slime,

Keep them upstream of the boat, at about a 45 degree angle. If your baits pass the boat going downstream, you're slowing the boat too much. If you wind up with the baits dragging behind the boat, you're not slowing the boat enough.

If you get more than a tic, tic.............tic, tic.............tic, tic out of your lead, you might want to lighten it up a bit.

Boondogging is basically just dragging your bait downstream behind the boat..........sidedrifting is getting your offering out to the side of the boat and keeping it there. Guys use the term interchangably, but they are two different methods.
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