Is Tungsten Weights Wroth The $

["BRB"]

I just got back from my local bait shop. And I was looking at tru-tungsten and for three 3/8 oz it was $6.99. I came home look in my bps book they was $6.49. That's over $2 per sinkers. Is it really wroth $2+ to sink my worm? I herd how great they are on tv how you fell better with them and stuff like that but I all so now there just trying sell it.

[tomustang]

You can say the same thing about rods, sure the cheaper stuff can catch fish but the most of the more expensive stuff can help you out better fine tune everything

[Chris W]

I do think the Tru Tungsten ones are a little over priced, but the tungsten weights in general are not. It is amazing how much better feel you have with a tungsten vs a lead. There are cheaper alliteratives out there. My fishing partner and I talk about this all of the time now when you get hung up with a texas rig you just hope you can get your sinker back somehow.

[clayton86]

Go to your local dicks sporting goods I get TT weights for 1.99 a pack! True tungsten went outa business and there stuff is dirt cheat at DSG and gander mountain. I just started throwing tungsten and I can't imagine ever using anything else.

[Raul]

A sinker is more than just a weight to sink your worm, looking at it from that perspective then yes, 2 bucks is too much "just to sink your worm". Weights serve other purposes aside from sinking the worm. Tungsten doesn´t deform like lead, is denser than lead, steel & bronce so sinkers are smaller, tungsten has much better acoustic properties than lead, steel & bronce so it generates a lot more sound than other materials which is important when fishing in low light conditions. Worth 2 bucks a piece ? depends on how you look at it.

["BRB"]

Thinks Clayton I well check that out I fell better trying them out at that price to see if I like them.

[clayton86]

I hear ya I started off with just 3 weights a 3/4 and 2 1/2oz weights I kicked my shoes off and got down to my skivies to get one snaged across a creek. Now I found them at dicks and stocked up I bought every pack they had. Check tackle warehouse also they have bulk weights for anywhere from 8.99 to 19.99 for bulk packs of tungsten weights.

[Hooligan]

In short: worth EVERY penny.

[EastTexasBassin]

Worth it to me. I don't fish lead weights anymore. They just seem so bulky and 'mushy' now.

I never would have thought that it would make a difference, but I really prefer the tungsten. It sucks when I lose one, but that isn't too often.

[BassThumb]

I guess it depends on how often you have to break off Texas rigs on snags. To me, Tungsten worm weights are worth every penny and then some, because they allow me to feel bottom content 10x better than lead weights and I'm able to fish the bottom more effectively. I have only lost a few of them over the last couple years since I started using them, and those were mostly to northern pike. I tend to toss jigs into the snaggiest cover instead of Texas rigs, so I rarely break off T-rigs.

Check out Alley's Tungsten for some affordable tungsten weights, and go with the insert-free weights. The inner bore on the Alley's weights are not quite as smooth as the Tru Tungstens, so you'll have to retie a little more often when your line gets scuffed up from the weight. That's been my experience at least.

[s13john]

i think it is worth the price. not as much variance as well.

[bassinbrian]

I agree they are worth it. Even though I can go through 6 more durning a trip cause of notherns and snags but mostly toothy critters.

[Stasher1]

Worth it to me. I don't fish lead weights anymore. They just seem so bulky and 'mushy' now.

I never would have thought that it would make a difference, but I really prefer the tungsten. It sucks when I lose one, but that isn't too often.

X2

It's kinda like driving at dusk while wearing sunglasses. You can see the majority of the big stuff, but can't make out the details.

["BRB"]

Well I went and bought a couple packs today. Can't wait to go fishing tomorrow to try them out.

[clayton86]

Well I went and bought a couple packs today. Can't wait to go fishing tomorrow to try them out.

Use braid and a sensitive rod and you will go nuts its like night and day

["BRB"]

Will do I got two identical rod. Got one with 3/8 oz lead the other tungsten to throw back to back. Can't wait!!

[snapshotmd]

A cheap alternative: My buddy drills a hole down the middle of a copper jacketed bullet and uses that as a "bullet weight". He let me try one and it was a lot more sensitive than lead. I'm not sure if it is just as sensitive than tungsten since I've never tried one.

[bocabasser]

worth every penny!

["BRB"]

I finely got to go fish to and I was impress you really can fell so much more. I did loose one today if it wasn't about 25ft deep I would of dove in after. Lol but the lake is 22ft high so mybe when it goes down.