12/25/2023 0 Comments Fishing Hook instal the new![]() ![]() Hook Weights Hook weights help provide natural action to baits. This is especially beneficial in ultra clear-water fishing. ![]() Used as a hidden belly weight, these sinkers can give lifelike action to a soft-plastic jerk bait, and can give them a fish-appealing, suspended quality, too, without bulky add-on sinkers. But they can be used for many soft lure fishing purposes, and also inserted into natural baits (minnows, leeches, crawfish, etc.) to make them more desirable to gamefish. Insert or nail weights are designed chiefly for soft plastic finesse bass fishing. Insert Weights Insert Weights are the go-to’s for soft-platics. It has a wire line attachment at one end, but it is a long and slender pencil shape, designed to resist deep snags. One innovative drop-shot sinker is the Bakudan design offered by Lunker City. Most drop-shot sinkers are rounded in shape to resist bottom fouling, and many come in weights from 1/8- to 3/4-ounce. This allows for quick change adjustments in the weight for different fishing depths. The looped wire is used for snugly fitting fishing line in a drop shot rig to take it deep, without need for tying line to lead. This is a simple ball-shaped sinker with a looped wire attachment at its top. Drop-Shot Sinker The Lunker City Bakudan drop-shot sinker. Northland also makes a Rock Runner Sinker (1/4 to 1 1/2 ounce) of similar design that has a quick change weight snap, which allows you to change the sinker weight when needed. This sinker is a design improvement over the original Lindy Walking Sinker.Ī similar design is the “VMC Switch-It Slip Sinker”, which offers a quick attachment wire for changing weights. Its slight bend and bottom-bumper-style wire probe at its end allow it glide over rocks, shells, and other obstructions when taking baits deep during drifting or slow-trolling. Hall of Fame angler Ron Linder devised this improved slip-sinker weight. If a different weight is desired, the pencil lead can be removed from the tubing, and a different size pushed tightly into the rubber tube. ![]() Some pencil sinkers are rigged with a piece of surgical tubing that allows such weights to be pushed into open tubing to take baits and lures deep. ![]()
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