposes and never had a problem with it and I'd haul back on the line at times and it didn't cut into my hands if I did it right.
Ron

[beamie]

Don't go to Homies or Lowes and get the 3 strand nylon. That stuff never seems to be wound tight enough.

With all boat stuff this is the order of the best most of the time......
Defender, Hamilton, Jamestown,...West

1/2" 3 strand at Defender 0.75 or 1.02 depending on brand.