Abstract: A glass fishing weight including a body member composed of glass. The body member may be configured in various geometric shapes such as an orb, an orb having a flat surface, a torpedo shape, split-shot, banana shaped, or other configurations. To prevent rolling of the weight on a surface one or more sides of the body member may be flattened. To secure the body member to a fishing line a holder, swivel, eyelet, tube, or wire may be secured to the body member. Alternatively, a channel may be included in the body member housing hook and loop fastening elements for securing a fishing line or net therein. An identification tag is embedded within the body member allowing physical characteristics of the weights to be identified.