Don't forget to get your bottom bouncers. I buy mine on ebay and feel the price is pretty good. I use this guy:
http://www.ebay.com/sch/m.html?_odkw=&_ssn=crawdad1234&_armrs=1&_osacat=0&_from=R40&_trksid=p2046732.m570.l1311.R1.TR4.TRC1.A0.H0.Xbottom+bouncer.TRS0&_nkw=bottom+bouncers&_sacat=0
Be sure and indicate if you want the R loop or twisted loop where your line goes.
The question is how heavy you'll go..... Best to get a couple sizes and depending on your main line estimate how many you'll go through if you fish 6 1/2 days....
So what weights seem to work out the best? Marv thinks 2 oz
+. I'm guessing it matters how deep you fish. l"d like to hear some different opinions. In case I forgot to mention it...I'm all in.
I brought both 3oz and 1 1/2oz. If your in the front, u really want to be heavier then the guys in back. This will significantly help with tangles. I used the 3oz 90% of the time and dropped to the 1 1/2 when we spot locked over structure and fished with a naked worm. I'm also a much bigger fan of the drail weight then I was the bottom bouncer. Keep in mind the line you use. If your fishing 20# fireline you'll hug bottom easily, if your fishing 30# mono....you may need 4oz.
Lowest I'd go is 2oz and only if we're going very slow. Most likely I'm at 2 1/2oz unless we are cruising more than 1mph and I'm up to 3oz. I use braid.
I used 2 oz 90% of the time. When it was really choppy on the water I switched to a 3 oz. I fish with 65# braid
In the depths that we were trolling, 2 oz. was perfect.