How to guide for making fishing sinkers
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- Опубликовано: 28 авг 2024
- G'day fishos, in this video I rave on about how I make my fishing sinkers. My aim is to help people who would like to have a crack at making their own sinkers. It is good fun and also very rewarding.
Thank you for watching and I do hope you enjoy. The motivational heavy metal music used in the video is sourced from Adam Vitovsky free music for whatever you like.
Please take all safety aspects mentioned in the video seriously.
Hi Dave, Great video once again. We run a bar of soap over the stainless wire before using it and we leave the sinkers in the mold (which is usually in a vise attached to the table) and get a pair of vise grips on the wire and give it a good tug. It comes out most times with little effort. I love your videos please keep them coming. Andrew
Hi mate, thanks for the tips excellent. I did laugh about the vice in brackets. I never fixed it to my table because it gets in the way so it remains transportable LoL. Thanks again for the advice I shall be changing my technique.....Cheers David
Daves Back, you bloody beauty, thanks for another great video Dave.
Thanks mate!!
I grew up in Norfolk Virginia and my dad had a fishing sinker business I grew up trimming sinkers with my dad in the yard!! It's fun stuff!! My dad had two walls of his molds!!
Hi Amanda, well I am honoured to have somebody watching my sinker video who was in the actual sinker business with your farther. Wow all of them sinker moulds, it is fun stuff isn't it but your dad would have made so many and to high standards they would have looked nice. How did I go would be nice to hear feedback from somebody like yourself especially with the back ground that you have, go easy on me though lol. thank you for commenting also are you still in America only asking because it's pretty cool having somebody in America watching my video. Cheers David
This brings back fond memories of my brother and I many many years ago making sinkers as well as barley cages out of wire coat hangers when the fishing was slow. We used to fish every chance we got; very fond memories of doing this with my brother, now passed.
Hi Mike, nice to hear from you again mate, nice to hear I have re surfaced some fond memories you have of you and your brother making burley springs and sinkers. Nice we can have memories of special times spent with loved ones. All the best Mike and I will get out and do some fishing for you to watch....Cheers David.
Good to see you are back at it. With the sinkers , I find a bike spoke is good for making the hole in the sinkers
Thanks Malcolm, lol, great idea with the spokes, smokeytexx also said he used them 150 years ago, did make me laugh. Nice to hear from you again Malcolm
about 150 years ago when i was a kid making sinkers we used push bike spokes too.
Funny!! Thanks smokeytexx, you and another has mentioned the bike spokes great idea.
@@davidsheldonfishing9726 yeah cut them out of some other kids wheel though not your own and dont cut them all from one spot spread it out a bit .
@@smokeytexx I was going to say " I will keep my eye out for a kids bike out the front of a shop" dad my bike wheel has gone out of shape.
great ,video Dave.Love the work.
Thank you!
Great to see new content from you David. Thanks for sharing all your knowledge and experience.
Thank you Andy its my pleasure mate, that trout you are holding in your pic looks like a nice fish is it a brown..........Cheers David
Hey Dave, very satisfying, done this year's ago with my Dad, good tip, when testing any thing hot, don't use the palm finger side of hand, curls up,touching heat source, use back of
hand, you can always pull away, good to see your keeping well Cheers, Gaz.
Thank you for the advise Gary. glad to hear you found the video satisfying also bringing back a few memories, yes not doing to bad hope your going ok to matey.....David
Great job David buddy, cheers mate
You are a legend! Always enjoy a lot your videos. I'm glad to have you back. Thanks a lot for teaching us all this old school stuff, it is awesome.
Thanks mate so nice of you to say, and my pleasure. Thank you again that is a nice comment....Cheers CVS19851.......David.
Great to see you back Dave. Instead of wire on my star sinkers I used barrel swivels. I also followed your other video and made my own berley springs for them. Look forward to more videos again
Hi Kevin, thanks for saying mate I was going to mention the swivels but forgot, I recon sinkers and burley springs go together like pees and carrots. Fishing soon, Thanks for watching....Cheers David
Welcome back David another fantastic vid on how to make sinkers
Thanks Troy, good to hear from you again, glad to hear you enjoyed the video. Cheers and all the best mate...I shall keep the videos coming thanks again.....David.
Great video again David. That took me back to my grandpa's shed making sinkers with him as a kid. He used hollow bamboo with wire in it then cut them to size. Still have some of them today. Keep up the great videos, look forward to the next one.
