Quote Originally Posted by Dignity View Post
It doesn't take much lead at all but saves a lot of cut ropes. Also means the share farmers need to get right up to the float so they don't have an excuse that it got picked up by your centerboard, rudder or prop

Pero, if there is a weight on the rope anywhere from a metre or more below the float you wouldn't be picking them up unless you have an enormous draft as generally the rope hangs vertically below the float then angles it's way back to the pot. Ideally a second weight will reduce this angle even more. Weighting the rope has secondary benefit of reducing the possibility of the pot floating away with a roraring tide as the drag is more against the bottom instead of the pot being lifted off the bootom, if you get my drift (pun intended).
Yeah, I think the problem was it was dead low tide, and That part of the river only holds a metre at best, at dead low.