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Pin Fish
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| Please pass this on to anyone who might find it useful. http://www.perkons1.com/SANDSINKERS/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
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Wonder how big a 3lbr would be for my deep dropping?
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Pin Fish
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| Twice as large? The sand should be fine and it gets heavier when wet. Perkons
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| They won't get any heavier when wet when they are in the water!
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Pin Fish
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| 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
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Pin Fish
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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-
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Perkons (5/9/2008)
Twice as large? The sand should be fine and it gets heavier when wet.Perkons Only when it is out of the water.
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Pin Fish
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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
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| the only family argument about lead we had at our house was - Who gets the .45 ?
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Those little bags will probably work a lot better if you fill them with lead shot.
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Glue a piece of coton string to a rock, Presto! you have a enviromentally friendly sinker.  Sea-r-cy
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| 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!
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| Hi, I am new to the site. I also like boating and fishing. From this site we can get more information about the fishing. Thanks for giving information regarding the fishing. =================================== prathap worldinfo
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Sea-r-cy (9/1/2008)
Glue a piece of coton string to a rock, Presto! you have a enviromentally friendly sinker. Sea-r-cy Good idea!!! Old spark plugs make good sinkers too. 
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