Gerrys Supazoom Leads

Gerry’s Supazoom Leads

When you are fishing from an anchored boat in fast-flowing saltwater channels, standard grip leads can sometimes pin your presentation down too rigidly, causing cautious predators to bypass a static bait. Gerry’s Supazoom Leads are a highly specialized, heavy-duty boat casting weight designed explicitly for active uptide angling. Engineered to strike the perfect, delicate balance between structural stability and controlled movement, these premium leads are built to help you master fast-running tides and intercept cruising fish.

The key tactical advantage of the Supazoom design is its ability to create a moving bait presentation under controlled conditions. When cast “uptide”—up and away from the boat into the oncoming current—these leads are heavy enough to settle your rig onto the seabed, but their specialized profile allows the immense pressure of the tide on your main line bow to slowly hop, trundle, and drift the lead along the deck. This slow, bumping movement across the sand or gravel covers a massive amount of territory, naturally searching out underwater gullies and creating an irresistible scent trail that draws predatory fish directly to your hook.

Detailed Specifications

• Product Type: Heavy-duty moving/rolling uptide boat casting lead.

• Tactical Action: Controlled drifting and rolling (engineered for active bait presentation).

• Material: High-density cast lead featuring a heavy-duty, reinforced brass anchoring eye.

• Application: Specifically optimized for UK uptide boat tactics, deep-water channel fishing, and fast-flowing estuaries.

• Available Weight Options:

  • 8oz: (The ideal choice for standard uptide rods during mid-tide cycles and moderate coastal currents)

  • 10oz: (The ultimate heavy-ground workhorse required to hold and control the drift during big spring tides or in deep, high-velocity channels)

Examples of Where to Use

• High-Velocity Uptiding for Big Rays: The absolute premier choice when targeting thornback, blonde, or small-eyed rays in fast-moving tidal channels. The lead allows your large squid or fish-chunk cocktail bait to slowly trundle across the clean sand banks where rays are actively foraging.

• Winter Cod Boat Campaigns: Perfect for dropping into deep, murky water marks when searching for winter cod. As the lead bounces along the deck, it lifts up small puffs of sand and debris, acting as a natural visual and auditory curiosity trigger in the dark water.

• Fast-Flowing Tope Venues: Ideal for fishing large mackerel flapper or whole squid baits for hard-fighting tope in deep waters. The rolling action ensures your bait moves dynamically with the natural flow of washed-out feed, resulting in confident, screaming runs.

Gerry’s Pro Tip

Pro Tip: To get the absolute most out of the Supazoom’s rolling action while uptiding, you must manage your line bow correctly! After casting up and across the tide, let the lead hit the seabed, and then deliberately release a few extra yards of line from your reel before engaging the spool. This creates a large “bow” or loop in your line against the current. The water pressure pushing against this bow is what smoothly pulls the lead along the seabed. If the lead is moving too fast, shorten the bow; if it’s standing dead still, feed out a touch more line to catch the current!

Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs)

Q: Why would I use a Supazoom plain lead instead of a standard uptide wire grip lead?

A: Wire grip leads lock your rig into one exact spot on the seabed. While this is great for certain situations, it limits your bait to a very small strike zone. The Supazoom lead allows you to actively “trot” and wander your bait down-tide, covering hundreds of yards of sea bed on a single cast to actively hunt down the fish instead of waiting for them to find you.

Q: Can standard uptide boat rods handle casting an 8oz or 10oz lead?

A: Yes. True uptide rods are specifically designed with powerful, heavy-duty blanks rated anywhere from 4–10oz or 6–10oz casting weights. Because uptide casting utilizes a smooth, sweeping “underhand” or overhead lobe cast rather than an aggressive pendulum shore style, these rods handle launching an 8oz or 10oz Supazoom weight with complete safety and ease.

Q: Will the brass attachment eye pull out under heavy winching pressure?

A: Not at all. Gerry’s Supazoom leads feature an oversized, heavy-duty brass loop that is cast deeply and securely directly into the core of the lead block. It is built to comfortably handle the extreme stress of repeated heavy casting, fast tidal drag, and pumping large specimen fish up from the deep.