Thank you Frank, it seems like this video has struck a few memory cords for a few viewers, that is good I think this video has done well. The hollow bamboo used by your grandpa sounds great the things they used back then, I bet you wouldn't like to get a snag with one of them sinkers and loose it very precious. I look forward to doing the next one.........Cheers and all the best David.
The spoon sinkers reminds me of my old man, we'd make them back in the 60s when I was a kid. Went down Carakalinga beach a couple of weeks back and cleaned up. Good sized gar, whiting, mullet, tommies and sweep (didn't keep those though), all in the surf. Made my own berley to your recipe, it makes a huge difference. They were biting within minutes
The old spoon sinker use to be very popular very good sinkers. Sounds like you did clean up nice bag of very tasty fish there, that burley is very good isn't it if I may say so myself. Good to hear from you again, I myself will be getting out soon so hopefully another video not to far away.
❤ great job Sir
Thank you!
Beautiful view cuz !!
Thank you!!
Thank you for sharing your knowledge 🙏
My pleasure, thank you for watching and commenting. Now make some sinkers
Great work again Dave well done
Thanks Michael, much appreciated mate.
Another home run. Thanks for this video great work. Going to Elliston again in June for the salmon comp. I need more sinkers.
Thanks mate, hope you get that big salmon, I know your going to have fun trying.
YOU’re back! Hope all is well, going to be chasing some worms around Victoria soon using your lessons from your videos
Thanks and hope to see more uploads 👍🏾
IM BACK, did I sound like Arnold. Yes all is good just need to add fishing, thank you for saying, hope all is well with you too. I went worming 3 or 4 weeks ago I caught plenty of worms I hadn't been out for a while and spent 4 hours down the beach worming and having a yarn it was awesome and I have done it countless times it never gets old. Let me know how you get on, I don't know the beaches down that way, I just had a quick google and St Kilda may be worth a look. All the best with the worms....Yes more uploads Cheers.
thanks for your unselfish sharing of fishing knowledge.
Thank you Alwayne, I'm more than happy to help mate, I have more to do when time permits. All the best and good fishing.
Look forward to that
Another awesome vid David 👍👍 🎣
Thank you Adam, good to hear from you again mate.
David, how are you going? Another Awesome video mate! great weather great scenery and just a fantastic educational video on home soil... Always a pleasure to watch and enjoy thank you once again! Take care David! 😃
Cheers 🍻
John
Thank you John for your comment mate its very nice, its my pleasure mate especially with feedback like this, makes it all extra special. Thank you again and you take care too john.
No problems 😃
Cheers David 🍻
Big candle or a flare pot, the sort you use to burn citronella oil in to get rid of mossies. Use the flame to coat your wire or moulds with a layer of carbon black - instant mould lubricant...
Thank you for the tip.
Love your vids with centre wire for molds I use old bike spokes they work a treat
Thanks Martin, another fellow mentioned the bike spokes, can't get any straighter than that, good idea.
Thanks David, i always wondered how they got those eyelets in those star sinkers. I guess if you put a swivel in that would work too.
Thanks for these videos. They are gold 👌
Thank you Tony, swivels do work good many of the shop bought sinkers have swivels, not a major problem is that the swivels do break sometimes on the star sinkers with wear and tear in the surf so I just stick to the eyelet for surf fishing star surf sinkers.
Love your show David, I know your busy but I would like to see you do some more fishing videos if possible
Thanks mate, things are a bit quieter now so I will get out and do some fishing for you to watch I have things planed, have done a bit. I do have a wee problem and thats learning another movie appt, its like being back at school.
David, when you are casting lead, drop a piece of beeswax into the pot before you scrape off the dross. Give it a stir while it is melting and this fluxes the lead and leaves it clean. Used to do this when casting round balls for a muzzle loading rifle to keep the lead pure.
Thanks for the tip Keith, I will give that a go next time. I can imagine how perfect the lead would have to be for a muzzle loading rifle, very nice. Thanks for watching and passing on your experience Keith much appreciated.
Thanks for the upload Dave. I appreciate your video's. I was wondering if you would ever come and fish at the Bluff? Last year in May we had a big school of salmon in the 3-4kg range hang around. I know the Bluff fishing crew are big fans of your video's and would hopefully one day see you down at the Bluff.
G'day mate, awesome to hear you and the bluff fishing crew watch my videos, Thanks Guys!! Wow they were nice sized salmon they would have given you a bit of curry landing them. Last time I fished at the bluff was around 20 years ago I didn't fish there much mainly the screw pile first time there was back in 1978 the penguins on the island were so loud back then, there were lots of them. Thank you for the invite to head out to the bluff to have a fish, I might head out for a drive one day...Thank you lot again I do feel honoured.......Cheers and tight lines David.
