Jeffchow88 Loc: San Francisco

Pyramid. Different weights depending on the current.

nutz4fish Loc: Colchester, CT

KG. That makes sense. I got a friend that you would drive crazy. She's always saying to me , Why do you have to make a f'in science project outta everything? She's an artist, and I appreciate that, but I wanna know how & why everything works. In spite of those differences, we've been great friends for 20+ years.....
( Even though she painted a miniature Christmas scene on my doorknob yesterday. )

STURGEONGENERAL Loc: ANTIOCH, CA." GATEWAY TO THE DELTA"

I do alot of sturgeon fishing in strong currents and one day i was thinking about a good sinker and came up with the idea of a sinker like a donut with a hole in the middle to let the current pass threw it. I made a mold that would make a sinker that weighed about 10 to 12 ounces . Works great I shoud get a patent and market them if someone else has not yet. THE STURGEONGENERAL.

Mark64 Loc: Fresno

Spark plug tied witk rubber band

Fishdrifter123 Loc: Okaloosa, Fl

Try the Sputnik! The extended arms break away and don't easily get hung up on rocks or other debris in the water. The design grabs hold of the bottom (sand) but allows for easy retrieval when anchored.
I am a Regular surf fisherman in NW Florida not a salesmen, I designed one of these types of grappling lead weights after assisting a shark crew and witnessed the anchor weights they used. I copied from memory on a smaller scale using a 2oz lead teardrop and hard wire twisted around into 4 points. I almost like to not dislodge that sucker once anchored in the sand bar!
Check online for Non rolling weights/fishing tackle.

KG Loc: Treasure Coast, Florida

Yeah, I'll give sputnik a try after I test no roll sinkers. Thanks for the info.

Ave Loc: Okaloosa County FL

Danforth

Retrieverman390

Sputnik

Ave Loc: Okaloosa County FL

What fish are you after? The reason I ask is in the Gulf of Mexico when we do Gag & Red Grouper with the tide, we'll drift (over live bottom) & bounce live bait or vertical jig. Yeah we're bringing up & moving back up current every 5 min but we're also averaging a fish per drift. This is in 200' of water with 8 oz Bank weights. The trick is find the bottom (Power-pro braid & great composit rods) tighten the line so you know your on hard bottom vs sand. Then one crank. I now know that I'm 40 inches off bottom and I'll drop my rod tip about every 10 to 15 seconds to know I'm on hard bottom. There are channels, we just call cracks because we don't know, that are about 20 - 30 ft across. When we lose bottom we release until we hit again. Avg 6 - 8 ft drop. Drag about 30 seconds then bring up when we hit the ridge line and continue bouncing. We hit Gags on that drop the Red Grouper on the downcurrent edge as soon as we rise up & bounce. I am convinced after 20 years of this approach that Grouper, Amberjack (aka Reef Donkeys), Snapper and everything else down there, feel & hear your weight "CH CH" in the sand, or "CRACK" on the limestone bottom & ledge. Think about those sounds & how predatory fish hunt vs how sound moves through water. I used to dive. Due to horrible sinus' damaged ears from 37 years of aircraft maintenance & what not those days are done, but im a snorkeling fool when it comes to Flounder & Bay Scallops. Back to CH...CH...CRACK, those are natural sounds of feeding activity & crabs & what-not. If I'm a predator & something is stimulating my lateral lines I'm going to see what it is. Oh look it's a struggling fish! I always tell my buddies "BE THE FISH BOYS, BE THE FISH. What do you feel, what do you hear & what do you see? Is the moon & therefore the pressure, tide, water movement & available light working for or against me? Now... don't get me started on barometric pressure and its effective on available oxygen in the water. My best friend calls me a "Fish Whisperer" maybe & maybe not. But we put more fish in our killboxthan anyone we know. Regardless of the species we're sfter. Be the fish Boys & Girls. Be it, catch it, eat it & rub it in good. Just one more thing I promise. Share thes things with your Bestie. But when ya'll take your buddies along or you are invited on another buds' boat... That's not the time to share ideas & hard earned secrets. That's the time to BE THE MAN & catch everyone's bag limits. That gets you re-invited and out of paying your share of the gas :) ⛽️. Which can be $100 a pop each over 6 guys. Let them pay $125 - $150 is all I can say because they are getting free fish, that you caught haha. Sidenote: if you are a deckhand or Capt, you kinda need to share this with your customers or you'll be breaking stuck lines, retying, & explaining why they're stuck on the bottom all damn day. Plus it's your reputation as a catching Captain, vs a driver. Tight lines & broken rods my friends