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RE: LEAD-FREE FISHING SINKERS TO MAKE AT HOME

Death From Above — Sun, 14 Sep 2008 23:10:44 GMT

[quote][b]Sea-r-cy (9/1/2008)[/b][hr]Glue a piece of coton string to a rock, Presto! you have a enviromentally friendly sinker. :bowdown Sea-r-cy[/quote]

Good idea!!! Old spark plugs make good sinkers too. :usaflag

RE: LEAD-FREE FISHING SINKERS TO MAKE AT HOME

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RE: LEAD-FREE FISHING SINKERS TO MAKE AT HOME

jaster — Wed, 10 Sep 2008 21:59:40 GMT

I found a good deal on lead the oth...., oops wrong post!

In all seriosness, it does look like a good idea, with croche? needles, it is probably preety safe for the kiddies to help! I wonder if you could use a wider mesh bag with wet sand packed in it for the land locked to get there free lined baits out farther? cast it out sand washes out of the bag, say an oyster sack or something!

RE: LEAD-FREE FISHING SINKERS TO MAKE AT HOME

Sea-r-cy — Mon, 01 Sep 2008 07:16:56 GMT

Glue a piece of coton string to a rock, Presto! you have a enviromentally friendly sinker. :bowdown Sea-r-cy

RE: LEAD-FREE FISHING SINKERS TO MAKE AT HOME

Death From Above — Mon, 01 Sep 2008 00:22:25 GMT

Those little bags will probably work a lot better if you fill them with lead shot.

RE: LEAD-FREE FISHING SINKERS TO MAKE AT HOME

Baitcaster — Fri, 29 Aug 2008 23:46:10 GMT

the only family argument about lead we had at our house was -

Who gets the .45 ?

RE: LEAD-FREE FISHING SINKERS TO MAKE AT HOME

Perkons — Fri, 29 Aug 2008 14:09:53 GMT

The idea is to MEASURE the sand after it has dried. Say: 1/4 cup or 1/2 cut or whatever. Then just use that amount.

I must admit that this "exact oz" business baffles me. I just make a bunch of sandsinkers of all different sizes and styles and choose one that seems to be the right size for the situation.

Then I dip it into water just before casting and cast over the rocks.

One interesting thing I have found is that lead sinkers have an advantage when casting INTO THE WIND but sandsinkers have an advantage when casting WITH THE WIND. Like kites they use the wind to go further. Sometimes the other folks on the jetty have been amazed at how far my kite-sandsinker goes with the wind. One guy said "How did you do that?"

Perkons

RE: LEAD-FREE FISHING SINKERS TO MAKE AT HOME

welder — Sat, 12 Jul 2008 15:31:02 GMT

Last night my wife , Kids and I were have a argument about this very thing .

RE: LEAD-FREE FISHING SINKERS TO MAKE AT HOME

Jason — Thu, 10 Jul 2008 20:15:26 GMT

Purty interesting idea!!! Just tell your ole lady to break the sewing machine out while you're fishing and go to work:shedevil For deep water, you could probably use a Crown Royal bag:letsdrink:letsdrink:letsdrink Or use camo and the fish won't see it:doh:doh:doh:letsdrink

Thanks for the tip...:clap

RE: LEAD-FREE FISHING SINKERS TO MAKE AT HOME

Get'n Wade — Wed, 09 Jul 2008 09:17:11 GMT

[quote][b]Perkons (5/9/2008)[/b][hr]Twice as large? The sand should be fine and it gets heavier when wet.

Perkons

[/quote] Only when it is out of the water.:doh

RE: LEAD-FREE FISHING SINKERS TO MAKE AT HOME

Perkons — Tue, 01 Jul 2008 12:59:07 GMT

Useless with sewing machine. UMMM.. a problem.

Do you have some old shirts around that you are throwing out?

Cut off the long strip in front that holds the buttons and also the one with the buttonholes.

Now you have two hollow fabric tubes.

Cut into sinker lengths, tie off bottom, fill with sand, tie off top and attach to line.

It works!

Perkons-

RE: LEAD-FREE FISHING SINKERS TO MAKE AT HOME

Perkons — Tue, 13 May 2008 10:04:58 GMT

Ooops! My logic circuit is on the fritz today!

They only get heavier when CASTING which is why I always dip them in the water just before casting from the jetty.

Perkons

RE: LEAD-FREE FISHING SINKERS TO MAKE AT HOME

johnsonbeachbum — Tue, 13 May 2008 09:13:53 GMT

They won't get any heavier when wet when they are in the water!

RE: LEAD-FREE FISHING SINKERS TO MAKE AT HOME

Perkons — Fri, 09 May 2008 15:25:07 GMT

Twice as large? The sand should be fine and it gets heavier when wet.

Perkons

RE: LEAD-FREE FISHING SINKERS TO MAKE AT HOME

BuckWild — Fri, 09 May 2008 15:13:14 GMT

Wonder how big a 3lbr would be for my deep dropping?

RE: LEAD-FREE FISHING SINKERS TO MAKE AT HOME

Perkons — Fri, 09 May 2008 15:04:06 GMT

Sorry: the correct website is:

http://members.aol.com/Ciekurs3/Sandsinkers.html

Perkons

LEAD-FREE FISHING SINKERS TO MAKE AT HOME

Perkons — Fri, 09 May 2008 15:02:52 GMT

Please pass this on to anyone who might find it useful.

http://members.aol.com/Ciekurs3/sandsinkers.html

It's great for kids who fish (and for keeping their moms happy and preventing family arguments about lead).

Also saves money and stops worry about sinkers that get stuck on jetty rocks.

Perkons