WOW, and I thought 120' to 150' down was deep rigger fishing. How often and where do you run your riggers down 280' ? I am just curious because I don't even want to atempt that, especialy with my hand cranks ..
Back to the main subject, my dad tried the fish shaped weights and had nothing but trouble. His were the ones with the small side fins, they did nothing but tangle. I have no knowledge of the torpedo weights, so no input on that one. I currently run 12# weights, they are sort of between a pancake and a fish weight. A guy that use to fish out of the marina we stayed at made his own mold and boy these things run great. I need to make a copy mold of these because the man past away several years ago and no one makes them that I know of. I will try to get a photo in a couple day when I get back out to my boat.
Good luck, Steve