Choose Fishing Weights Wisely. For the majority of anglers, buying sinkers is simply a matter of necessity, and usually is done as an after-thought following long decisions over the purchase of more ...

FailArmy. Melting Lead for Fishing Weights Explosion. Posted: August 22, 2024 | Last updated: August 22, 2024. This handy guy shows how to melt lead to make your own ingots, but as he's warning ...

Efforts are underway at the Minnesota Capitol again this year to reduce the deaths of loons and other waterfowl by banning the sale and use of small lead fishing tackle. A bill in the state House ...

Lead also is used for fishing weights. Earlier this month, a migratory loon that died after swallowing a single lead sinker washed up on a beach in Glencoe.

What began with Mayo finding pockets of lead fishing weights and sinkers has turned into a crusade. Mayo wants the lead — and its toxic effects — out of the Columbia River.

In New York, legislation banning the sale of small lead sinkers, ½ ounce or less, was enacted in 2004. But it’s not illegal to use lead tackle in New York waters.

He says he’s pulled up some 700 pounds of lead sinkers out of the Spring Creek hatchery area alone, often 12 pounds at time in a free dive. “I’ve seen how much lead there is,” he says.

According to the Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries, Aaron Moreau, 38, used lead sinkers to increase the weight of his fish at the Big Bass Splash Tournament on May 17.

LAKE CHARLES, La. (KPLC/Gray News) - Officials in Louisiana say something wasn’t quite right when a fisherman turned in his catch during a tournament on Toledo Bend. According to the Louisiana ...

LAKE CHARLES, La. (KPLC/Gray News) - Officials in Louisiana say something wasn’t quite right when a fisherman turned in his catch during a tournament on Toledo Bend. According to the Louisiana ...

According to the Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries, Aaron Moreau, 38, used lead sinkers to increase the weight of his fish at the Big Bass Splash Tournament on May 17.