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Mar 28, 2023 15:31:20   #
Whitey Loc: Southeast ohio
 
4tfive7t wrote:
I hit Contra Loma or as the locals call it Loma the last couple of weekends. But I came down with a cold so I didn't post the weekend before last. As we all know the weather hasn't been great. No home run fish or limits. But I picked up a quality fish the last 2 outings missed a couple. The Sat. before last was a nice 3 - 3.5 lb trout this one was fun to catch because I left my net in the truck. So I had to ware the fish down enough to use the old hooked finger in the gill trick to get it in the boat. And the rest are from yesterday. The fish was a nice 4 lb + trout. They were both caught the same way. It's my go to when the wind picks up. And I don't feel like swinging around on anchor or trolling and fighting the wind. Anyone else here use a drift sock when the wind picks up? It's kind of like trolling just a lot slower.. I figure the area I want to cover go up wind and toss the sock out. I caught these 2 while dragging a power egg power worm combo off a 6' to 8' leader I like long leaders when doing this. I'm an old ship and house painter. And I converted one of my old 10' extension roller poles into my net handle.
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Mar 28, 2023 16:06:15   #
rgutierrez Loc: San Jose CA
 
4570, I was drifting with the wind in my boat at New Melones a couple years back. I was down 50’ with a live minnow and hit this 5lb trout. (Picture below)Never thought about a wind sock. How are you set up for that?

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Mar 28, 2023 17:43:54   #
4tfive7t Loc: Pittsburg Ca
 
Yeah I get asked what he's mixed with a lot. And when I tell them. I get the look how'd that happen. And all I can say is I haven't a clue on how it happened. And I'm still trying to wrap my head around that one still. But know his did had no quit attitude.

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Mar 28, 2023 19:28:35   #
Papa Jack Loc: Indianapolis
 
Very Nice

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Mar 28, 2023 21:00:16   #
Dakoda Loc: Cle Elum, WA
 
Cute dog, maybe he was sea sick:-) Mighty fine looking trout.

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Mar 29, 2023 00:26:05   #
rgutierrez Loc: San Jose CA
 
Here’s the picture



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Mar 29, 2023 01:15:31   #
4tfive7t Loc: Pittsburg Ca
 
On the bow of my boat, I have one of those anchor line stop and release guide's that you feed your anchor through. I just hook the sock on to the end of my anchor line. I usually feed out about 20 or 30' of line. And it'll usually slows me down to around about a .5 mph drift. You can also use a couple of 5 gal buckets with some holes drilled into them also works real well



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Mar 29, 2023 01:35:25   #
4tfive7t Loc: Pittsburg Ca
 
Nice fish

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Mar 29, 2023 10:55:45   #
Billycrap2 Loc: Mason county,W(BY GOD) Virginia, πŸ‡ΊπŸ‡ΈπŸ¦…
 
4tfive7t wrote:
On the bow of my boat, I have one of those anchor line stop and release guide's that you feed your anchor through. I just hook the sock on to the end of my anchor line. I usually feed out about 20 or 30' of line. And it'll usually slows me down to around about a .5 mph drift. You can also use a couple of 5 gal buckets with some holes drilled into them also works real well


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Mar 29, 2023 13:52:46   #
4tfive7t Loc: Pittsburg Ca
 
Oh yeah that's a lot of boat to be slowing down. I just have an old 1956 Monkey Wards 14' SeaKing I restored and few years ago. The size of my sock is probably an over kill for my boat. I pulled it from a 20' cuddy, I got rid of when the kids lost interest in going out and started doing their own things as kids do. And the wife would only go out if the kids went. And it was just a little too big for just one person.

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