Awesome video mate, thanks heaps for making that one 👍 definitely helped get a better understanding of the process. Now I just need to find a lead supply so I can have a crack myself. Hope you get time for a fish soon 👍
Glad you enjoyed it mate and thank you for saying, you will enjoy making sinkers. you can find old lead plumbing pipe at old buildings under the bath and sinks even roof flashing, hello lead poisoning lol try scrap metal or hard ware shops sell it also old tyer weights and car batteries bit messy that one. Fishing soon for sure Thanks again and enjoy.
Thanks David , i like spoon sinkers at waits although they mightn't hag on as well they don't bump around when mullet fishing 🤔 I'll be digging out some old spoons lol👍🎣
Hi mate, yes I can understand why you like using the spoon sinkers at waits nice smooth fishing. just take the spoons when she's not looking, give them a good wash after though lol.
Bloody good video. Comprehensive view of how to make sinkers - i do it alot and im gonna film my escapades in the topic, but i learnt a thing or two from you through this vid.
Do you ever "flux" your lead ? I use lumps of dirty lead i was given along time ago, and the tiniest piece of candlewax per saucepan i melt separates the shit from the clay very well.
I love your berley cage varieties, all the ones i have made have been star sinkers with berley cages dunked in so they are fixed. I reckon your free moving ideas are awesome. Il be uploadong a bit more as I go and hope to see more great content from yourself !
Hi mate, sorry late reply no I never have fluxed my lead I have never bothered too but it would be better if I did, some where in these comments a couple of other people did mention that so will try next time I make some more sinkers using your suggestions. The burley springs do work a treat and if you don't squeeze the end the sinker is connected to you can easily swap different sized sinker if needed. Have fun with your sinker making video showing fluxing it will be interesting. Thank you for watching and commenting and I shall subscribe to you now and keep a eye out for you sinker video. Cheers David
@@davidsheldonfishing9726 thanks for the subscription and well wishes. There ain't enough hours in a day, haha !
Great video mate, I often wondered how to use those molds. Cheers
Hi Andy, happy to hear you found this video useful, good fun on a cold winters day. Thank you for commenting and watching mate.
Enjoyed your sinker video. I didn’t realise you could use a stove. I thought it would have to be something much hotter. I might have a go. Love the spoon sinkers. They are hard to buy. They are going out of fashion: like channel sinkers, and helmet sinkers (and spats). I agree spoon sinkers are good for the rocks. Thanks again.
Hi David glad you enjoyed the video mate, yes a stove is fine very low melting point lead, yes have a go maybe just some spoon sinkers and one large star sinker mould will cover all sizes you need. I remember the helmet sinkers and the channel sinkers and coffin sinkers there are all kinds aren't there quite amazing. Thanks to you too for watching David........David.
@@davidsheldonfishing9726 Hello again Dave. I had a go at making some sinkers! I bought an old steel pot and some spoons from the Op Shop. I melted some old sinkers on an a camp stove. I made some spoon sinkers. I managed not to gas or burn myself, or the dog. It was fun. I’m off to catch some bream from the harbour tomorrow, on bread. Looking forward to your next video. David (Newcastle).
@@davidmcnamara7489 Happy to hear the sinker making went well and you and your dog survived, be nice catching a few bream and the old bread is a pretty good bait isn't it. all the best David and be doing another video soon we hope.
Nice one mate. You've worked on a mould line before lol. Top video Dave. Must catch up soon.
G'day Tony, never get rid of the foundry blood ey good memories. Yes catch up soon Tony......Thanks mate.
great vid Dave, Luv your work! keep them coming because your subscribers really appreciate you putting in the time to teach us all new things Im sure. Tight Lines :)
Thank you for saying that Tony, very much appreciated mate. I will keep the videos coming slowly but surely I hope to get a few done this winter, I have just got a new Number 9 GoPro and the picture quality is really good, but I have had to get another movie editing program and its confusing to learn, but I will learn. Cheers Tony.......David.
@@davidsheldonfishing9726 also Dave how do you source your scrap lead?
@@redboylfc1 Hi Tony i managed to get some old plumbing pipe and some old roof flashing from a old house, i have asked for old tyre weights from tyer places before you could try scrap metal places or bunnings sell lead sheating. Maybe mention it to friends you might get lucky. Happy sinker making Tony.
@@davidsheldonfishing9726 cheers Dave and thx for replying much appreciated.
