Thread: How to Make a Set of Drift Chains

Knowing Jeremy they just some wore out old gut buckets with a piece of rope that he scraped together. Chunks them over the side and bam instant breaks.

Old window weights and spray them with Bedliner. Works like a champ


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Lol Ryan. Your pretty close. Truth be told we were fishing crappie masters on Grenada and the wind was horrific. We were only in 2 fow and couldn't run the trolling motor into the wind without spooking the fish and couldn't fish with the wind because, A. The drift sox would get hung on a stump every 2 ft, and B. The chains were too small and where drifting at mock speeds. These chains were the back up chains as we had lost our big boys prior., that's a whole story of itself. So we had to figure out something and that's when I found the old rope and gut bucket. Chunked it out and the boat slowed down like I had reins on it. We caught fish left and right for several hours until eventually something happened and the bucket left us. I think it's best that u drill holes and use rope as your tie rather than the bucket handle. I think it eventually worked itself loose. Anyway, no certain way to rig those things. Just chunk em out and see what happens. I think it allows u to drift and not have to run your motor like the chains will make u when the wind slows down.....and the it howls....and then it slows down...and then it howls

Short course on building drift buckets. Remove handle, where handle goes drill a 1/2 in hole in each handle spot, thread the ends of a 4 ft piece of 1/2 in rope through those holes, slip on a large washer over those ends, tie a overhand knot in each end, pull center of rope out and in the center tie a overhand loop knot. Then using a hole saw drill 4 1in holes in perimeter of bottom and 1 dead center in middle of bottom. Then if you want drill a 1/4 in hole in bottom edge of bucket and attach a length of 1/4 in rope to that and use it for a dump line to make retrieving bucket a little easier.

Use one or two buckets?

Originally Posted by KnightShadow10

Use one or two buckets?

One on each side to stay straight

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Get a drift sock and forget it. How to Pro-tip: Mike Gofron on Boat Control with Drift Socks - YouTube

Socks and stumps don't get along