With the bait un-pegged, the weight is free to fall while the bait falls
slower because the line will of course, slip through the weight. I've seen
plenty of cases where my weight will fall off of a rock or ledge and the
bait follows behind at a slower, more natural rate. (natural = more action)
The lack of the peg will also let a fish grab the bait and move off before
feeling any resistance.

The only reason I would consider pegging my weight is to get it through
weeds faster, where you can spend more time working the bait under the cover
instead of trying to get everything below surface.

If you're fishing open water, loose the peg. Thick grassy water, peg it if
you need to. I'm not a big fan of using pegs, but some people swear by them.


"alwaysfishking" wrote in message
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What circumstances do you use pegged V.S un -pegged weights. The majority
of
the time I leave mine un- pegged. I read an article that leaving them
unpegged increases your catch rate over pegged sinkers, forgot what the
reason was but it was in I think it was in last months bass magazine. So
which do you prefer?