Looking for advice on if people simplify and use certain weights for certain baits of if you use a range of them depending on the wind and other factors....I know with thicker mat / punching to use heavier weight but how do you decide on the lighter weights when using trick worms , craws, lizards, baby brushhogs, rage bug, etc and how heavy of a weight to use?  1/8, 1/16, 3/16, 1/4, 5/16 etc...AND does the color of the weight matter that much?  Can you spray paint them black?  I got some on sale that are green pumpkin and some that are watermelon red.

Just use what you need for your application- it varies so much.  I just switched and tungsten feels so much better IMO. My order went through OMGFishingsinkers due to price and I was very happy with what I got. 

 

I will reorder

I choose my weight based on the rate of fall I am looking for and/or the depth I am fishing.  If I am fishing deep, I may want to put a 1/4 oz (or more) on a trick worm so it decends faster and maintains bottom contact.  Fishing shallow I would probably go with 1/8th or less on the same worm.  Bigger profile plastics would need to be weighted heavier to obtain the same rate of fall and bottom contact as you would with your trick worm.  I don’t believe color makes a difference - my tungsten is all black.

like to use tungsten around riprap and cover with a smaller profile...not 100% but a lot of use...recently bought 1/32 - 1/4 oz. from siebert outdoors on this site...excellent quality green pumpkin and black weights that are highly resistant to chipping...excellent sensitivity...will order again...

 

good fishing...

 

  

I normally throw trick worms on a spinning rod with a 1/16 ounce sinker.The others I throw on a baitcaster and use either 1/8 or 1/4 ounce sinkers. I may go up to 3/8 ounce around heavy cover.

I use black tungsten weights.  I only really use 3 different weights, 1/8, 1/4 and 1/2 depending on wind and water depth.  Most commonly I use 1/4, that seems like a good all around weight for most of the conditions I fish.  I also prefer to peg my weights.  I don't really throw trick worms, but when I throw flukes or senkos I always throw those weightless. 

5 hours ago, wordty said:

 does the color of the weight matter that much?  

I pay no attention to the color of the weight.

I have tungsten in a bunch of colors but mostly because I got them on sale at one point or another. The color doesn’t really matter.

 

Rate of fall and depth have been mentioned but another factor in my choosing a weight is also current. Hard to keep a 1/16 or 1/8 ounce weight where you want it when the currents really going. So sometimes you need a little more to achieve what you’re trying to do. 

I use the lightest I can cast on a bait casting rig which is usually 3/16 or 1/4. I Don't make a big fuss about color, as long as it isn't bare shiny metal.

14 hours ago, wordty said:

Looking for advice on if people simplify and use certain weights for certain baits of if you use a range of them depending on the wind and other factors....I know with thicker mat / punching to use heavier weight but how do you decide on the lighter weights when using trick worms , craws, lizards, baby brushhogs, rage bug, etc and how heavy of a weight to use?  1/8, 1/16, 3/16, 1/4, 5/16 etc...AND does the color of the weight matter that much?  Can you spray paint them black?  I got some on sale that are green pumpkin and some that are watermelon red.

If you have GP weights that you would like to trade I will swap them out for solid black or red. Most of my fishing I use a GP weight so I will be willing to swap.

 

Allen

Rate of fall  ?

 

Never select weight based on depth of water!

 

In 10' of water a 2# bass can stop a 1 oz weight from ever hitting bottom.

 

My weights run from 1/64 to 1.5 oz, color doesn't matter, & seldom if ever pegged.

I carry at all time 1/16, 1/8, 1/4, 3/8, 1/2, 3/4, and 1 oz tungsten slip sinkers.

 

I prefer them in the "flipping" profile/shape as opposed to the traditional "bullet" profile/shape. Both work equally well, but the flipping weights are more versatile and come through cover better for me, so I keep it simple with the one style.

 

All black, all the time for color. As I am losing painted ones from various brands, they have been getting replaced with Picasso "gun metal" weights. It's a dull/matte blackish/grey finish and it does not chip or flake off. It's all I have bought the last couple years.

 

I peg almost all the time. If I don't want it pegged I still slide a small 6th sense  rubber sinker stop on the line and just slide it up out of the way. That way if I come to a heavy piece of cover and want a pegged weight I just slide it back it down and the sinker is held in place to the nose of the bait. But since I am usually fishing moderate to heavy cover, I'd say 95% + of the time the sinker is pegged.

17 minutes ago, ww2farmer said:

I carry at all time 1/16, 1/8, 1/4, 3/8, 1/2, 3/4, and 1 oz tungsten slip sinkers.

 

I prefer them in the "flipping" profile/shape as opposed to the traditional "bullet" profile/shape. Both work equally well, but the flipping weights are more versatile and come through cover better for me, so I keep it simple with the one style.

 

All black, all the time for color. As I am losing painted ones from various brands, they have been getting replaced with Picasso "gun metal" weights. It's a dull/matte blackish/grey finish and it does not chip or flake off. It's all I have bought the last couple years.

 

I peg almost all the time. If I don't want it pegged I still slide a small 6th sense  rubber sinker stop on the line and just slide it up out of the way. That way if I come to a heavy piece of cover and want a pegged weight I just slide it back it down and the sinker is held in place to the nose of the bait. But since I am usually fishing moderate to heavy cover, I'd say 95% + of the time the sinker is pegged.

This   ^^^^^ for me as well.

 Weights are the same too, I just add 3/16, 5/16, & 5/8 to the @ww2farmer list.

A-Jay

Reason for unpegged weights is I want that piece of plastic chasing that weight to bottom.

 

Kinda ticks em off ?