afishyfish 4 Posted March 30, 2012 Report Share Posted March 30, 2012 I was in a tackle shop and came across boxes of "Green Sinkers".Theyre made of environmentally freindly materials that apparently will dissolve over time in water.Supposedly they limit the thousands of lead sinkers lost all the time :pinch: :whistle: Has anyone ever used these ? Are they actually better than lead ?The only obvious difference I noticed was their weight for size, being much lighter but not sure if that would /cou;ld be an issue apart from possibly storage I should have checked the price too to see how they compared with lead Quote Link to post Share on other sites
King Ralph 0 Posted March 30, 2012 Report Share Posted March 30, 2012 I've seen them,but not used them.........they were almost 3 times the price of lead sinkers when / where I priced them :ohmy: afishyfish 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
brenton 637 Posted March 30, 2012 Report Share Posted March 30, 2012 Ifish had them on the show awhile back and they break down pretty quick apparently. cheers brenton Quote Link to post Share on other sites
afishyfish 4 Posted March 30, 2012 Author Report Share Posted March 30, 2012 Ifish had them on the show awhile back and they break down pretty quick apparently. cheers brentonI noticed on the pack it said to rinse them after use Quote Link to post Share on other sites
TT 2 Posted March 30, 2012 Report Share Posted March 30, 2012 Enviroweights? Little plastic box yeah?I think I tried once. Probably not again.But may keep the Greenies away! Haha TT Quote Link to post Share on other sites
afishyfish 4 Posted March 30, 2012 Author Report Share Posted March 30, 2012 Enviroweights? Little plastic box yeah?But may keep the Greenies away! Haha TTMuch like those I think TTand yes to both the others :whistle: Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Mr_Willy 3 Posted March 31, 2012 Report Share Posted March 31, 2012 I got a box of them for Xmas... Haven't really used them apart from in the Coorong the other week - good for running rigs and when lighter than usual sinkers are required... afishyfish 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
crispy 2 Posted March 31, 2012 Report Share Posted March 31, 2012 Interesting concept ,so you atart of with a snapper lead and by the end of the day you have a splitshot crispy Fishie 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
statesquider 0 Posted April 6, 2012 Report Share Posted April 6, 2012 I looked at them a few times but they are considerably more expensive than lead and as said were larger in size for their weight.Lead for now I just focus on not losing the bloody things! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Fishie 98 Posted April 6, 2012 Report Share Posted April 6, 2012 I heard that they are made of steel and rust out in your tackle box. Interesting concept about lead polluting the environment... isn't lead a natural compound that is mined from the earth. Everything within a radius of a lead mine must be completely dead from lead poisoning :S :whistle: Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Tommy2toes 0 Posted April 7, 2012 Report Share Posted April 7, 2012 I got a box of them cheep on a Clarence sale, fount they have not broke down to quick as long as they get rinsed, weirdest part of all they seam to attract squid, have pulled a few squid out of 60+ ft of water attached to my bloody enviro weight, god knows what there really made of then Quote Link to post Share on other sites
red_devil94 4 Posted April 9, 2012 Report Share Posted April 9, 2012 Fishie, it's my understanding that Lead is very rarely found in its pure form - as with most metals. Generally it reacts with other materials in the ground or atmosphere and is mined as ore such as Lead Oxide. While this is normally safe, the ore is then refined into pure Lead and melted into sinkers.I do know that as humans we can suffer from Lead poisoning if we get too much in our system, -although I can't really see how having little lead sinkers sitting on the ocean floor is environmentally damaging, I would of thought that the Lead would have just reacted with its environment again. The only way I can imagine the sinkers harming the environment would be if there were fish actually ingesting the sinkers... And surely that can't be a common occurence? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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