Just like some input as to anyone use steel bullet weights and are they better/worse than tungsten. I saw some at Academy yesterday and thought about using them if they were worth trying. Definitely cheaper than tungsten. Thanks.

Steel weights rust. If you don't want to use tungsten use lead.

I've been using the Eagle Claw and Green Gremlin steel weights for about a year now.

They haven't rusted on me yet.

Thanks for your input. Not sure the ones I saw may have been stainless steel. I like tungsten because of sensitivity.

I use the picasso painted pro metal weights when fishing deeper stuff I feel like I could lose alot weights on. Works fine and cheaper.

They are really big. You will hang up more.

I bought a ton of them in all sizes many years ago. Think they were called Ultra Steel 2000 or something like that. Used them a few times and they were really hard on my line. Even on braid it would start to fray. I am sure they have perfected the process now but you only get one chance to make a first impression and that one chance didn't impress me. And yes those I had did rust.

Steel is less dense than Tungsten, Lead or Brass thus the size of the weights will be larger for the same size weights/sinkers.

So when you think about the dynamics of what happens when a bass takes a soft plastic bait on a Texas Rig: Normally the whole rig goes inside their mouth all at once, hook, bait, & weight. You set the hook and the weight comes out of their mouth a high percentage of the time as the hook penetrates into their mouth.

Since tungsten is smaller & harder it comes out of their mouth faster & with less force. The smaller profile of the tungsten also forces their mouth to open less thereby increasing the odds of a good hookup.

Many times after you catch a bunch of fish on a lead bullet weight, you can see so many teeth marks on the sinker, it looks like you have hit it with sandpaper.

I know tungsten is expensive but I truly feel like it increases the odds of a good hookup. The one fish you may miss using steel or lead may be THE FISH.

Something to think about.

I agree with ken. Tungsten is sooo much smaller its worth using for sure.

Im a tight wad and get mine here. http://www.omfishingsinkers.com/

I do feel like it is easy to use too large of tungsten so now that I have them in a container sorted by size its working much better for me. Amazed how seldom I need 1/4 or more.

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This... Comparing same weight, steel is larger than lead or tungsten. In this case, smaller is almost always better.

Yep, the steel ones are just too big.

This was my experience-way too much fraying of the line.

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Only .22 more each for 1/4 inch worm weight green pumpkin than the one I posted... the one I posted is pretty slow to deliver, fyi.