Carolina Rig Weights

[Bassfisherman94]

I have trouble deciding on which style of weight is better for different under water scenarios. When would you use a bullet weight over an egg weight, or a cylinder weight. What weights do best on rocks, brush, grass, etc?

Thanks!

[ww2farmer]

I use tungsten bullet weights, because I am usually C-rigging areas with a mix of grass and rock. Any thing else hangs up to much, and it also simplyfies the ammount of different sinkers I need to carry in the boat.

[Chris at Tech]

Don't overthink it. Select the sinker weight by the depth of the water and don't worry so much about sinker shape.

[jeb2]

I fish c-rigs a lot. One of my favorite methods to catch fish. I use mostly what are called "walking sinkers". I picked that up from reading forums on C-rigging in very rocky areas. I fish mostly Ozark Mt lakes, which are extremely rocky with no grass, weeds, pads, etc at all. The bullet sinkers get wedged into rock crevices all the time, forcing break offs. That gets time consuming when tying c-rigs. And expensive if you're using tungsten. The walking sinkers still get hung up some, but not as much as bullet sinkers. And they seem to come out much more often. I do use bullet sinkers on weedy lakes, though.

Another great thing for c-rigging is these "tackle tamers", so that you can pre-rig a few leaders.

I tried to paste in some pictures, but it would not let me "in this community". Don't know why, but you can find both of those items at Cabela's.

[eyedabassman]

I fish c-rigs a lot. One of my favorite methods to catch fish. I use mostly what are called "walking sinkers". I picked that up from reading forums on C-rigging in very rocky areas. I fish mostly Ozark Mt lakes, which are extremely rocky with no grass, weeds, pads, etc at all. The bullet sinkers get wedged into rock crevices all the time, forcing break offs. That gets time consuming when tying c-rigs. And expensive if you're using tungsten. The walking sinkers still get hung up some, but not as much as bullet sinkers. And they seem to come out much more often. I do use bullet sinkers on weedy lakes, though.

Another great thing for c-rigging is these "tackle tamers", so that you can pre-rig a few leaders.

I tried to paste in some pictures, but it would not let me "in this community". Don't know why, but you can find both of those items at Cabela's.

Jeb2 hit it on the money. I fish alot of weed lakes up here in WI. and the bullet weight works great in these lakes. We do have lakes that have rock and then I go to a thin long ( like a mojo weight ) weight or like a Lindys walking weight. Or a weight sock.

[WCCT]

The mojo style work best for me. I am actually going to get a custom mold made for these. They are not cheap!