Drifting methods vary from rivers to lakes greatly. I fish lakes alot and use the similar rigs to doug and blackwatercaz with the use of a drift socks. From what I have learned on my waters is its best to anchor for big fish but there are some days where drifting is the way to go. One of these days is when we have no current in the lakes. Another one of them days is when the bite is slow anchoring due to slow fish movement(cold front). Key is picking up on whats going on with the fish on a given day. Either one will bite you in a tourney. Cold water conditions is tuff to get a big fish bite drifting but it can be done watching your drifting speeds closely. Big fish in cold water just are not willing to chase the bait on a drift as much. Its takes plenty of practice at either method to make it work. I started out a drifter but learned to anchor later on so it doesnt bother me one bite to pull anchor and start drifting. Some anchor fisherman will not drift at all. They have no luck at it simply because they havent put there time in it. Same for a drifter thats trys to anchor. As far as drifferent baits for drifting over anchoring...not really but I do tend to put the whole bait on my hook drifting. Acts more like a dieing bait floating throw the water. Just run the point of the hook through the mouth and out the gills and start sewing until you reach the tail. The shank of your hook should be inside the bait at the tail with the hook sticking out the side as close to tail as possible. Sometimes I clip the tail off on the baits for a little scent trail with this method. Basically everyone has a method that works for them.
Some days you have no choice either....lol.
