Bottom Bashing - Is too much lead ever too much?

[whichway]

I don't know alot about bottom fishing, but, after getting blown all over the ocean with bait and sinkers (2x8oz) in tow, what is the heaviest weight of sinkers that you can use when trying to get down in say 80m-100m of water (Paternoster rig).

Whichway

[kevin]

1 lb to 1.5 after that give it away or get a sea anchor unless you have realy long arms ;D

[basserman]

i fish a bit in that depth with the sea anchor (only good for wind) and braid line (used mono last time i went and felt like a huge step backward and now swaping all mono to braid on my reef rigs) well between those two most time i use 1lb or under however if it is really ripping then might have to go higher
fishing in about 200m i still only need 2lb sinkers

[banshee]

In a hundred metres I genneraly start with a pound and a half then go up or down from there,a neat pound is as low as I go because anything lighter will not turn the winch over and two pound is as heavey as I go.I run a Alvey Reefmaster spooled with Eighty pound braid for bait fishing those depths.

[Pual]

Well it doesn't make much sense to use more lead than is required to get you down to where you want to be, or where the fish are.
The gear you use can often dictate what weight of lead you can comfortably use. As mentioned before braid has its advantages with smaller diameter, and less stretch, allowing for the use of less weight and therefore allowing you to feal the bites and not have to crank up a pound of lead from 90m down.
In my own case, I like to use a good brand mono of say 30lb, 3/4 lb lead, a rod like an M10 and a TLD 25. If the current is strong use longer thinner baits to reduce the drag, and keep allowing line out at a slowish rate or whatever keeps you in the bite zone. I also use a parachute and wouldn't dream of going fishing without one. Its one of the essentials on my boat.

[Pual]

Well it doesn't make much sense to use more lead than is required to get you down to where you want to be, or where the fish are.
The gear you use can often dictate what weight of lead you can comfortably use. As mentioned before braid has its advantages with smaller diameter, and less stretch, allowing for the use of less weight and therefore allowing you to feal the bites and not have to crank up a pound of lead from 90m down.
In my own case, I like to use a good brand mono of say 30lb, 3/4 lb lead, a rod like an M10 and a TLD 25. If the current is strong use longer thinner baits to reduce the drag, and keep allowing line out at a slowish rate or whatever keeps you in the bite zone. I also use a parachute and wouldn't dream of going fishing without one. Its one of the essentials on my boat.