ghost Posted April 13, 2022 Posted April 13, 2022 I'm not that well versed with gram weights. Not sure if 5gm is considered ultralight or light lure weight. Also 15gm is similar to 1/2oz? Quote
desmobob Posted April 13, 2022 Posted April 13, 2022 https://www.unitconverters.net/weight-and-mass/grams-to-ounces.htm 5 Grams is a little over 1/8 ounce (around 5/32?)... 15 grams is a tiny bit over 1/2. 1 Quote
NavyToad Posted April 13, 2022 Posted April 13, 2022 All the old potheads know that there are 28 grams in one ounce. Just go from there. 15 Quote
Super User Deleted account Posted April 13, 2022 Super User Posted April 13, 2022 13 minutes ago, NavyToad said: All the old potheads know that there are 28 grams in one ounce. Just go from there. I remember when a nickel bag was 5 bucks, and you could roll 5 fatties or 7 skinnies from it... 1 Quote
Super User BrianMDTX Posted April 13, 2022 Super User Posted April 13, 2022 2 hours ago, Deleted account said: I remember when a nickel bag was 5 bucks, and you could roll 5 fatties or 7 skinnies from it... And it would take all 5 lol. ?No stems no seeds that you don’t need!? 1 2 Quote
RDB Posted April 13, 2022 Posted April 13, 2022 Here is another site where you can use ounces in fractions: https://www.rapidtables.com/convert/weight/ounce-to-gram.html Also, I copied and pasted a chart I have saved as a note in my phone for quick reference. The gram numbers are rounded to the nearest 10th. Grams Ounces 1.8 1/16 3.5 1/8 5.3 3/16 7.1 1/4 8.9 5/16 10.6 3/8 12.4 7/16 14.2 1/2 15.9 9/16 17.7 5/8 19.5 11/16 21.3 3/4 23.0 13/16 24.8 7/8 28.3 16/16 4 3 Quote
desmobob Posted April 13, 2022 Posted April 13, 2022 I use DuckDuckGo! as my browser's search engine and if you type in any units of measurement like as "grams to ounces" a converter comes up immediately, as well as links to many conversion web pages. Quote
Super User WRB Posted April 13, 2022 Super User Posted April 13, 2022 To answer the OP’s question, no 5 mg isn’t considered ultra light lure weight. 1 mg to 3 mg is ultra light in my book. Tom 1 Quote
RDB Posted April 13, 2022 Posted April 13, 2022 11 minutes ago, WRB said: To answer the OP’s question, no 5 mg isn’t considered ultra light lure weight. 1 mg to 3 mg is ultra light in my book. Tom I think people were answering the question that is the title of the post: 5gm is closer to 1/8oz or 5/16oz? Quote
Super User Deleted account Posted April 13, 2022 Super User Posted April 13, 2022 23 minutes ago, WRB said: To answer the OP’s question, no 5 mg isn’t considered ultra light lure weight. 1 mg to 3 mg is ultra light in my book. Tom We're casting fentanyl now, are we?... 3 Quote
desmobob Posted April 13, 2022 Posted April 13, 2022 5 grams of fentanyl would probably kill every bass in the lake! I think anesthesiologists use something like 10 micrograms to knock you out... ? Quote
Super User Deleted account Posted April 13, 2022 Super User Posted April 13, 2022 46 minutes ago, desmobob said: 5 grams of fentanyl would probably kill every bass in the lake! I think anesthesiologists use something like 10 micrograms to knock you out... ? The things we do for love by 10 cc 1 Quote
Super User JustJames Posted April 14, 2022 Super User Posted April 14, 2022 8 hours ago, RDB said: I think people were answering the question that is the title of the post: 5gm is closer to 1/8oz or 5/16oz? He was answering OP question alright, just an old fingers that type “mg” instead of grams. OP asked if 5 gram is considered as UL or light lure. I use different method 2grams ~1/16oz, 4~1/8, 8~1/4oz or I just ask “Siri” Quote
RDB Posted April 14, 2022 Posted April 14, 2022 10 hours ago, Bass_Fishing_Socal said: He was answering OP question alright, just an old fingers that type “mg” instead of grams. OP asked if 5 gram is considered as UL or light lure. I use different method 2grams ~1/16oz, 4~1/8, 8~1/4oz or I just ask “Siri” I think folks knew what he meant…I’ve done that many times. It was more about the question. The OP actually asked 2 questions: one was the title of the post and the second was in the body of the post. I think a lot of the early answers were focused on the title question. 10 hours ago, Bass_Fishing_Socal said: I use different method 2grams ~1/16oz, 4~1/8, 8~1/4oz or I just ask “Siri” I agree…you can certainly use a more simplified method if you choose. Because there are so many off sizes today and I make a lot of my own stuff, I like a little more specificity. Just like everything else in fishing, it’s a preference thing. As far as Siri, we have agreed to go our separate ways. 1 Quote
Super User Deleted account Posted April 15, 2022 Super User Posted April 15, 2022 Ok, so if 1 gm= 1/28.3th oz, how much fat is in a Royal with cheese? Extra credit for calculating kilo calories. Show all work, partial credit given, no penalty for guessing, begin... Quote
Super User Jigfishn10 Posted April 15, 2022 Super User Posted April 15, 2022 1 hour ago, Deleted account said: Ok, so if 1 gm= 1/28.3th oz, how much fat is in a Royal with cheese? Extra credit for calculating kilo calories. Show all work, partial credit given, no penalty for guessing, begin... No clue ... I hurt my brain from thinking about it. After eating one: "I stepped in the scale and a ticket came out and said; "hey one at a time" - Rodney Dangerfield 1 Quote
Super User Deleted account Posted April 15, 2022 Super User Posted April 15, 2022 1 minute ago, Jigfishn10 said: No clue ... I hurt my brain from thinking about it. After eating one: "I stepped in the scale and a ticket came out and said; "hey one at a time" - Rodney Dangerfield LOL "No respect I tell ya, no respect, my wife's been eating a lot of burgers lately, last night I turned into the driveway and hit her with the car, she said why didn't you drive around? I told her I was low on gas, didn't think I would make it"... 2 Quote
Bass Junke Posted April 15, 2022 Posted April 15, 2022 Exactly why the fishing industry should adopt the metric system. What weighs more 5/8 or 11/16? I need a chart for this? Crazy. Let's try this what weighs more 6g or 7g? Simple. 1 Quote
Super User Jigfishn10 Posted April 15, 2022 Super User Posted April 15, 2022 1 hour ago, Bass Junke said: Exactly why the fishing industry should adopt the metric system. What weighs more 5/8 or 11/16? I need a chart for this? Crazy. Let's try this what weighs more 6g or 7g? Simple. As a person who grew up in the trades and reading a tape measure, this comes easy for me. I totally understand your point and respect it, but the metric system is a new language for a lot of folks. Your example is an easy one as far as weight of lures go, but now you gotta match your metric lure to imperial rod? Should we just pull the band aid off and just universally convert to the metric system? again, ? I say we should. Quote
Super User JustJames Posted April 15, 2022 Super User Posted April 15, 2022 Beside that a lot of companies here either order the weight or mold from China which category by grams anyway no need to convert. For example a lot of 1/32oz jig head is actually 1/24oz. Quote
Super User WRB Posted April 15, 2022 Super User Posted April 15, 2022 Jig weights vary greatly from package weight, usually heavier not lighter. Reason the jig head weight only includes the lead or tungsten weight without the hook. Same with spinner baits don’t include all the hardware and blades. When you get down to fractions of grams or weighing in 1/32 oz /.0886 gram increments it becomes a academic study going down a rabbit hole. Tom Quote
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