weighting danielson pot doors

So just picked up a danielson style trap. Saw that they sold weighted doors for the trap, but figured if needed I have extra lead laying around. Is it worth weighting the doors or not?

A lot of guys say yes, keeps the doors from swinging around in the current, could prevent crab leaking.

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It depends on where you will be crabbing. I don't at Doran, but would at locations where the current  is fast, without the weights it can keep the doors open.

I weighted mine only on one side per door. I used these....

http://www.cabelas.com/weights-cabelas-rubber-core-sinkers-1.shtml

Just remove the rubber, slip on and slightly pinch the wire below the sinker so they don't slide off.

Mike

Me and my dad weight ours with the lead wire you put in surgical tubing for stealhead fishing

Any tidal current will allow doors to open/close. On short day soaks you may not notice much leakage, but overnight soaks will be impacted.

Thanks for the info guys. Looks like I'll do it when I get around to it, but since I"ll mostly be doing day soaks, should be fine.

In my opinion, I think there are better options than buying the rubber core sinkers as they are about $1 per weight when buying 1oz+ sizes.  I was about to go that route as well, until I noticed the weighted trap doors at sports authority for $7 or $9 at FW.  Looks like they have about two 1.5oz weights on each door.

Or as lil snapperhead mentioned, the lead wire is a good idea.  I bought a coil of lead wire from Mel Cotton's for about $6-7 and it was a 1lb of lead I believe.

I use my wife's hairbands to make the doors slam shut after a crab enters. You could also use bungee or surgical tubing. Its hard to explain but seems to work great. I'd post a picture but I don't know where my Danielson trap is...   Can't remember who has it LOL!