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Originally Posted by The Sinker Man
It looks like this year that the flats were the preferred type to use for blackfishing..I don't know for sure but I do hear that blackfish are spooked by movement..Like HDMarc said in his first post,, flats don't roll where reg. banks will roll with the current, thus causing movement and perhaps rolling into a hole or snag that you can't get out. I think Jeff got it right about the painting...Painting will not stop movement...And yes you can flatten a reg. bank a little if you have a big enough hammer and a good solid platform, so don't think you have to run out and buy a whole new supply of flats if you have reg. ones, you are only trying to stop a little rolling...My question would be is a new shiny sinker better or worse then one that has already oxidized?
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Sam
I prefer sinkers to have the oxidation. Preffer them not to be shiny as I want togs attention on the bait not the shiny sinker. I have gone to flats for the last 2 years. I find that i get hung up just as much if not even more when using flats vs banks. What i have noticed is that i am able to work a flat sinker out of a snag at a higher percentage rate then bank sinker. Even when wedge in with no play i will sometimes place rod in holder and leave it alone with some slack for a few minutes. Come back and seem to get it out most times if i am patient and do not dig the sinker into snag like most seem to do.
