A quick-release weight used on a fishing line defined as having an overall specific gravity greater than one. The new invention is releasably attached without the need of tools and without the need of knotting the device into the fishing line to provide any desirable spacing between the lure or bait and weight. The device releasably attaches when fishing line is placed between its wire arm and cap, biased toward each other by a compression spring. When a fish strikes, the line can be retrieved to the quick-release weight for instant removal, allowing the remaining line and fish to be retrieved without interference.In addition, fisherman will appreciate this new inventions integration of weight and quick-release functions into a single device, eliminating the cumbersome task that require fisherman to assemble varying weight sizes to a line release to achieve desired weight combinations.
