LEAD FREE FISHING SINKERS TO MAKE AT HOME

Guest

These are particularly good for kids who fish and also for saving money on lead.

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

Please check it out and pass it on.

Thanks

Posted: Mon Jul 28, 2008 8:47 pm

Yea okay, i wonder how you put grip wires in them.

But seriously i'm a roofing contractor, so always have lots of scrap lead, so not for me i'm afraid.

Posted: Mon Jul 28, 2008 8:55 pm

All very well but no beaches in plymouth. Closest one about 12 miles away. bout an hour on the bus.....Colin

Posted: Mon Jul 28, 2008 9:34 pm

great for me big grin

all i do is a paper round and all the fishing tackle and bait does get expensive especially when you want money to go out and about happy

thanks greg

Posted: Tue Jul 29, 2008 8:08 am

I think it`s easier to pick up a stone on the beach and tie it on , some of em even have holes in. This will avoid hooks in sandbags and needles in fingers. If you haven`t got suitable stones on your beach you can have some out of my garden its full of `em and they`re free !

Posted: Tue Jul 29, 2008 9:23 pm

good idea... to mucch fiddeling for me though.!
cool

Posted: Thu Jul 31, 2008 12:42 pm

that's a great idea mate!!

Posted: Sat Aug 02, 2008 10:18 am

Good idea i suppose if your fishing a nice smooth sandy beach on a dead calm day. Not for me, they would get ripped apart on the shingle, not very aerodynamic, the weight would change after the first cast when the cloth and sand got wet and you cant attach GRIPPERS.

Like you say perkons they could be good for kids that just want to do a bit of fishing now and then

Posted: Sun Aug 10, 2008 4:32 pm

I have the ideal solution (for me) i work within metelworking/welding industry, so i make my own from mild steel!!! a 30mm piece of 25mm diameter solid steel round bar when shaped roughly into a pear shape, weighs, weight for it ....... 6oz.!! Take two 2.0mm welding rods and bang off the flux and you have your grapnell wires, these are welded to th underneath, and then the same with a high tensile steel ring for the loop!! tada my own weights which cost me absolutely nothing, exept 5 minutes to make!! big grin

Mild steel, as far as i know decomposes in saltwater faster than lead too!! added bonus!
happy

Guest

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

Member Joined: Oct 24, 2006 Posts: 14 Location: Poole

Quite a good idea,
We used to make our own weights for rock fishing as we lost a lot on snags. but we made them out of old cycle inner tubes.
If filled with sand not too full they will often bend and release from snag