Downrigger weights

[salmonslayer]

I've read alot about dipsey colors, so I have to ask the question: does the color & style of the rigger weight make a difference?

The reason I ask is that I'm trying to outfit my boat on a shoestring budget & when I found 2 10 pound weights at a garage sale for $1.00 each I grabbed them. They aren't a standard ball, they are shaped like a "torpedo" and they are gray so I'm just wondering if they'll work or did I waste my money?

[littlebluelund]

A buddy of mine scuba dives and every so often he dives the intake for the filteration plant in milwaukee and that is where I get my trolling balls. Thank you again for all those who donated....
Back in the day people use coffee cans loaded with cement and they caught fish.
I dont think the color of the weight matters, Are you catching fish with the weights you have?
If your bored or want to try something new, get a can of rustoleum and paint them. The most expensive weights are the ones shaped like fish and that I am guessing is pretty close to what you have now so I think you lucked out.

[fatcat]

As long as they track straight and do not blow back excessively, it does not seem to matter what color or shape weight is. Tangling downrigger cables together is evil.

[compulsive]

I have 4 riggers. 2 with orange and 2 just lead with no paint. There is no difference in catch ratio.

[salmonslayer]

Thanks everyone...now I feel better about my garage sale find. I hate being "cheap" about setting up the boat but the way things are at work right now I don't want to lay out too much cash for fishing equipment. So far I've been able to get pretty good deals on just about everything secondhand except for baits, which I prefer to buy as I need/want/desire them.

Now I just need go put it all together & get out fishing!!!