Making stone fishing weights or sinkers
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- Опубликовано: 24 июн 2017
- Using stones as fishing weights has to be the oldest fishing hack there is so I thought I would put my spin on. Does it help you catch more fish? I personal don't care it was just a bit of fun.
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I used these with the Team Catfish weight slides to make a ruclips.net/user/postUgkxdmsDj7fQXe77DC0l7P7ua8B3PiESUubM Carolina rig and they were perfect for the ponds I fish. I have also used them to make 3 way rigs and these work perfectly. Haven't had any issues with them snagging in rocks or in weeds yet.
Very pretty sinkers. For those that don't have all this equipment: I find that it is a heck of a lot faster and easier to just wrap a stone in sewing thread. You can wrap in a metal loop if you want, but I just use a loop in the thread. I fish in an area where everyone loses loads of lead. Stones work great (humans have been using them since time immemorial), and cotton thread is certainly better to be leaving in the river than lead!
and with basic tool and a softer stone you can just make some cut on both side to make it more secure.
stone sinker would also (i think) be less prone to get stuck between small cracks and small stones.
Being doing this for years.Glad someone put up a cool video about it. Thanks, makes explaining to my friends easier..👍👍
Great job on the stone sinker! Environmental friendly! Thanks for inspiring me to do the same.
That's a such a great idea. Well done, very environmentally friendly and super stealth so fish won't see any lead!
Andy's Fishing you got active on comments lately, Andy! Good to see we watch the same channels :)
I've been a fan for a while, and comment some times.
Hey Andy, love your vids
i wasn't really trying to save the planet I just could not be bothered cleaning out the lead smelter and messing round with that for a few weights so i went to buy some and they cost a small fortune and they put a coating on them to look like pebbles so I thought why not use some pebbles, thanks
The Handmade Fisherman well, i have to say that this is how most good ideas start as... i would love to do this too, but i dont havr the resources for a personal shop yet... but out of curiosity, do you think tgis will work for egg style (center hole slip) weights from the same material? and would this also work with commercial landscaping gravel of the same size?
They need to do this in Hawaii. There is so much old lead weights all over the reefs.
Spectacular idea. Many tanks from mother earth. Your idea promotes low-impact, low pollution, and responsible behavior.
Awesome idea. Instead of leaving lead at the bottoms of our lakes and streams.Well done and thanks for posting.
This is better than putting lead in water and fishes. Good job man!
That's a fantastic idea ,one witch i will definitely implement into my carp fishing 👍👍thanks for sharing 👏
That is a really great idea because you can make them really heavy or really light
Great Idea, good video. Using stones you're not only saving money, you're very variable with the weight you need and you dont pollute the nature with lead.
this is not just a good idea its life changing.
I`ve been buying and using "stonze" weights for years. This will certainly save me a few quid.......many thanks for sharing it .
I see a shortage of smooth stones coming soon 😱
Awesome Idea and Great Job 👍
Brilliant thank you for sharing that's a great idea for gifts and it's natural!!! Thank you and good luck fishing my friend!!!
Not the first time i have seen these used but the first time i have seen the fabrication made so simple. Thanks.
Excellent video! It was thoroughly enjoyable, useful, and well-made. Thanks for putting it up!
Seeing as in the UK we often see videos encouraging us to 'drop the lead' these would be a great alternative. I'm off to the beach!
I love this. Enviro friendly. Thank u for sharing.
I love your videos they have helped me out when fishing! Keep doing what your doing!
Awesom Awesome Awesome ! Easley in the top 5 of the most valuable videos in the fishing community
Good and environment friendly idea! I will try it.
Many thanks!
I just found this video after searching and searching to make my own low cost lead sinkers...bam!
Thank you😀
I've been making stone ledgers for years. I use a large swivel and cut one loop off and then gorilla glue the swivel to the top of the stone. holds up really well and the glue is totally waterproof and if I did loose a stone there plenty more around.
Eu de ani de zile am renunțat, motivul la recuperarea răsucește firul.
Great fun project to teach kids about making their own fishing equipment but also weights! Cool idea! Thx
Down the beach and then into the workshop! Thanks for another great video and idea.
thanks
you r not just a fisher man , to make these diy and with that filming quality , u r an artiest !
Great idea, great video, you did an excellent job of editing. Thanks for the idea.
JD/Missouri
Great idea, well presented.
dude yes I've wanted to do this along time just never set to find out best way. thanks. god bless
Hats off to you sir - excellent idea and demo!
Beutfull
I used this a few years before
It's great to fish with that
Thanks for sharing
You’re a legend, dude. For rock and surf, I always feel “un-ecofriendly” when lead sinkers get caught and break off and remain in the ocean. This is the solution.
Nice! Especially in snaggy areas where you lose sinkers. So much better. Will try.
Very creative as usual.
Thanks Jomathan
Great video, thank you for sharing!
Nice, I agree about the weight being environmently friendly. Adn you can never run out of stones! :)
sooo true
Thank you for sharing this outstanding video so simple I’m going to rate it Ten out of Ten. 👌👍🇬🇧
This is a great idea. No led in our waters. I fish all the time. I am going to do this thanks for the idea. ;)
This is really awesome.. I'm gonna try making me some.. just got to go find me some stones 😀
Well done, certainly giving this a go.....thanks for the vid
I just thought i invented this and had to do a search, your way of doing it is much better than what i was thinking anyways. Awesome video and i love the fact the stones are natural and look like they are part of the lake, pond or river so makes the fish less wary. Way better than the store bought weights and ill always be making my own from now on.
