Thing is these 6 sinkers weigh 20 pounds! Holy smokes that was a lot of lead.
I lost my 3# sinker the last time I was out deep dropping and needed to pour some deep drop sinkers. I want to do some exploring with the electric reel before the season closes. That and maybe try dropping a conventional reel if I could find the big blackgill.
(https://i.imgur.com/gBUWt40.jpg)
In any case, the little mold is a 32 oz sinker...
The big one is a 6 pounder!
(https://i.imgur.com/RmZIKQB.jpg)
I swore my pot held 10 pounds, but it's only a 5# pot at best. Took some time to pour and needed my torch to keep things warm.
They aren't pretty, but dont have to be. I still need to clean them up, but that's a lot of sinker!
(https://i.imgur.com/cAvOjrZ.jpg)
That's a lot of lead. How deep do you think you'll get to? I'm sure you can find some thornyheads, if you dare...
I was hitting 1200' with 4#, but we didn't do too much searching deep since we were targeting Swords. I should be able to hit anything I want with the spot lock.
If I ever get an electric reel (I might end up servicing them eventually so I ought to get one to know them in and out) I wanna try some spots in 2,000-3,000' for what I assume would be thornyheads and ratfish.
The 6# and spotlock will easily hit 3000'. My reel hold 1100 yards and I had 1100 yards on it, but had to cut some off to accommodate the sword leader and line. I probably have 1000 yards for sure, so I won't be fishing 3000' I guess.
Where are you finding lead these days?
Tire shops used to be a good source, not so much anymore ::)
Old San Diego water pipes... Well, I only have about 75# left give or take 25 miscellaneous. My lead resources have dried up recently.