Bucket or Sock?

Post by **RodBow** » March 4th, 2007, 8:02 pm

Is there any difference between using a bucket or wind sock?
I heard once that JT uses his overalls but I don't have any of them - but I do have a couple of different buckets that I've tried.

... bucket seems to work fine but wondering what advantage a real sock has??

Post by **birddog** » March 4th, 2007, 8:05 pm

The sock works better.

Post by **Nathan** » March 4th, 2007, 8:19 pm

Last I tried, a bucket doesn't fit my foot real well.

Seriously, I think it depends on the size of the boat. A bucket would probably work fine for a skiff style boat, but for a bay boat like mine it wouldn't be adequate. My use for one is to keep the bow into waves in the event of engine troubles in deep water, so I want one that works well.

Nathan

Post by **tin can** » March 4th, 2007, 8:44 pm

A sock is much easier to retrieve than a bucket. After pulling that bucket in a dozen times, you'll wish you had a sock.

Post by **wevans** » March 4th, 2007, 9:04 pm

A bucket aint that bad if you screw an eyelet into the bottom and attach a retrieval line to it

Post by **qoutrage** » March 5th, 2007, 9:53 am

I have been using a 36" parachute (military surplus) with 30-40ft of line for the past year. In the deep water it works great. It's a pilot chute out of main backpack parachute, made of ripstop nylon and with the round spring remove- Dries quick, Takes up little or no storage space. They can be had on eBay for 2.00 to about 30.00. A good price for the one I have is 10 to 15 bucks.
Here's a similar one. Not sure it's ripstop, though.
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?Vi ... &rd=1&rd=1

Post by **Redbelly** » March 5th, 2007, 7:36 pm

I got one of those minnkota socks....great!

Post by **Welby** » March 5th, 2007, 11:36 pm

Redbelly wrote:I got one of those minnkota socks....great!

Me too.