[Gerry Zagorski]

As far as anchor line, you will need 3x the depth of the deepest area you intend to anchor in. For a 16 foot boat, 3/8 line is reccomended. If you anchor often, you should also consider adding a 10 foot shot of chain since that helps set and hold the anchor on the bottom.

16 foot boats don't usually have a lot of space for stowing more then 50 feet of line and an anchor. If you only intend to anchor deep occationally, you might want to just keep as much as you can stowe on the boat comfortably. On the occation that you intend to anchor deep, have a longer length of rope and chain in laundry basket that you can take on and off the boat. Laundry baskets work well because they allow the wet rope to breath and dry out when not in use.

A would also think a fish finder is a must and knowing how to set/use it to mark fish and figure out where the thermocine is will help you target/catch fish.

If you intend to fish in non daylight hours and your boat does not have them, you will need navigation lights too.

I'm sure others who fish the sweetwater lakes will chime in here.

Best of luck with the boat.