Pegged, Un pegged

Randy, last Saturday I fished a tournament on the Susquehanna Flats (Upper
Chesapeake Bay). The water was cold (55-58) & very muddy. There was no
weedgrowth yet so my only targets were hard ones. I vowed to pick up my
flippin stick & not put it down all day.

To make a long story short I won with 5 keepers weighing 17+ pounds
including the 5-1 lunker. The guy on my boat caught 1 2 pound bass all day.
The only thing I was doing that he wasn't was pegging the sinker above my 4"
flippin tube. I knew I had to hit them on their heads, and that was the
deal. The pegged sinker causes the bait to sink faster & straighter, vital
to picking off bass holding on vertical structure like the marina, dock &
seawall pilings I was working last weekend. Note also that of the 9 keepers
I took that day, not one hit after I moved the lure - all struck hard
immediately as the bait hit the base of the pilings, a direct result of
having the sinker pegged.

Warren
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http://www.warrenwolk.com/
http://www.tri-statebassmasters.com



"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?

Thanks Warren I'll keep that in mind, glad to see there is a reason for it,
now to try and figure out when to do what : )
"go-bassn" wrote in message
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Randy, last Saturday I fished a tournament on the Susquehanna Flats (Upper
Chesapeake Bay). The water was cold (55-58) & very muddy. There was no
weedgrowth yet so my only targets were hard ones. I vowed to pick up my
flippin stick & not put it down all day.

To make a long story short I won with 5 keepers weighing 17+ pounds
including the 5-1 lunker. The guy on my boat caught 1 2 pound bass all
day.
The only thing I was doing that he wasn't was pegging the sinker above my
4"
flippin tube. I knew I had to hit them on their heads, and that was the
deal. The pegged sinker causes the bait to sink faster & straighter,
vital
to picking off bass holding on vertical structure like the marina, dock &
seawall pilings I was working last weekend. Note also that of the 9
keepers
I took that day, not one hit after I moved the lure - all struck hard
immediately as the bait hit the base of the pilings, a direct result of
having the sinker pegged.

Warren
--
http://www.warrenwolk.com/
http://www.tri-statebassmasters.com



"alwaysfishking" wrote in message
...
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?