Great video as always👌🏼
Thank you Vince.
great vid great to see you back
Thank you vin, nice of you to say mate. I will be back again with another video sooner rather than later too. Cheers vin......David
Hi David FYI when I make bean And barrel sinkers I use a push bike spoke with a light wipe with clean engine oil it just slides out easy 😉👍Geoff
Thanks for the tip Geoff I shall remember that, another fellow told me the same, good advise for myself and others. Poor kids will be missing a spoke or two from around the area.
@@davidsheldonfishing9726 Hi David I live in the bush NSW and mainly fish fresh water . But I love to fish Second Valley Area for Squid and Gar ( once a year ) always use Sheldon gents for Gar and your Burley mix never misses. But I learn heaps from your RUclips 👍👍😁😁🐟🐟🐠🦑🦑🐠 🛶🛶🏄🏿♂️🏋🏿♀️🎣🎣Thanks for taking the time to explain as well as you do. Cheers Geoff.
@@geoffcrampton5416 Hi Geoff something In common i live surrounded by sheep and cows on nearly 2 acres and Breed my maggots in the bush, nice to hear you use them while at second valley I will eventually do another video down there off the rocks to the right of the jetty facing the end of the jetty it can be good there you might have fished off there already. I enjoy doing the videos when I can,
thank you for saying and watching. All the best mate Cheers David.
@@davidsheldonfishing9726 Cheers David 🎣🛶🐟🙂 I appreciate you responding 🙂🙂
Thank you for this great video my friend an liv th music an that's the way to save money an now I am asking you something to try and make on your own making jooks I know it would have to be forged like a knife is made to hardened them just have to know what kind of metle
If you had made like a key handle on one end of your wire through. Then when you have poured your lead. give the wire a twist straight away. That should make it easier to slide off when cooled down a bit. Otherwise coat your wire with WD40.
As a once a year fisherman....sort of.....I have a lot to learn. Looking forward to my grand fishing tour long service leave in three years....not that I'll be making my own sinkers 😎
Sounds good long serves leave fishing tour. Lots of fishos will be more than willing to help out when you are into the action. What no sinker making. Thank you for watching and dropping a line.
David this is something I’ve always wanted to do. Great way of using my scrap lead up. What’s the names of the moulds you use and the name/term of the weights. Over your end you use different words for the same thing that we use in the UK. It’s great being thrifty. Thanks mate, loving your videos.
Hi Richy, yes good fun making sinkers the moulds are generally called the name of the sinkers we are going to make. When I was back over in the UK I also noticed the names of the sinkers were different one of the only ones we call the same are split shot. Thank you for watching and commenting
If you use nonstick cooking spray in your molds and on your wire inserts, the wire inserts will come out of the sinkers easily and the sinkers come out of the molds with little to no effort. Just lightly spray the inside of the molds and the wire inserts before use, and after about every third or fourth run. I have been doing this for MANY years, and it works great. You can use whatever nonstick cooking spray that you want to, but I use the cheap nonstick canola cooking spray or nonstick olive oil cooking spray, from my local Dollar General store. I would steer clear of the flavored varieties.
Hi, thank you for your tips using the cooking spray for the moulds and the wire I will do that for sure. All the best to you and your fishing...Cheers David.
@@davidsheldonfishing9726 Tight lines to you Sir.
Try chucking your wire in a drill and pull as you spin it. Straightens out better than a hammer in a second or 2 and doesn't scuff and dent up your table tops.
Hi mate thats a great tip thanks, I can see how that would work a treat. Cheers
You only need to pull on the tip, check out some vape coil tutorials, you'll see what I mean
Whats the next how to video going to be, can't wait. Your berley recipe is awesome.
Hmmm we will have to see, I have got a few things planned, now its making them reality. hopefully I don't leave you guys waiting too long. thanks for watching Mike Perth appreciated mate. Glad your enjoying the burley it is very good isn't it.. Cheers.
Thank you, dear friend, for your precious advice. I will be going fishing this coming week for Squid and Tommy Ruff. I will see and let you know how I went by increasing the amount of Bread. My next fishing trip after this will be of the Surf. What was missing from my tackle box were special sinkers with anchors. Very hard to find with collapsible legs. I found a shop and purchased 3 units. From, Mid Coast Fishing and Tackle in Lonsdale. 5160 S.A. >>>>> Again, thanks a lot. P.S Have you made a video on reading the Surf and Waves for the best place to fish????
