Chain Gang on Bistineau

with all the wind we have been having, I wanted to do something different other than using a drift sock. Anhcors pin you down and fishing makes you want to go home. I took a 20 foot section of old Chain, and installed a Cast Iron Window Weight from Grandpaws old house. Then Tied 30 Foot of Rope on the Chain. MPH winds. Tied to the Side of the Boat, it would swing from side to side in 23 foot of water. Fishing 16 feet deep the Lines trailed like long linining. When the wind blew Harder we moved about 10 feet to fish new water. we used the Trolling motor to control the drift. Arriving at the lake at the Port about 10 am the Morning bite was over. We Tipped the Jigs with Minnows. Bro Caught 4 before I had a bite. Every couple of hours someone would catch a fish. We had one little spot that Crappie would bump the minnow. I throwed a marker when two fish hit at the same time. Between 3 and 4 Pm I caught more than 10 at the Bouy. When we decided to leave, the fish were still biting. When we got home the total count was 25 crappie with no dinks!!!

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Awesome ! Good job fighting the wind and coming out on top.

Nice catch!


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Dem are not my Feets

Nice catch ! That wind can be very challenging at times .


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You did good for a windy day....

Good day for sure....

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Nice mess of fish you have there. Thanks for the pictures and report

Nice mess!

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Good catch FOL.

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My Jig color was Blue thunder and Bluegrass followed with a Green / Chartruse Tied jig with a spinner under the head from Taiser Jigs with the fire Tail, I got them at the Last Years D'Arbonne Gathering... should be great Long Lining

That is a fine mess of fish there. Congratulations!

The winds been blowing like. Racy for two weeks, it's kept me off the water!


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I made a similar chain setup but have never used it. If I guess my thinking is "if it's that windy, I'm not going fishing." I HATE the wind. Good job of adjusting tactics and figuring them out.

I went to Cypress Saturday. Everyone was using drift socks but me. I tied my anchor line to the rear and tossed it in. I was spider rigging. Everyone was drifting and motoring back upwind about three passes to my one. Next time the wind is supposed to be that stout, I think I'll take a stack of different weights and find the right combo to give me the drift speed I want. The anchor was a little slower than I preferred, but the guys with drift socks were going way too fast for my preference.

The wind was coming out of the South, It set up a Current pushing north. When the wind slowed some, the current would reverse and it kept the Shad layer confused. I was looking at Drift socks as letting the Boat move to Fast but Long Lining the Boat speed is between .3 To .5 MPH which is Flying low....