downtide sinker types
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All and 24oz as well you will need these on big tides
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I'm going to buy a mould and I'm trying to narrow it down lol,thanks for your reply!
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I'm need a mould that will pin down baits on a spring tide, I wont be going out in any swell or high winds, what weight would you suggest? 16oz first as last?
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Anything as long as it weighs 2lb !
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Thanks, the heaviest bopedo weight mould I can find is 24oz, 1 1/2 lb. Thats the test curve on my carp rod maxed out lol
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I fish the Solent and we have some strong tides here. On a spring tide for about an hour of the start of the ebb I need 2lb of lead !! It’s not great to see the rod bend in that way without a fish on the end !!!
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I fish the Solent and we have some strong tides here. On a spring tide for about an hour of the start of the ebb I need 2lb of lead !! It’s not great to see the rod bend in that way without a fish on the end !!!
Thanks for your advice, you're a Saint
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Some might say........others not !!! :Oo:Thanks for your advice, you're a Saint
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I used to moor my boat at Cardiff Marina from Oct - Dec for the Cod Fishing and on the big Springs (14m plus) I had trouble getting the anchor to hold let alone worry about how much lead I needed to keep the bait on the bottom, but you will definitely need a 32oz Bopedo and we used to make our own 40oz brick type leads which would normally hold for the short period the tide was screaming, especially on the ebb, but fishing the Bristol Channel on a big Spring is no fun and I'm not sure the fish feed during the full force of a Spring Tide, which is pretty much the same here in the English Channel.
We called them brick leads because we poured the lead in to the frog of a brick
Good Luck
We called them brick leads because we poured the lead in to the frog of a brick
Good Luck
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I used to moor my boat at Cardiff Marina from Oct - Dec for the Cod Fishing and on the big Springs (14m plus) I had trouble getting the anchor to hold let alone worry about how much lead I needed to keep the bait on the bottom, but you will definitely need a 32oz Bopedo and we used to make our own 40oz brick type leads which would normally hold for the short period the tide was screaming, especially on the ebb, but fishing the Bristol Channel on a big Spring is no fun and I'm not sure the fish feed during the full force of a Spring Tide, which is pretty much the same here in the English Channel.
We called them brick leads because we poured the lead in to the frog of a brick
Good Luck
I'm moored in Burry Port harbour which is quiet a few clicks west of cardiff. I appreciate the run of tide there is fierce, apart from the tidal range I believe its because the channel narrows and influenced by the bottle neck effect.
Anchoring further West on spring tides we've experienced the occasional "trip" but mainly we dont have any issues, apart from downtiding
. I've ordered a 16oz bopedo mould so will see how we get on with that? If I aquire any more moulds I'll be the leading stockist in S Wales lol.Thanks for your words of wisdom and will bare that in mind should I choose a Cardiff mooring in future, kind regards !!
Personally I prefer the Bopedo weights because they lie better in the tide and don't twist on the drop or retrieve.
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If you had started off with I fish up by Burry Port I would have been able to say you may find that 14 ounce is a Max you need anymore and it becomes impossible to fish the Maxx ball leads I use are 16 ounce and that is 4 fishing at Stout Point to Nash and deeper Waters wear your fishing you will be able to get away with Max of 14 ounces lol Ball leads are easier to walk away from the boat when fishing downtide
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Thanks for your responce fish, in hindsight I shouldve been more specific.
I was more interested in the types of weights people were using tbh, maybe next time you'll re say balls are good for bouncing back in the tide
thanks again and tight lines
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As for types, as I understand itThanks for your responce fish, in hindsight I shouldve been more specific.
I was more interested in the types of weights people were using tbh, maybe next time you'll re say balls are good for bouncing back in the tide
Watch type- flat fish drifting
Gripper - uptiding
Ball - wrecking
Boatpedo - general down tiding
Any improvements guys ??
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Spark Plugs - for when you are too tight to buy lead weights :thumbsup:
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Types of downtiding weights specifically Fish. You have stated you prefer the ball and I'm swinging between ball/bopedo myself. Either type can be bounced back in the tide and both will decend quickly.
Its a personal choice regarding conditions / bottom type /method situation it seems. Your choice of downtiding lead for Nash was informative, thanks
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Maybe you aimed this at the wrong person ??
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Hahaha I haven't got a jar of glue tbh
Its between you and fishchips,like my downtide sinker types I cant decide lol
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