[Flukemeister1]

Great advice Gerry!

In 20 feet of water you need to have 140 feet of line out, more if it's rough. If you don't have enough line out the anchor will not dig in very well and you also will not ride over a big wave if it does bite on a short line. This is very dangerous in that not enough anchor line out combined with a big enough wave can lead to the bow being sucked down and the boat will spin on it's nose and end up upside down.