snap weight or leadcore line

[rebs]

is there any advantage to one or the other ?

how many use snap weights
how many use leadcore

according to precision trolling book they spool the reel with mono first and then 3 colors of leadcore with a 50 ft mono leader.
they use this setup and trolling speed to know how deep you are trolling

wouldn't snap weights be easier ?

rebs

[Adams Pa]

I use both but prefer leadcore because of the type of water I fish (small inland reserviors less than 30 feet deep). Since the depth changes constantly while trolling, leadcore allows you to follow the contour of the bottom much easier. On most reels I can put about 100 yards (10 colors) of 15 to 18# with a 5 to 50 foot mono leader. The biggest variable with leadcore is speed not # test since the sink rate is virtually identical between 15 and 18# (the diameter offsets the weight). Usually it's trial and error to get a good grip on how deep you are running with leadcore depending on speed. Sharp turns can drop inside lines of both leadcore and snap weights to the bottom in a hurry but leadcore seems to respond quicker on the pickup, probably because there is not an angle in the line as there is in snap weights.

Overall, I like leadcore but it probably depends mostly on the type of water fished as to what works best.

[SUPERTROLLER]

You can figure leadcore to run from 3 to 5 ft. of depth for each color of leadcore out or tied in-line. You speed up slightly to run higher lines and slow down to let the lines run deeper. Leadcore runs a more consistent depth than snap weights but if you are in rapidly changing depth areas, weights might be a better choice. You are really doing the same thing with each choice. It's kind of a personal preference a lot of the time as to which better suits your type of fishing. Leadcore also trails your boat path more closely instead of pulling in almost straight lines with weights. This can be an advantage when following along an exact breakline depth and trying to keep different baits at different depths on the same run: shallow baits with 2 colors and deeper baits with 4 colors. Both methods have their place to excel more than the other but one isn't necessarily a better way to go all the time.

[daveT]

My clip on trolling sinkers are cheaper. Fishead Trolling Sinkers . com. By the way, I have yet another variance of my Clipband invention, I haven't tested it yet: I can add any length of wire I want on my clip-ons, I'll bet a super long wire, say 18", with 2 legs to keep from spinning, would allow me to "walk the Bottom"; for a clip-on, this would be great! Can't wait to test it.

[dummie]

I was wondering just what is a snap weight. I have looked in Cabelas and Bass pro shop catalogs and cannot find any mention of them. Thanks for any info. God bless.

[tj1n]

Here's the best info I can provide on Snap weight kits. No I'm not in anyway involved with OS.

http://www.offshoretackle.com/weights.htm

Good fishing,
TJ

[Garrison]

Another source of snap weights etc. I like these cause they work well on Fireline.

http://www.churchtackle.com/