The rate of fall is the same pegged or unpegged!

The only difference is unpegged you have two objects falling at the same rate until the weight hits bottom.

Shaw Grigsby believes that the allure of an unpegged bait is a simple matter of the predator/prey relationship. 

“It’s some critter chasing a little weight,” he said. “When you have that it’s competition, it’s an instinctive thing that turns fish on.”

Once you peg a weight it becomes, in essence, a carolina rig.  Am I right on this?

15 minutes ago, Tucson said:

Once you peg a weight it becomes, in essence, a carolina rig.  Am I right on this?

No . We are referring to pegging the weight next to the bait with a toothpick , bobber stop...so that it does not slide freely on the line .

 

14 minutes ago, Tucson said:

Once you peg a weight it becomes, in essence, a carolina rig.  Am I right on this?

No, when you peg the sinker it's pegged so it can't slide forward from the nose of the worm.  A Carolina rig is where an egg or bullet sinker is first put on the line, then a bead, and then a snap swivel.  After the snap swivel tie a leader on somewhere between 1 foot and 4 or 5 feet, depending on how high off the bottom you want the bait.  After that you tie on whatever plastic you want, with lizards being a popular choice.  So the difference between a Texas rig and a Carolina rig is with a Texas rig the weight is snug against the bait, with a Carolina rig the sinker is up in front a couple feet held in place by a swivel.

Another variation for light tackle is a split shot rig.

 

5 hours ago, roadwarrior said:

Another variation for light tackle is a split shot rig.

 

Or as they call it in Tx a chicken rig lol. I've only lived in Tx for 4yrs and just learned this lol.

I'm old school. I peg my lead with a tooth pick. 

On April 15, 2016 at 7:33 AM, IndianaFinesse said:

No, when you peg the sinker it's pegged so it can't slide forward from the nose of the worm.  A Carolina rig is where an egg or bullet sinker is first put on the line, then a bead, and then a snap swivel.  After the snap swivel tie a leader on somewhere between 1 foot and 4 or 5 feet, depending on how high off the bottom you want the bait.  After that you tie on whatever plastic you want, with lizards being a popular choice.  So the difference between a Texas rig and a Carolina rig is with a Texas rig the weight is snug against the bait, with a Carolina rig the sinker is up in front a couple feet held in place by a swivel.

Got it, thanks.  I assumed we were talking about pegging the weight further up from the bait.

Honestly, when it's dead of summer and hot, I peg it in deep water too. Especially if there a deep weed edge hump or ledge 

I usually use a bobber stop with a T-rigged worm but that doesn't mean I always cinch the weight up to the hook.

 

If I'm trying to skip way back into the shadows under docks I will cinch it  up so it doesn't helicopter. Other times I'll move the bobber stop and experiment with different lengths. All this is with lighter weights and looking for a slower fall.

 

If I'm just trying to get the bait to the bottom I'll set up a Carolina Rig with a heavier weight and beads or clacker to make some noise.

 

I saw a youtube that says peg when you're doing a vertical presentation and no peg with a horizontal one.  Makes sense to me.

For the most part I only peg mine if I'm casting into heavy cover, like right in the middle of a lay down full of limbs.   I've never been able to skip a texas rig, but recently found out I can skip one that's pegged.   Before that discovery if I wanted to skip a worm I'd either use it weightless or with a shakey head.   

Good to know you guys can say 100% you know you get more hits unpegged.

I only peg a punch presentation.  The rest are set free. 

Older thread but for correcting history a pegged bullet weight was called the Florida rig back in the day long before punch rig was thought of.

Tom