Pegged, Un pegged

Marty wrote:
If you jammed a piece of toothpick into
the hole of the sinker at the narrow end,

I always jam it from the back (wide) end. Othewise you too often end up
with a little shred of wood poking out the nose to catch moss and stuff.

RichZ©
www.richz.com/fishing

Thanks for the info everyone. I get it now.

Jeff

"Jeff Durham" wrote in message
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Can you give an example how you would rig up something unpegged? I am not
getting it. Are you talking about using an inline weight as opposed to a
slipshot that grabs on to the line? I use a small inline weight with a
slip
bobber if I am using live bait for crappie such as minnows.

Thanks,
Jeff

"Charles Summers" wrote in message
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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?

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
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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?

What circumstances do you use pegged V.S un -pegged weights. The majority
of


I understand not.

Why peg a weight? Would that be about the same as a split shot, or if near
the hook a jig-head?

Perhaps folks peg them so that can switch easily between a sliding weight
and a non-sliding weight.???

Cheers,
Jody

wrote in message
om...
What circumstances do you use pegged V.S un -pegged weights. The
majority
of


I understand not.

Why peg a weight? Would that be about the same as a split shot, or if
near
the hook a jig-head?

***You peg a weight for circumstances when you don't want the weight to slid
on the line. Examples have been given such as heavy weed growth where the
weight might fall through and the lure still remain on top of the weeds, or
if fishing brush/timber and you end up with the weight on one side of the
branch and the lure on the other.

You probably could simply use a split shot in lieu of a pegged sinker, but
you would have to have fairly clean surroundings to get away with it. The
advantage of a bullet weight worm sinker is that it is conical in shape and
thus will come through weeds and obstructions without hanging up as much as
a split shot would.


Perhaps folks peg them so that can switch easily between a sliding weight
and a non-sliding weight.???

***No, not so much. Folks peg them depending on the circumstances in which
they're fishing. Usually, if you're going to peg a weight, it's going to
stay that way for a while.
--
Steve @ OutdoorFrontiers
http://www.outdoorfrontiers.com
G & S Guide Service and Custom Rods
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