Quick release sinker

[Mouldz]

The weather is so .... that I havent wet a line in ages so I have been thinking ,which can be dangerous,but when we fish deepsea we attach out anchor chain to the front of the anchor and then the chain is attached to the shaft with a cable tie creating a weak link,when the anchor is stuck this link breaks and the anchor is released "head first"
so,i was thinking wont this work with a sinker when fishing the bricks,attach the main line to the bum of the sinker by means of a wire eye,run the line up the sinker and attach to the "eye" of the sinker with a couple of turns of thin nylon,which should release when 'jerked' to pull your sinker free.

Has anyone done this ,or am I being dumb

 

[KLIPVIS]

TRY IT !

 

[ferrars]

You got your idea from a Anker??? try it and let us know or maybe you must pattent it and then let us know, hahaha

 

[Mouldz]

Definitely want to ,I have a phobia about losing sinkers

 

[aquadementia]

try it but then use very heavy sinker line or wire because the bumping of the sinker on the line against the rocks will damage it. So if it gets really stuck you are going to break everything off anyway (using wire)

 

[van_straaten]

This is a great freaking idea mana to you sir

 

[Francois13]

sounds like a very good idea mouldie! give it a try and let us know...

 

[JL]

Wouldn't the "thinner trip line" break when you really swing the weight? I would think that the force of the throw would break the trip line. But try it first and report back. Maybe I'm proven wrong and it works great.

 

[Speedmaster]

I can not see that it will work on a rock sinker. The reason for that, will it really matter to witch side of the sinker the line is connected to. It will still stuck. It could work on a graber sinker that is almost like a anchor. Just my 2c

 

[TimJan]

 Great idea

I do have an improvement or 2 for you?

The longer boom at the back will give you more of an angle to pull the sinker out when stuck.

Plus the clip at the back takes away the problem of breaking the trip whilst casting.

The trip line will have to be super this as there won’t be allot of pressure on the rig.

What do you think?

 

 

[Mike Smith]

TimJan wrote:

 Great idea

I do have an improvement or 2 for you?

The longer boom at the back will give you more of an angle to pull the sinker out when stuck.

Plus the clip at the back takes away the problem of breaking the trip whilst casting.

The trip line will have to be super this as there won’t be allot of pressure on the rig.

What do you think?

 

Excellent idea Mouldie and Timjan just added a great bit of input! Would like to try some of these!

 

[van_straaten]

Just like an anchor ! i cant see that this wont work even a realy small cabletie as the break away

 

 

[Mouldz]

What about this,your main line is attached to the back and looped through the eye,a matchstick or toothpick is placed through the loop and pulled tight,the tension is kept while casting,if you feel you sinker is stuck you can give a little slack and jiggle the rod ,the matchstick will come loose or break and Bobs your uncle

 

[Mike Smith]

MOULDIE wrote:

What about this,your main line is attached to the back and looped through the eye,a matchstick or toothpick is placed through the loop and pulled tight,the tension is kept while casting,if you feel you sinker is stuck you can give a little slack and jiggle the rod ,the matchstick will come loose or break and Bobs your uncle

Is Jaaaa!

 

[g42nd]

hi guys

i've thought about this many times over the years ( also inspired by the way we rig our anchor) but i've never tried it coz....

 

if you consider the amount of stress on the "weak link" when trying to free your sinker with all the line stretch etc.......vs ...direct stress on the same "weak link" under casting, then surely no matter what trip system you use - if it's weak enough to give on striking the sinker loose then it's definately goona give when casting.

 

i hope i'm wrong......maybe i should get out from behind my computer and actually make the effort to try it.

please feed back if anyone tries it.....this donating sinkers is getting a bit rough on the wallet .

 

[g42nd]

ps....the matchstick idea seems like it could be a winner

 

[whalerider]

Hi Mouldie

Try this out ,The idea is when you hook a fish,with the tension it pick the sinker up against the line keeping it away from reefs .If you stuck in rocks,hopefully pulling out ,only the hook will be lost !!

My 2c

 

[Mouldz]

whalerider wrote:

Hi Mouldie

Try this out ,The idea is when you hook a fish,with the tension it pick the sinker up against the line keeping it away from reefs .If you stuck in rocks,hopefully pulling out ,only the hook will be lost !!

My 2c

i do use a similar .but the problem id the fish,if you dont hook a fish you lose sinker

 

[damian27]

i have always wondered about this, after using it out at sea. just never followed it any further. think ill give it a try and see what happens we got nothing to loose but sinkers. lol

it it definitely not going to work every time. but hey if we can save 5 sinkers more than usual then its worth it.

also, you could add a bait clip into the sinker so the hook snoot carries tha weight. allowing you to throw with out the thin trip line or what ever snapping.

 

[VISVRAAT]

MOULDIE wrote:

The weather is so .... that I havent wet a line in ages so I have been thinking ,which can be dangerous,but when we fish deepsea we attach out anchor chain to the front of the anchor and then the chain is attached to the shaft with a cable tie creating a weak link,when the anchor is stuck this link breaks and the anchor is released "head first"
so,i was thinking wont this work with a sinker when fishing the bricks,attach the main line to the bum of the sinker by means of a wire eye,run the line up the sinker and attach to the "eye" of the sinker with a couple of turns of thin nylon,which should release when 'jerked' to pull your sinker free.

Has anyone done this ,or am I being dumb

Hi Mouldie,ive been using this technique for a couple of years and you do save sinkers but its very labour intensive.I use a very thin wire to attach the sinker line to sinker and it works.