Drift Socks

Hey all: Been to sardis and nader more than a few times in the last couple years so I know how rough it gets, always borrowed drift socks but looking to get a couple of my own. What size do you prefer and how many for a glass boat-19ft- in say...10-15mph winds when spider riggin in order to stay in the .03-.08mph range? Thanks fellas.

I was told just go big and forget about it. I just bought 2 of the 5X (77") from Cabelas.

yep biggest one's you can get

Something that is being done as well is to have smaller socks hooked to he front cleats on the boat to help with the bounce. GitDaGrease and Feeshrman were doing that at Washington last weekend and they swear by it.

I have 2 65" and 2 56"


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I have been using 2 infantry parachutes I got from the army surplus. You can not use them in less than 15 of water is the only drawback.

I made the mistake of getting 2, 36 inchers, bad mistake

I have 2 56" for my little 16 foot aluminum boat... need to look into some of the smaller ones for up front, sounds like the way to go

One thing about a 36 inch sock is it's perfect for when pulling cranks and you're TM batteries die. Throw 1 out the back and crank the motor. Puts me right at 1.6 MPH

hmm interesting dd...thats almost like a homemade happy troller! I gots me a 36" and a 50" actually sittin in the garage, but didnt know if another 50" would be good enough or if I should go bigger.

Also good idea about the socks up front--makes sense. I usually put some water in the boat too to help it sit lower.

Kinda dumb question here I feel like, but if I dont have the same size socks out both sides will that cause the boat to continually become sideways? Seemed like even when I borrowed socks and had two of the same size out the boat wanted to continually get angled..