My pleasure Ilias, hope the extra bread crumbs helps I think it will, yes let me know how it goes it will be good if you can catch some tommies and squid it will be good fun trying if not. Mid Coast Tackle is a good shop, good they had the grapple sinkers you were after they work well in a strong current if the current isn't to bad on whatever surf beach you fish it might be ok to use a 3oz star sinker. I think I might have to see about doing a video on reading a beach. Tight lines Ilias.
Well done Dave, remember the days making them out of car batteries
Hi Lee thanks matey, yes I remember breaking up car batteries, never again will I bother with that, lol. I will give you a ring Lee sooner or later stay well mate.
Pussycat sneeze "Bless you MITZY."
Good to see you back. Do you live in SA??????
Love to come and fish there one time. Love your videos.
Thank you llias, yes this is SA, the fishing can be pretty good over hear but of course it helps to know where and when and local knowledge is priceless. My videos will help you a bit if you get over hear thank you for your comment mate. All the best David
Hey name great video! What did you use to make the star sinker eyelets? I tried using swivels in my star sinker mould but they didn't turn out so great and lost a few sinkers on the cast
G'day jay gee, the eyelets are made out of thin galvanised wire cut to lenth and shaped the way I have in the video, I have used swivels before I used the ones with the clip part on for better holding in the lead the trouble I had was eventually with corrosion and wear the swivel eye would break and the sinker was gone so I don't use them anymore, there are a lot of sinkers sold with swivels on but wire hooks are better they don't break. All the best with that jay.
@@davidsheldonfishing9726 hey David thanks for the reply! you make a Very valid point and i will no longer use swivels! thanks a bunch for the help!
try putting vaseline on the wire before moulding. they come off easier
Thanks mate will do, soap had a mention in the comments too. Thanks for the advise bud.
thanks from the uk weights are universal
Thanks from Australia, yep very universal.
Welcome again, seniors to see his work on making artificial bait
Hey Dave, Geez you look like Mike Ehrmantraut from Breaking Bad.
G'day, thanks I'll take that as a compliment he's cool. Top show too
You really need a pair of welders gloves to protect your hands from the heat.
I sure do, things do get hot so I could really do with a pair of welders gloves I shall get a pair. T.hanks for watching and commenting.
Spray dry graphite lube on your wire and molds for a painless release
Wish somebody had told me about that a long time ago I didn't know that was avalable thanks Blake
Hello again David. Hope your well
Hi bob, yes I'm doing ok hope you are to mate, thank you. I will be out fishing soon so look out.
David thanks for your reply. I made also the burley but for some reason, it does not bond together, and it's not because I made it wet, I used a small amount of seawater. Do you have a remedy
Hi Ilias, my pleasure mate. OK the burley, sounds like you are aware about the amount of water to add so the only other thing is the bread. Bread is the real bonding agent in this burley, if you are adding a bit of pollard too that also can help bond the burley, bran is a good additive to the burley to bulk it up, but a bit to much bran can help it not bond together as good when squeezed together. So hopefully it's only to do with the amount of bread crumbs used or maybe to much bran.Have you watched my Tommy Ruff jetty fishing rig video at 15:37 I talk about and show my burley but thats adding water and mixing together what you all ready know. So hopefully your problem is just about the amount of bread crumbs, happy to hear you are giving the burley a go, over all the years of my fishing this burley is really worth the effort....You will solve the problem eventually Ilias and will love it......Thank you for watching and commenting and I wish you all the best mate........David
A double layer of corrugated cardboard wrapped on your handle will cover the heat.
Thanks Phil, I shall do that next time for sure.
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.
You sure can save save some money. Thank you for watching
Rub the wire with soap don't put into mold until your ready to pour
Thanks for the tip matt.
No problems at all the soap just makes the wire eaiser to pull out
Master！！！
Thank you my friend and good to hear from you. hope you are saving some fish for me.
A bit slap dash if you ask me!
G'day mate, thanks for having a watch and commenting.
Where did you purchase your moles from
Hello Russell, I bought the triple star sinker and the snapper sinker mould from BCF and the other two I had given to me a long time ago, maybe try tackle world also the smaller fishing tackle shops will probably stock sinker moulds. Thanks you for watching and making sinkers is good fun.
Where's the fishing videos mate been awhile
yes I know what your saying, on its way sooner rather than later, winter is coming, if I don't get out soon I'm going to stagnate lol.
@@davidsheldonfishing9726 haha hearing u mate not a problem at all looking forward to seeing the fishing videos mate all the best
Copper wire should work better
Rip the Bag...
Good to hear, thanks mate.
Want stick to brass, just saying cuz!!
Thank's for the tip that is good to know also thank you for watching and commenting.
Rough as guts