Speaking of fishing in the wind, a few years ago (after a week on Pickeral in August) Pascanel and I developed a canoe stabilizer that slows you canoe and allows you to drift at a slower pace than the wind speed.  We call them 'seal fins' and they mount to the windward side of your canoe.  They are no bigger than the blade of a canoe paddle and no worries with fish tangling in a rope as is always the problem with a drift sock.  These essentially do the same thing as a drift sock but slide on/off your gunnel.

Necessity is the mother of invention.  I have the drawn plans around here somewhere . . .  :-/