it would probably be much easier for you to just drill holes in the bottom of the bait and stick the egg sinkers in that instead of melting them

go back to walmart and buy split shot

but if you INSIST on melting lead, here is my low-tech method of doing it (which i abandoned because its easier just to tap a splitshot into a drilled hole)

make a "spoon" out of tin foil

put several .5" pieces of lead solder in the spoon

light a candle

hold spoon over flame till lead melts

pour lead in hole

Making a spoon from foil and melting lead has got to be one of the most dangerous situations in pouring lead that I can imagine. Do not be in such a hurry to make a bait that you risk some really serious injury.

Making a spoon from foil and melting lead has got to be one of the most dangerous situations in pouring lead that I can imagine. Do not be in such a hurry to make a bait that you risk some really serious injury.

which is why i stopped doing it and i dont reccomend it

The best way I have found is to drill a hole and use a tungsten sinker or bead which gives more weight in a smaller space. Fill around the sinker and close off the hole with Water Weld or or any other two part epoxy putty like plumbers use. Its easy to sand off the putty flush with the wood.