This year I've had more trouble with fishing buoys than ever before. It seems like half time they don't want to unwind or they get hung up about halfway down. I know most of the companies that make these try to get by with as little weight as possible.

I've tried adding weight by using a 2 oz. sinker in addition to the weight already on there. It still wouldn't hold so I added an additional 3 oz. sinker to that which should come to about 6 ounces.

You would think that would do it and sometimes it does. Usually when I tried that the marker would disappear in the water and wouldn't come back up until about 30 seconds later if I was in really deep water. (25-30' or so ) Sometimes in would hang up and wouldn't come up at all and I've seen some come back up 15-20 minutes later which can be really frustrating as when it finally does come up, it shows the next guy where your spot is.

I know this happens a lot because of the line they use wants to tangle up. I've tried switching it out and used 65 lb. test braid but still have the problem.

If anyone has a solution or knows somebody that sells a good fishing buoy please let me know. I've probably lost 5-6 buoys this spring. Been buying most of mine from Bass Pro or Walmart. As you can tell, I've been getting more than a little frustrated with this.