Reply With QuoteHave a glass 19.5 boat and two 60" socks do fine for me. Wind past 25-30 look for sheltered bank to help block off some of the wind
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Dealing with wind
How do you deal with wind that overpowers your drift sock and/or trolling motor?
If i want to troll at 0.4 mph but i cant get any slower than 1 mph what do i do? Just troll that fast and hope for the best?
The wind last saturday really frustrated me. Ive got a great trolling motor but when the wind shifts constantly from 10 to 25 mph i cant maintain any type of consistent speed...and sometimes it simply blows me backward.
Do you keep fishing with less speed comtrol or do you quit fishimg?
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Have a glass 19.5 boat and two 60" socks do fine for me. Wind past 25-30 look for sheltered bank to help block off some of the wind
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Use 3 ounce weights. But the best choice is put waders on and jig. Less nerve wracking and cheaper than buying a glass boat.
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I have used 4 drift socks, 2-65" and 2-56", AND a pair of chains at the same time. Does good up to 40mph gusts like we had at the Sardis FJ.
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That should look like a top fuel dragster slowing down BRM
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I like the chains personally, less snags on brush than the sock, without the TM on on windy days, I can keep from .1-.4
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5 foot sections of chain, tied to 25 ft of rope, that I clip on the transom of my boat. I clip one on each tiedown point on the back of the boat when its really windy.
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And I'll state the obvious....the longer the rope the slower you will go with chains or sox. I use two ropes..25 feet with 5-6 feet of 1/2 inch log chains and another (3rd) in the boat, just incase.
For a minumal fee I've use WB out the back of the boat with a 20 foot rope and he digs his heels in. Wears out after an hour or so, but by then we usually have a limit. lol
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