On the seventh day of Christmas my true love gave to me, seven sinkers sinking, six kits for rigging, … five purple worms … four rebel lures, three weedless hooks, two spools of line and a fishing pole complete with a reel.
Woo hoo, man am I getting a lot of great fishing gear! Sinkers – wait a minute, what are they for? Well I have to confess, there are times when i go cat fishing and carp fishing in our local creek and I need a weight to hold the bait down on the bottom of the creek bed. Not a lot of weight but enough to keep in down there where the bottom feeders can find it!
It’s amazing how many various types of fish our local creek has! Every June, the big carp come up from the Delaware River and spawn in our creek. How big you ask? Well I had 25 pound test line on my reel and the carp broke it like it was thread. The carp actually can get as big as in the 30 plus pound range. Not bad for a creek that’s only 20 – 30 feet wide most of the time!
I actually use whatever weight is available when I’m bottom feeder fishing. I still have some of those old teardrop shaped real lead weights in my tackle box! But mostly I’ll use a couple of split-shot weights if the current isn’t too strong. Here’s some pictures of the two:
OK – that’s it for now – have a great day!
Catch you later.