Coon drounders

[TimB]

Im going to make the switch from wire to cable for my drounders.  I have always used short wood stakes for the bank and 3rd wood stakes for out in the water.  Was thinking about putting a crunch proof swivel on both ends and just using rebar?  Or I could use a disposable for the deep water end?
What's works for you?
Thanks
Tim B

[Bogmaster]

 I make my drowners and slidewires out of 1/8 cable(unless a customer requests 3/32). The 1/8 inch cable lasts much longer than 3/32 ,with far less kinking.
  I make them with adjusable loop ends and use an L lock for the drowning slide.
 Most times on my own line, I use wood stakes on the upper end and rebar on the lower end, but the adjustable loops allow me to stake with pretty much anything.
 Tom

[james]

When I was a kid we used a stake on the bank end of the cable or wire and a sack filled with rocks on the deep end. We walked a long ways and the sand bags or tow sacks were light to carry.  It worked pretty good but I hated drying those coon hides.   One morning an exceptionally large unhappy boar was sitting on the bank on top of a sack of rocks.  The slide lock worked to perfection but I guess we didn't get enough rocks in the sack.