When the water cools down, we like to bust out of wind socks and use santee cooper rigs to drift fish for blue cats.

I believe carp and buffalo, like a very still (non-moving) bait and wait approach? Anyone ever tried drifting for them?

We just like big fish, and if we use some hair rigs with strong floating boilies and good scent, I am wondering if that would work? I guess worst case scenario I could try it and if I dont get anything, no big loss.

Any thoughts? Thanks.

I doubt that drifting would be successful for carp or buffs. They are as a rule slow moving vacuum cleaners along the bottom. Of course, there are always exceptions. Buffs and carp both have been caught on artificial baits on rare occasions.

Unlikely. Carp and buffs tend to be grazing feeders, not predatory feeders (though there is always an exception of catching one on a crank bait or something). Drifting boilies would probably just lead to more small channel cats than anything else.

I have tried drifting for buffalo and carp with no success. I have found using two anchors greatly increases my hookup rate if I am in a boat, by stabilizing the bait, so drifting will probably only produce an occasional hookup. If you give it a try, let us know how you do and good luck.

while they will occasionally(rarely might be more accurate) chase down food, this is very unusual for both carp and buffalo (unless fishing in a river or creek). That being said, while drifting may not work, anchoring up in a boat could be quite successful depending on the circumstances.