Drifting/Floating in lake with dough bait

[Brit_86cj7]

Hello,

I am taking the family to Diamond Lake and renting a boat. I have heard of guys just tossing out dough bait and letting it float. But, how is this rigged up to get it down into the deeper water? I have fished it behind a weight so it floats up off the bottom, but if it is downline from a weight and the weight is not on the bottom, won't it float right next to the main line and spook the fish?

Help?

[cully]

if your getting wind pushed across the lake, your powerbait won't be hanging straight up from your weight but instead suspended out a bit in the oppesite direction the wind is pushing you. This can be a good thing.

no wind and bait hanging straight up from your weight, they'll still hit.

[Kendall]

I would say that this is one of the reasons to cast away from the boat.

And leaving a belly in the line serves 2 purposes...

1. It lets the fish take the bait and set the hook themselves.

2. With a belly, the main line should fall away from the sinker toward the boat... unless you cast downwind. If you're anchored and the boat is generally pointing upwind, a cast from each side and slightly forward should help keep the mainline away. Or so I would ASSume.

Bottom line is... it works!

[Brit_86cj7]

Kendall and Cully, thanks!