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[SaltLife1980]

Im a flat fan as well.. Seem to stay and hold better.. not moving around like the regular ones..

[Harpoon]

Originally Posted by joerosa1

Flat

...a point of interest...in Rhode Island many on the party boats paint their sinkers red. When asked I received two responses; it attracts the tog the other the tog don't see red under water it is a camouflage.

Funny story guy borrowed his wife's nail polish painted sinkers on boat and did not let them dry and messed up the boat...mates were mad....

Thats funny cause yesterday I saw my first red sinker....had no clue why it was like that! Thanks for the info.

[HDMarc]

I don't know about red attracting tog, but I've heard that the color red disappears at depths of over 15 feet.

[SaltLife1980]

They paint them red so its easy to see who has the boats sinker.. I do the same on the boat i work on.. People walk off with them all the time.. so now all i have to do is look for the colored sinkers..

[joerosa1]

Originally Posted by SaltLife1980

They paint them red so its easy to see who has the boats sinker.. I do the same on the boat i work on.. People walk off with them all the time.. so now all i have to do is look for the colored sinkers..

Good practice I have been I charters that painted their sinkers with a rubberized coating to prevent damage to the boat.

My encounters in RI it was weird to see guys in that cabin getting rigs ready with red egg sinker carried in egg cartons. The camouflage explanation was hard to accept since the sinker would appear grey to fish which sinkers are naturally....

[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?

[tropics]

Originally Posted by joerosa1

Good practice I have been I charters that painted their sinkers with a rubberized coating to prevent damage to the boat.

My encounters in RI it was weird to see guys in that cabin getting rigs ready with red egg sinker carried in egg cartons. The camouflage explanation was hard to accept since the sinker would appear grey to fish which sinkers are naturally....

That egg sinker rig is my favorite for Ling Slinging, guess I will have to try it for Black Fish

[SaltLife1980]

I have seen a few guys fish that rig.. They catch fish with them.. not for me thow

[MVP]

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?

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.

[Capt. Debbie]

Banks are the easiest to come by in all sizes. And the hammer is the converter.

Lead smashes flat easily.

Also most pre-made flats use a wire ring in addition to the lead. You don't need that with smash-bank sinkers.

Originally Posted by frugalfisherman

Now that's a good idea. If you make sinkers you won't need a flat bank mold.