Thread: Who makes their own sinkers?

Originally Posted by mikee

Go big or go home eh

25 spiky dogs have an amazing ability to make some slack line.

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Originally Posted by veitnamcam

25 spiky dogs have an amazing ability to make some slack line.

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its not the spikeys its the threshers that do that but i hear that @stingray is very good at sorting out "knitted" long lines

I make them , when I was installing fires , I saved my lead flashings up , had over 60 kilos in a pile . Caught a ginger kid scoping it out for his ginger dad down the road . . Gutted, cashed it up the next day as I new the thieving ginger pricks would have stolen it .

Yea I have in the past, just bought another mold, and looking at getting one for jig heads, before the next cook up,
only do it once every few years, I have plenty of lead, but its harder to get hold of now,

Originally Posted by southernman

Yea I have in the past, just bought another mold, and looking at getting one for jig heads, before the next cook up,
only do it once every few years, I have plenty of lead, but its harder to get hold of now,

@southernman I have been looking into doing my own softbait jig heads, found a mold but struggling to get hooks with the right shank on them. You haven't found a source in your travels?

Originally Posted by matai

@southernman I have been looking into doing my own softbait jig heads, found a mold but struggling to get hooks with the right shank on them. You haven't found a source in your travels?

I ordered them in, with the mold, Mustard hooks, don't remember number, did have sum success with heating and bending a few with gas torch at work, but always a bit leary, hate to loose a big fish cause the hook broke were I heated it.
depends on type of mold, on type of hook, and you have to watch that hook is strong enough, many from states aren't, as they use jigs for bass and pickerel, that don't fight as hard or have jaws like snapper or king's,
find the hook model for your jigs and order in sum, may have to go over seas, but jig molds out now that take a far more common hook.

try do-it jig molds for hook models,

That new BBQ set or rather the pizza oven would sort the long line issues ! just pick up the clips the next day, and add nylon....

My mother in laws boy friend makes them all the time. He's 'Sinkermaker' on trade me


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I haven't made any for a looong time but have accumulated heaps of lead and moulds.

Originally Posted by gadgetman

I haven't made any for a looong time but have accumulated heaps of lead and moulds.

your problem is not enough fishing to lose some gear.

Originally Posted by veitnamcam

your problem is not enough fishing to lose some gear.

Gadgetman is't the only one

Originally Posted by veitnamcam

your problem is not enough fishing to lose some gear.

You are totally correct with that. How could you tell?

Made a lot of 8oz sinkers a few years ago. still some left still. got about 50kg lead had about another 20kg that "mates" scrounged off me to make sinkers then the buggers sold the sinkers so no one gets any lead from me now

Originally Posted by Harryg

Made a lot of 8oz sinkers a few years ago. still some left still. got about 50kg lead had about another 20kg that "mates" scrounged off me to make sinkers then the buggers sold the sinkers so no one gets any lead from me now

Had 3 x 20l containers worth nicked a few years ago by the feral crackhead at the neighbouring business. Fucked off wasn't even close. I get quite a few dud car batteries through work, any easy way of reclaiming the lead without burning skin/driveway and getting the bomb squad out?