Thanks sir, one of the most beautiful video about fishing i ever saw
Love it. So smart!! Greetings from Norway
Great job. Very enviromentaly friendly.
Awesome! !! Great video, I will try and make some for myself thanks for sharing your tips 😊👍👍
What a great idea. Love it. Thanks.
Awesome video! Thanks for sharing
AMAZING editing skills and shots! I hope to be as skilled someday!
Thanks for this good idea. I’ll make some soon.
Stones are 100% Less toxic than lead !!!
Great Idea !
true, but they still hurt if you get hit on the head with one, I know lol
@@PaulAdamsTheHandmadeFisherman lol
Wow you should join the DIY Tackle group on Facebook as they would really appreciate your work 👌👌👌
@@PaulAdamsTheHandmadeFisherman I was Salmon fishing next to a guy one time and he got snagged up and was pulling super hard on 25 lb test and the 3 oz lead came right back and hit him in the forehead ..an
indentation of the weight on his skull!
Smmmmmmaaaaackkkkkkk!
@Sparka yep...brutal boomerang factor!....Everyone is down there at the hole right now....Salmon are in Town! When that happened....I was wincing!Stay safe! Eric Underwood class of 81 Downey High School California
Awesomely done great vid !
As a "thinking angler" I found this very interesting, always looking at ways to fool wary fish and I daresay a tad less expensive than the ones I purchased at a tackle shop. I also purchased some a while back shaped and painted to look like mussels but they are far too nice to risk casting out with the chance of maybe losing one . My grandkids will probably auction them off when I go to that great fishery in the sky and think to themselves how eccentric their granddad was lol.
Tench are very sneaky so the stone works well here. Good video 😁🍀👍
Not only is this a really interesting video, the editing is very professional. Thanks for showing us how.
Brilliant!! Great filming as well..
Great idea! When I was a kid I would sometimes tie rocks onto my line for sinkers.
Heck yeah, and we'd tie on sticks for floats!
Hello Paul... greetings from Lima.... always watching your videos, thanks for sharing your great ideas !!!
Nice content! Keep it up!
Dude, this is brilliant. Gonna start collecting stones today.
Thanks for this, I've been thinking about using stones for an inline lead with pva bags, going to have a try this weekend 👍
This is the first video I've seen of yours, and it definitely won't be the last. The video itself was enjoyable to watch with no unnecessary footage or waffle. There was obviously a lot thought that went into making this and you made this process look so simple. So I'm going to try to make a weight using your method. Thank you so much from a fisherman in France. Top man !!
thanks
Absolutely brilliant!! well done.
Thats a very cool idea! I love making anything myself. Subbed!
The environment thanks you for not littering the ocean bottom with leads. If u lose these, they're merely pebbles from nature! Great stuff.
I like those idea .cheap but very use full
Well thought out, creative, well done. How unusual.
Sensacional!! Gostei muito, é uma maneira de preservar a natureza quase sem custo!!
Parabéns, vou praticar
I like your style great job
Muchas gracias por brindar esta maravillosa idea. Muy linda edición del video, te felicito!!!
great work...thanks for sharing it,
Nice work , definitely going to have a go!
Very cool! I love how you bend the ends of the wire to act like barbs in the epoxy, very clever.
One of the coolest videos I’ve seen!!!
That would also work in rivers. Good idea!
Genius! Thanks for sharing
That is a great idea and better for the environment when you get stuck.
awesome vid!!! loved it and the idea!! will most definitely try it!! thanks.
Nice lil workshop u got there
This has always been part of the joy of fishing for me... making your own stuff. When I was a teen in the 70's my parents were skint, so any tackle I wanted I had to make myself or go without. The satisfaction to be had from recycling materials into fishing gear far outweighs shopping with a credit card and paying ridiculous sums of money for stuff you can easily make yourself. Same goes for bait... bollocks to paying 4 or 5 quid for a small pot of boillies in some exotic flavour.
bravo ,une belle technique , efficace .
Great video great for Carp & Barbel fishing too thanks for sharing!
cheers, i did loose one of these fishing off the reeds with safety release clip, and I was all disappointed until i realised it was just a stone and i landed the carp
It's cool man . Great job
Absolutely fabulous !
Great idea, congratulations.
love this idea, going to try it.
this has got to be worth a billion likes it saves the planet and does what it says on the tin well done
Neat trick. Money saver and eco-friendly. Thanks.
Absolutely brilliant
simple and amazing, thanks!
Wow, awesome idea mate 👍
Can also use silicone mold and pour concrete and add thr hardware while concrete is still wet
Questa è proprio una bella idea. Non mi era venuta in mente malgrado vado a pescare in spiagge di ghiaia. Complimenti e grazie per il tutorial 😉👏
you are a genius. thanks from italy
That's kool definitely going to make some
Great editing and shots! Oh great ideas as well! Good job!!!
thank you
A fun useful project. 😉👍🐟
This is brilliant!!!
Brilliant idea and less lead pollution
a very old idea that fell out of favour when lead came a long
The essential key to doing this is a "HAMMER DRILL" to pop the hole in the stone. A regular electric drill is futile. Good video. Also you can use fish hooks for wire