Anyone still using marker buoys?

[Basskisser]

I used to use mine, but bought the Ultrex this year and never pulled them out.

Mine are very old. They're the round style. They would unwind in the wind. I fixed that problem by drilling holes in each one and added a 1/8oz worm (cone) sinker. I made the hole just big enough so the sinker wouldn't go all the way through. I super glued the sinker in place and then used some Goop to waterproof it. Now when it drops, the sinkers hold it in place. Just make sure to place your sinkers on the same side. You want both of them to be pointing down when they come to rest.

They can be made with some pool noodles and pvc pipe. My dad made some like this and they work fine. They do sit low in the water.

[bigfishingstud]

All the time ..

[kry29]

I use them all the time. Especially on new spots that I need the reference for boat control or so I can see the whole spot or line. Once I get pretty familiar I just use my graph because I know how it lays out

[cubswin]

Crappie fishing or real small humps offshore I do.

[fish365]

I only use them at night during the summer when fishing offshore humps for smallmouth. Tape a glow stick from the Wally-world party aisle to the end of it so i can dim the electronics.

[wildturkey]

Yep, use them. Sometimes if I set up on particular spot, I use old small floating items that just look like trash. Small 6-8 ounce plastic bottle with clear fishing line and a few rocks in it to stop rolling.

[rboren]

I never leave mine after I am done fishing a spot. At least not on purpose. The "not on purpose" accounts for the few I have lost. if you leave them on my home lake,they will get taken or run over by a ski/pleasure boat. Never drop one where I want to fish.Just where I can align boat for a good cast.

[sdbrison]

Still use them

[buster502]

i have about 10 of them if i see one and nobody in sight i figure they left it,so i guess its mine

[ksubasser24]

I use them a lot and throw them about 100 yards from where I'm actually fishing around nothing. When the bite is slow it is fun to come watch others come fish around it.

[wildkat7]

All the time.....keep one handy at all times when fishing deeper stuff. Sometimes it's all about where you are casting from. Kick it off the side of the boat and mark your spot and make the same cast. I have at least 5 in my boat right now.

[IceNitro]

Way to go ksubasser24! I too only use them for decoys...

[ColdSVT]

Yessir!

[Pokie Pa]

YES.... DROP SHOT they keep me on my spot.

[jigman51]

Yep, use them. Sometimes if I set up on particular spot, I use old small floating items that just look like trash. Small 6-8 ounce plastic bottle with clear fishing line and a few rocks in it to stop rolling.

This is a good technique. Just use a stick, clear fishing line and a one ounce weight and 99% of people never look at them. You can leave them out if you plan to return to the spot.

[bdda9yh]

Can't use'em recreational boaters like to collect them with their props. Fun to watch them stop a couple of hundred yards later to try and figure out why they aren't running so good.

[red tzx 190]

Al, Jane and I love to fish humps , and use them in Maine all the time so we can make the same cast over and over...

[mattmann7]

Use them all the time. Don't always use them to fish the spot but mostly to give me a bearing. For example the spot is upwind and diagonal of the buoy.

Long time ago before I understood what a ditch was I located a crotch where water had runoff between two inside corners going back before the lake was dammed. Without really knowing I pictured the area as being the only structure in a evenly defined corner of the lake. Now I understand that a ditch had been formed. At the 15 to 20 foot mark where it entered the bowl of the lake I used to be able to catch decent fish. Placed in a couple tournaments on that spot. I used the buoy to mark the area and not the spot and positioned my boat to cast at the depth where the fish were.

[eriedude]

I use them a lot and throw them about 100 yards from where I'm actually fishing around nothing. When the bite is slow it is fun to come watch others come fish around it.

That's hilarious till they start wackin them on that spot.

[fishhead399]

Absolutely still use them, cant beat a visual mark to cast at and keep you on the spot