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balou wrote:http://fishingterritory.com/fishing-pol ... 37286.html

Try this other sinker resource.

CHAMPION!!!!! ORDER COMPLETED!

Where is a good place to get a few kilos of lead cheaply? Not interested in tearing down old batteries.

Sims Metal

i got a few from here
Hannah Brady 0467066412
15 May 10:10
!!!SALE!!! Snapper sinkers 4,6,8,12oz price changes as I'm selling to fishing shops aswell!
4oz $1.50
6oz $1.75
8oZ $2.00
12oz $2.25

pretty good

Try this fella


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That's pretty cheap

Thanks guys, I'll check out Sims, I don't need it cast as sinkers as I what I want to do is melt it down into a piece of tube that I am going to use as a small flats anchor that I can deploy without any noisy chain on it.

I pulled a swag load of sinkers off a few wrecks last neaps....
Thanks for losing them!!

LOL

dannett wrote:Thanks guys, I'll check out Sims, I don't need it cast as sinkers as I what I want to do is melt it down into a piece of tube that I am going to use as a small flats anchor that I can deploy without any noisy chain on it.

A Bamboo pole works good as well. Just push it into the mud and have a short tether to that. You can use it to push yourself around as well if needed. Just another way of doing it.

cuddlescooper wrote:

dannett wrote:Thanks guys, I'll check out Sims, I don't need it cast as sinkers as I what I want to do is melt it down into a piece of tube that I am going to use as a small flats anchor that I can deploy without any noisy chain on it.

A Bamboo pole works good as well. Just push it into the mud and have a short tether to that. You can use it to push yourself around as well if needed. Just another way of doing it.

I've been considering that option too, like a poor man's talon. Anyone know what is the logic of mounting them on the transom is?

dannett wrote:

cuddlescooper wrote:

dannett wrote:Thanks guys, I'll check out Sims, I don't need it cast as sinkers as I what I want to do is melt it down into a piece of tube that I am going to use as a small flats anchor that I can deploy without any noisy chain on it.

A Bamboo pole works good as well. Just push it into the mud and have a short tether to that. You can use it to push yourself around as well if needed. Just another way of doing it.

I've been considering that option too, like a poor man's talon. Anyone know what is the logic of mounting them on the transom is?

Talons are more effective transom mounted due to the engine/boat weight & hull dynamics etc..
Not the same bow mounted and bobbing around etc...

Hemi wrote: Talons are more effective transom mounted due to the engine/boat weight & hull dynamics etc..
Not the same bow mounted and bobbing around etc...

Good point about the bobbing around, I hadn't thought of that. But.... wouldn't the boat want to pivot around the pole when the wind blows or the current is running? In addition to the flats I am planning on using the setup in harbor creeks / drains and billabongs where there is too much weed to use a normal anchor.

dannett wrote:

Hemi wrote: Talons are more effective transom mounted due to the engine/boat weight & hull dynamics etc..
Not the same bow mounted and bobbing around etc...

Good point about the bobbing around, I hadn't thought of that. But.... wouldn't the boat want to pivot around the pole when the wind blows or the current is running? In addition to the flats I am planning on using the setup in harbor creeks / drains and billabongs where there is too much weed to use a normal anchor.

Yep..of course, youll always have that effect when only using one anchor/mooring point.

I've got 15kg of old downrigger weights free if anyone wants to pick them up
Wouldn't mind a handful of sinkers in return.....
Pm me