Just an observation, as most of you know I dive for most of my fish and have recovered hundreds of anchors. The common denominator in what I find is that the plow, claw, delta type anchors seem to wedge themselves in the cracky limestone bottom here in the GOM. I find them all the time with ample rode and some with release options that failed to work.
How people anchor may have a great deal to do with why they have such bad luck. If you drop your anchor right on the high relief any anchor is likely to get stuck. That said, the issue may be that they attempt to anchor properly in the sand up current from the relief and it drags into the reef before it holds. For me and my commercial friends, we use Danforth style Guardians or Fortress with ample stainless rode. These seem to do a good job hooking in the sand and holding the boat over where the fish are. While there may be better deltas out there, I have never been impressed with them holding where I need them to hold and not sliding into the reef.
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