I bought a LC Pointer the other day and it sinks.

[Darth-Baiter]

I thought it suspends.  did I read the info wrong?.  I can toss it overboard and it will drag it and the line slowly down.  all my Visions will stay afloat until I reel them under and in clear water they seem to suspend.  or slowly rise.  

 

I was trying to spread my JB love, but did I get a sinker?  or it supposed to?.  I meant to ask my friend that had his Pointer rigged up but he never casted it while he was around me.

just dug the box out of my garbage can.  it is a Pointer 110XR.  

 

all the nomenclature is confusing.  

[OkobojiEagle]

Never fished an XR, but my SP pointers suspend (or rise slowly in cold water).

 

oe

[MN Fisher]

2 hours ago, Darth-Baiter said:

I was trying to spread my JB love, but did I get a sinker?  or it supposed to?.

The XR is suppose to be a suspending - did you swap out the hooks...comes with #6, if you went bigger that could cause it.

https://luckycraft.com/luckycrafthome/Products/jerkbait/LightningPointer110XR.htm

[diehardbassfishing]

Sounds about right.

You could be seeing effects of line too.

FC or braid- would sink less/slower.

Mono - sink faster.

 

Using mono I've never seen my LC Pointers float. Never seen them slowly rise.

 

Karl

 

[Darth-Baiter]

8 minutes ago, diehardbassfishing said:

Sounds about right.

You could be seeing effects of line too.

FC or braid- would sink less/slower.

Mono - sink faster.

 

Using mono I've never seen my LC Pointers float. Never seen them slowly rise.

 

Karl

 

Oh. I’m using flouro.  Dang.  I’ll look for a leak or something 

[diehardbassfishing]

Do a Sink Test.

Drop the lure into a basin of water.

My suspending SP78 and SP100 Pointers (not your new XR version - never tried) will show suspending action right in the kitchen sink!

 

Karl

[WRB]

FC line sinks not mono.

When you are working a jerk bait braid tends to snagged the front hooks, FC or Mono doesn’t.

Unless you are dead sticking the Pointer sinking or raising slowly vs suspending is a academic none issue.

Tom

[diehardbassfishing]

1 hour ago, WRB said:

FC line sinks not mono.

When you are working a jerk bait braid tends to snagged the front hooks, FC or Mono doesn’t.

Unless you are dead sticking the Pointer sinking or raising slowly vs suspending is a academic none issue.

Tom

 

Opps.
Tx for correction.

 

That's right FC sinks...

 

 

Karl

1 hour ago, Darth-Baiter said:

Oh. I’m using flouro.  Dang.  I’ll look for a leak or something 

 

Sorry, big mistake by me - screwed up Mono/FC.

FC sinks - Mono Floats.

 

I'm getting old!!

 

Karl 

 

Still try the in-house sink test...

[JustJames]

I’m not sure if two models are slow sink but XR110 slow float?

Play with two smaller rear hooks might help it become less sink.

[diehardbassfishing]

Yea - same shifting internal weights on SP Pointers.

When the lure hangs from rod (lure tail down) the weights move to the tail end. This helps the lure in the air, on cast, to fly straight. Else lure could fly sideways - hampering distance because of poor aerodynamics.

 

Good to mention this. Sink test again. The weights move forward when it's jerked with the line in combination with the lure's front bill. It noses down with jerk, moving the weight to the middle of the body.

 

If the weight is NOT shifted forward (middle of the lure) it will suspend with the tail down - radically. The Pointer is designed to suspend "level". So, when testing in the sink, hold the lure with the head down, this will move the internal weight to its middle "fishing position" then lay into the water. It should suspend - level.

 

Karl

[GetFishorDieTryin]

6 hours ago, diehardbassfishing said:

Sounds about right.

You could be seeing effects of line too.

FC or braid- would sink less/slower.

Mono - sink faster.

 

Using mono I've never seen my LC Pointers float. Never seen them slowly rise.

 

Karl

 

Mono and Braid float, FC sinks

[smalljaw67]

The line is your problem. Fluorocarbon sinks so that isn't helping, also the water temp will play into it. I have regular LC Pointers and they suspend better than most across a wide range of water temps. I have found that over 55 degrees and they will slow sink, if you add fluorocarbon into the mix it will sink even faster.

[the reel ess]

It's pointing to the bottom. LOL