Great question. My buddy and I have Have been coming over to Erie for many we years. Here lately we troll most of the time. When we first started out we would drift. We end up eventually shifting to trolling. I like trolling a lot and we catch our share of fish but, I really like drifting. I posed this exact same question as in the original post to my partner a while back and now our first trip will start with drifting. As what was said in the original post you just have to stay out a little longer to catch you fish. I feel when you are trolling the fish catches you, when drifting you feel the fish and you catch the fish. A way better feeling!