Am I leaving anything on the table by NOT using black sinkers?

[Darth-Baiter]

I’m running thru my old reserves of plain old vanilla lead sinkers.  Drop-shot and worm. Everytime I give a sinker to one friend, he pulls out a marker and colors it black.  There is a tackle shortage here.  Black worm sinkers are finally showing up on the shelves.  But I have so many cheap lead ones.  
 

opinions?  I seem to be doing okay with gray lead weights.   But will I do better with black?

[garroyo130]

Probably, based on the fact that you're losing faith in plain lead ... do they really make a difference? I doubt it

[MIbassyaker]

Nah.  Whenever I buy painted weights, the paint scrapes off after awhile, yet they don't stop biting.

[Darth-Baiter]

The paint probably minimizes me ingesting lead with my beef jerky

[Wildbillb]

I'm surprised you catch any fish with plain lead.  ?

[Hammer 4]

Plain ole lead weights have caught fish for many years, color imho has no effect on the bite.

[rtwvumtneer6]

1 hour ago, Darth-Baiter said:

Black worm sinkers

Are you talking about lead weights that are painted black, or tungsten weights?

 

If you're talking strictly lead, black vs unpainted doesn't make a difference to me. 

 

Lead vs Tungsten is another story, and also carries a much higher price tag.

[roadwarrior]

I prefer painted tungsten, black, green pumpkin/ black flake or reddish.

The color matches the bait and to me it just adds a finish to the presentation.

Every bass I have talked with agrees.

[Derek1]

They come painted in green pumpkin and red flake now to. Plain gray, the fish would throw it back at me laughing. 

I tend to match them up with the bait. Just because I have a problem, not cuz it matters. So yes you are missing out. Lol. 

[soflabasser]

I find it interesting how some swear black sinkers are more effective than sinkers without paint. I do very well with non painted sinkers and never saw the need to use painted sinkers. 

[roadwarrior]

10 hours ago, soflabasser said:

I find it interesting how some swear black sinkers are more effective than sinkers without paint. I do very well with non painted sinkers and never saw the need to use painted sinkers. 

Big O thinks painted weights make a difference, so I defer to him.

[scaleface]

I dont know . I've painted lead sinkers with nail polish , painted eyes on them , scraped shiny streaks on oxidized ones with a pocket knife . None of it made a noticeable difference .  It is  good to experiment . Randy Blaukat just uploaded a video in which he quoted Albert Einstein .. Imagination is more important than knowledge because knowledge is limited and imagination is limitless .

[fishballer06]

I'm surprised California lets you use lead at this point, but that's not a discussion for here. 

 

Color really doesn't make much difference in my opinion. 

[MAN]

Put me in the "doesn't make a difference corner".  Matching the weight color to the bait does look better to the fisherman though, and that means a lot. 

[J Francho]

I only use black weights.  I am more concerned with my purse matching my shoes and belt.

[MN Fisher]

1 minute ago, J Francho said:

I am more concerned with my purse matching my shoes and belt.

Don't forget the eye-shadow.

[J Francho]

1 minute ago, MN Fisher said:

Don't forget the eye-shadow.

I'm pretty enough to go without makeup.

 

Seriously though, there's some fun in setting up a rig that looks good to you, so matching weights might be a way to do this.  I used to get hand-made beads when I visited Corning, NY to put between the weight and hook as a clacker or attractant.  It didn't prevent the bite, and it was fun, but I'm not so sure it was something special that got me bites I'd be missing now with a simpler rig. 

[MN Fisher]

4 minutes ago, J Francho said:

I'm pretty enough to go without makeup.

(waggles his hand)

4 minutes ago, J Francho said:

Seriously though, there's some fun in setting up a rig that looks good to you, so matching weights might be a way to do this.  I used to get hand-made beads when I visited Corning, NY to put between the weight and hook as a clacker or attractant.  It didn't prevent the bite, and it was fun, but I'm not so sure it was something special that got me bites I'd be missing now with a simpler rig. 

I'm not that OCD about it, but I do have black, GP and un-colored weights that I switch out to closer match the plastic...when I remember to do so...usually I'll just leave the GP one's on as a nice, neutral color.

[J Francho]

Back in the early 00s, red weights were pretty popular.

[Darth-Baiter]

3 hours ago, fishballer06 said:

I'm surprised California lets you use lead at this point, but that's not a discussion for here. 

 

Color really doesn't make much difference in my opinion. 

As long as I don’t cast at 900fps or up into things other things eat.  

[soflabasser]

6 hours ago, roadwarrior said:

Big O thinks painted weights make a difference, so I defer to him.

If it works for him than good for him. As for me I have no need for painted sinkers. I catch lots of bass, many of them are lunkers, all from land from highly pressured public waters. I am sure the bait monkey disagrees since it wants everyone to buy as much tackle as possible. lol

18 hours ago, Hammer 4 said:

Plain ole lead weights have caught fish for many years, color imho has no effect on the bite.

I agree with you 100%.