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I just keep using the lead jig heads I've had for years. I heard the rules changed on them but I haven't looked to see what exactly changed. Ignorance is bliss and I'm a happy man..
The jigs I bought were 1/16 oz bismuth alloy, a mixture of bismuth and some tin. They were 2.49$ for ten jig heads. I put them side by sideand I couldnt tell the difference. Lead is denser so it may sink a bit faster but not sure how much diff they will be. I will let you know.
Given the weight and three dimensions are the same, I expect that the sink rate would be also?
Not True.A rock and an orange are roughly the same size. A rock is denser so it sinks faster...... Not to go bill Nye here but properties of gravity and density are different under water than they are in atmosphere.I go tungsten all the way. figure the few extra dollars I may spend to get to the strike zone quicker will be worth the $$$ by the end of the season. Unless you are usually fishing in shallow water. Sometimes when we Smelt fish we are in close to 80 feet of water fishing with 1/16oz tungsten all the way.
Actually Coffin Dodger is correct... If the weights and dimensions are the same the objects will fall with the same rate. Clearly a rock the size of an orange will sink quicker than the orange because it is much heavier. If two different jigs which are the same weight fall at different rates then they must be different dimensionally. So if a tungsten jig sinks quicker than a lead jig of the same weight than it must be smaller dimensionally, ie less surface area for resistance. I'm not arguing how fast or slow jigs fall but simply that you said CD's statement was wrong when it wasn't.
Im a stand-up guy..
Pk's are 100# lead free. Not sure about pimples. I'm not a scientist, but I heard that there is a small percentage of lead in Swedish pimples just from the process of making them. I can tell you that one of my fishing buddies is an epo in mass and he uses them... So that has to count for something.