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  • highpockets
    faribault
    Posts: 16
    February 3, 2009 at 3:28 pm #1237052

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    fish_any_time
    Champlin, MN
    Posts: 2097
    February 3, 2009 at 3:36 pm #744032

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    After watching the IDO video on drift socks,made a trip to Cabelas. $60 Drift Control sock on sale for $19.97

    Which store and what size did you get? Was it in the bargin cave?

    illiniwalli
    WC Illinois
    Posts: 878
    February 3, 2009 at 3:43 pm #744036

    might be this one. its for smaller boats. dont know if it would be enough for slowing trolling speed.

    drift sock

    highpockets
    faribault
    Posts: 16
    February 3, 2009 at 4:00 pm #744048

    the pic is correct.I’m going to try them for slow trolling intead of getting a trolling plate,but I make alot of short runs 200 -500 ft and I think it might get to be alot of work.

    illiniwalli
    WC Illinois
    Posts: 878
    February 3, 2009 at 4:34 pm #744065

    i ditched my trolling plate – too many sheared pins and cracks in the plastic – for dragging drift socks last year and it works much better. i dont think its that big a hassle pulling up the bags, especially when it helps you catch fish.

    Doug Bonwell
    Cedar Falls IA
    Posts: 887
    February 3, 2009 at 8:23 pm #744144

    I bought one from Cabelas for $18.88 plus 5 or so in shipping. It is a 40″ Accu Drift.

    James Holst
    Keymaster
    SE Minnesota
    Posts: 18926
    February 3, 2009 at 11:13 pm #744185

    Quote:

    the pic is correct.I’m going to try them for slow trolling intead of getting a trolling plate,but I make alot of short runs 200 -500 ft and I think it might get to be alot of work.

    The 30″ trolling socks are a breeze to deploy and pull back into the boat. Tie a 1/8″ line to the back end of the sock. When it is time to stow the sock… pull on the 1/8 line instead of the harness line. The sock will collapse, the water will empty in a second and the only effort you’ll have to expend is in lifting the weight of an empty trolling sock which weighs just a little bit more than nothing.

    Trolling plates will slow you down a little but at the sacrifice of boat control. I honestly would not recommend one for use in any situation where directional control will be important.

    yellowjacket
    Byron, MN
    Posts: 1013
    February 4, 2009 at 12:09 am #744198

    Yeah, what James said!

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