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So today I got two buckets and used them to slow my drift speed down and it worked. I caught 4 nice fish in about an hour this afternoon. I fished with some Crappie Assassin 2 in minnow soft baits paired w 1/8 Oz orange roadrunner head w silver willow blade.http://images.tapatalk-cdn.com/15/12...c27968a140.jpg
Improvise! Nice!
Nice. I thought about trying the bucket trick but went the drift sock route. Just got it in today so maybe I'll be trying it out this weekend or next week.
Let me know how you like it. I might try one myselfQuote:
Originally Posted by skiff89_jr
I'll try and post a report on it when I break it in. BTW I got the one from academy for $14.Quote:
Originally Posted by DockMaster
Sweet
Size of drift sock is determined by size of boat using it.
Nice well mine is a 15 ft Key West
Are they singing into the phone? A "crappiecella" choir.:biggrin You are in the BG contest. :santa
No offense was intended Dockmaster -
Just making a comment as to what is best size drift sock to use based on size
of boat to get optim control.
I don't care if you own the Queen Marry - or a Dingy
None taken 813 I was throwing my boat out there thinking you would know a size ds for 15 ft boat. I was curious
The boat size match to sock should be imprinted on box or bag of sock.
example: 48" sock for 18 - 21 ft boat
Could possibly go on line locate drift socks - they should help you
I use a 48" sock - but have a 21.5 "big O" boat.
Also depends on what you're doing. I was fishing with Shu yesterday, pulling cranks in a stiff wind. I put out a drift sock, and with the wind I could not get the boat up to speed. I like to pull cranks at about 1.3 to 1.6. With wind and trolling motor all I could muster was .8. I'd have to measure the drift sock but it is not a large one. It seemed to stop the boat dead. I replace it with a bucket and it worked great.
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Update - I measured it, only 32 inches across. Boats a 16 ft Bass Tracker Pro-V16 (the older and less wide version) with Semi-V
you can sometimes control speed by the amount of rope released to sock,
or by pulling in you sock opeing rope - can make release hole larger thereby,
alowing boat to increase speed
I personally throw chain...........found it to be much faster and easier to
control speed
Hll back in 5 GAL BUCKET FUL OF WATERR??
How do u pull in a 5 gal bucket full of water?
put a rope on lifting ring - cut a few holes in bottom of bucket, put out rear of
boat -12 - 15 ft, it will fill with water and slow forward motion of boat
I fish out of a 16ft bass tracker and just got a 30inch drift sock. How many feet of line would you guys suggest I put on it?
Wasn't their a line that came with sock? so when deploy it opens and closes
by pulling or opening bag ?
I usually use a 50' 1/2" rope - but you do not have deploy sock more than
15 - 30 ft behind boat. tie off to center pedstal in back of boat
I found putting my 15 lb anchors out on each side works well. they are not Danforth so they don't dig in
course that's in the 15 mph