Pogos in swamp mud...

[CoonDuke]

For those that use Pogos for anchoring drowners in swamp mud, what size washers do you use?

[woodsman]

I don't use pogos but I do trap in the swamp and I'd say to use as big a washer as you can find, say 2-21/2 inches. I use berkshires soft ground disposable stakes and 4 ft. of 3/32" aircraft cable. I made my own driver out of 1/2" conduit and I try to push it all the way in. I have been doing it like this for 4 years and have never had one pulled. I have even held otters this way , though the cable had to be changed. Hope this helps, Tony

[cannonball]

Tony

Been meaning to ask you why you use such long cable on those disposables ?

I assume that just becasue you have 4 ft you are not putting but 20 or 24 inches in the ground. Is that right ?

Every soft ground disposable I have ever put in the swamp had never been removed.

[woodsman]

Cannonball, my driver is 6 ft. long(thats fact,not bragging,LOL) and I try my best to put it all the way in. The mud where I trap is bottomless in places. I get most of my anchors out, but if you push down through some roots, its there to stay. I use split rings to connect my cable to my trap so I can just disconnect the trap and leave the cable. I buy my cable in 500 ft. rolls and my stakes by the 100 bag so I can have plenty of extra stakes on hand. Like I said before, I have never had an animal pull one of these stakes and that includes otters. Tony

[cannonball]

I know that is miserable working in that kind of muck.

[woodsman]

You got that right. But that keeps alot of folks from setting these places. Tony

[obxfishnuts]

I can tell ya from working with Tony this past weekend they really work good in that muck. I'd go up to my knees and still had trouble pullin them anchors out!