Opinions on grip leads when rockfishing?

Just wondered what your thoughts were on using grip-leads when rock fishing. I was lead to believe that the wires helped stop the lead going down into cracks, but I lose a stack of them in the rocks. I've seen a fella recently using a flattened plain lead and he does seem to get it back.

Would bending the grip wires out to 90 degrees make any difference?

Hi fish on

The leads in my view 2 use when rock fishing is a 2oz or 3oz lead with no grip.But if there is a strong current use a heavy 6oz or 5oz weight.It is the only way to avoid grip leads.

I do quite a bit of rock fishing and always use grip leads. I bend the wire at right angles to the lead and i do feel that this prevents the lead from getting stuck fast in the rocks - I lose about one per session - I also use a rotten bottom. Losing leads over rough ground I think is inevitable, but the fishing can be great.

Thanks for that. I don't know why I haven't thought about bending the wires out before!

A Logical tip I got off SOD : When rock fishing use plain weights as these will simulate where food is being deposited, which is often in snags.Let your baited hooks find the snags. SNAGS=FISH