Hmmmm well my stickbaits are 220mm long and weigh about 120g without hooks, 140g with a pair of Owner ST76 4/0s and 170lb rings.
or is that 8 and 77/103 inches long and 5 oz in your crazy measurement system LOL
They sink about 8-12 inches per second, so to make one that can get down to 25m in a bit of current, it is going to have to be super lead heavy... I think it will take a fair bit of work to get it right. We don't do much dredging here for them, but we do get riproaring tides of 5.5m run every month (up to 6.5m peak run for the year)
so a fast sinker would be handy...
Anyway here are the pics of my latest colour pattern... black is so sexy
I got that 3d foil from that shop at the harbour in Kona... cool stuff! The bottom one is a 'motor oil' type colouration, different shades of green, blue, purple, yellow depending on the angle you look from. Nice. I will be making a few more like this.
And a poofy pink one to try out - seems they were popular over in Oman this season...
The 1.6mm wire might be a problem for you hardcore lunatics
so far so good with our captures... but I did see a very heavy wired Kong eyelet (2.4mm?) bent 90 degrees by a 20kg GT that a mate caught so I guess no wire is foolproof if they get a chance to use their jaw on it as well.