Drift socks

In the last posting I failed to explain what drift socks were for those who might not know.



The size of the drift socks you use will depend on the size of your boat and how fast you want to drift.I prefer to drift about 1 to 2 mph.If your not familiar with drift socks they are a cone shaped device that is coated with plastic or rubber. when positioned over the side of the boat they will slow the boat down and keep it from turning around,allowing you to drift in a straight line with the wind.We normally use two socks one off the bow and one off the stern.If the wind is very strong we will drop another one off the side in the center of the boat to help us slow down.You will have to decide what works best for you.



Marker bouy



As I said this is optional. We use the marking bouy to mark where we start our drift.As we're drifting we like to chum the water with sour grain and or fish parts that we're not going to use for bait.Then we can go right back to the marker bouy and start another drift in the same location allowing us to drift over the water we just baited.Sometimes we find we don't need to chum the water because we start catching fish right away on the first drift.If we make a couple of drifts without any success we will pick up our bouy and move to one side or the other and repeat the process from a new starting point.Don't be shocked when you end up catching some 20+ pound catfish Good luck and remember kids of all ages love to fish.