how do you sink a bouy

[pwbuilding]

when you guys locate fish how do you guys sink a bouy &
what do you use for a bouy?

[Flat Foot]

anything that will float with a weight tied on with normally trout line string. But if you wanted to look better fishing (image is everthing) you can buy these at any bass pro, acdeamy or most any place that sells fishing stuff.
I would get some but I never have found the fish.

[skiptomylu]

Had them for years and they help a great deal with any type fishing. Use them to mark anything you want to fish. If using your sonar just have one in you hand ready to throw out and you decide how far away you want it from the spot and just throw it out and you know the transducer is at the back of your boat so just try to make it equal with it and how ever many feet you want to throw it.

You can also use them to mark a line of depth you want to work and every time you boat has to turn just throw one out like you always do and you will know the path.

They are usually Orange (not always) "H" shape things with a ling tied on it and lead weight at the other.

Skip

[Bluegilll]

Heres a 3 pack that is reasonable from bass pro.

Buoys

[pwbuilding]

thank you guys. i like the ones bluegill showed the picture of at bass pro

[3's]

If you have a GPS and your fishing a fairly busy area I have used old wine bottle corks and just leave them. Most folks buzz right by and don't realize they are marking structure. doesn't draw the attention like the bright ones and picking them up. Makes ya look like your just trolling along looking for structure. I use some of the heavier spiderwire for the line and a heavy weight. Drop it right in the brush. If I'm good with setting the depth it will be just under the surface at normal pool. Get there with the gps and find the float and start fishing.

[LBM]

when you guys locate fish how do you guys sink a bouy &
what do you use for a buoy?

Other have answered your question on "what do you use for a buoy" but they haven't answered your question "how do you guys sink a bouy" here it is.

I can certainly tell you how to sink a buoy. First tie a heavier weight on to the line than the weight that came with the buoy in the first place. Secondly wrap the line around the buoy as one normally does it, but some how and I'm not sure how, wrap it so that it doesn't unwrap normally when tossed into the water and magically and wondrously it sinks into the depths never to be seen again. This comes from first hand experience and its info one can take to the bank. :D

[Ronald Meeder]

I was riding with a fellow one day and he was marking a highway. It blew out of his boat, it was was not much good after that.

[LBM]

I was riding with a fellow one day and he was marking a highway. It blew out of his boat, it was was not much good after that.

Thanks Ron that just reminded me about something I was intending to do after that happened and after I threw that scarfed up marker away. After that I read somewhere that you can take those buoy markers and drill a hole or two in them and fill them up with Great Stuff foam and one doesn't have to worry about them ever leaking, something which has happened with me before. If I had of used Great Stuff foam on that scarfed up marker that blew out of the boat it would have still been a serviceable marker today. :D

Since I'm on the subject of Great Stuff foam I also use it on my aluminum net handles. Just spray it in the handle and the net won't sink. Of course that wouldn't work on those fancy extendable handled nets.

[RCC]

If you roll the line up wet and the temp is below freezing, the line will not unroll and cause the buoy to sink, even with the stock weight. If you do not wait for the warmer water temp to unthaw the string and the buoy to come back up on its own so you can pick it up, you will leave a nice marked spot for others to fish:o