Kevin I want to thank you for having the courage to post this. You may save someone else's life who does the same thing you do and does not realize what would happen if an anchor caught.
Years ago I watched while fishing a small creek in Central Kentucky as a canoe went wide into a turn and got caught on a log jam. They had serious trouble with the canoe trying to roll under the log jam, and I am not sure what would have happened had I not been fishing that part of the creek and been able to help them pull out.
Before that I would NEVER have suspected someone could get into trouble on that creek. The turn was deep but the rest of the creek was less than 2 feet deep.
Years later while fishing another stream I avoided the same situation thankfully, and the stream I was on was much deeper and swifter. I often wonder what would have happened if I had not witnessed and helped those guys that day.

To that end I have never told the story of a Fishing Tournament on Dale Hollow lake about 5 years ago. Guys were coming in at the end of the day and 2 boats paralleling each other about 15 yards apart both came down off of plane. One as it came down lost control and swerved at a 90 degree angle and smashed the other boat going all the way across it at full speed. 3 guys ended up in the water, and all made it out though there were injuries. The water temp at the time was in the high 40's. Had these guys not been wearing Personal Floatation devices or started to peel them off as they got to Horse Creek feeling safe at slower speeds the result might have been different. ALWAYS WEAR THAT PFD when you are running and until you get to the dock. IT WILL SAVE your life.
Jim Dicken