No-roll size

Okay, for some reason when I placed my last Catfish Connection order, I forgot to check my stock of no-rolls. Well, I went through them last night, and it looks like I should order some up. I was just wondering what sizes you guys use the most, and how many of each you keep on hand.

I usually use 3 ouncers the most, but like to have 4 and 5 ouncers available, too. Does anyone find the 6 and 8 ouncers useful, or is that too much weight? I’ve got some smaller ones for channel cats, too.

I mainly use 3oz or 5oz mostly. But have 1’s, 2’s also

Thanks for the post, Ralph. It made me go downstairs and inventory my no-roll stash. I’ve got a good mix of 1, 1 1/2, 2, 3, 4, and 5 oz. I seem to use 2 oz and 3 oz the most. The 5 oz are my biggest but I wouldn’t mind having a few large 6 to 8 oz on hand for those unique fast current situations. I don’t have much confidence when fishing really fast current so I normally avoid those situations.
I normally fish from a boat so I don’t have much need for heavy no-rolls to heave a bait a country mile. I’ve watched FisherDave throw baits from here to Milwaukee so he has a better appreciation of sinker sizes for shorefishing.

4 oz for bullies. 1-2 for channels, or enough for the current.

I think it’s a good rule of thumb to use the smallest sinker that will still hold your bait in place, whether it’s a tugging bullhead or a fillet of cut bait…in the areas around here were I’ve been fishing, a 3 oz will hold pretty much everything…now do I practice what I preach? Nope, I generally have a 4 oz on and it hasn’t seem to have bothered the fish. The only time I’ve needed a 5 is at the Lockport dam in it’s fast water.

For live bait, if you have to use that big of a sinker to hold the bait in place, the current is generally too strong for the bait to swim anyway…but then, maybe that’s why I don’t find my flatheads in fast water(?)