21 hours ago, bowhunter63 said:

A lot less hang ups in the rocks. Keeps a tighter presentation 

*Would pegging the weight not also help pulling soft plastics over limbs / wood ?

5 minutes ago, ChrisD46 said:

*Would pegging the weight not also help pulling soft plastics over limbs / wood ?

Yes sir

My experiences with the line pegs is that I might start out the day with the peg tight to the weight, you don't always finish that way.    Sometimes after a fish I'll find that the peg has moved a foot or more up the line - I guess as a result of the sinker banging into it.   Anyway, I've learned not to worry about it as long as I don't inadvertently wind the bobber stop through the guides.   If I'm throwing soft plastic, I'm generally pitching and I'm not too worried about if the peg is butted up against the weight & bait or slid down the line a foot or so.

With the peg a foot or so from the hook the weight can freely slide away from the bait, but not too much.   A buddy who throws soft plastic quite a bit tells me that I need to put 2 pegs on so that the weight stays much closer to the bait.   I don't know - something to think about in the wintertime.

Flipping-n-pitching is done in shallow water is it not?

 

Think about it a minute!

 

Say your Texas Rig is a 3/8 oz bullet weight & you pitch it your normal distance, do you honestly think it has time to separate more than a couple inches?

 

When fishing grass or brush ya gotta learn how to "finesse" your rig through. Most anglers want to force it through as soon as they feel resistance.

I never peg unless for a general dragging/hopping/swimming t-rig.  If I want a fixed weight I will use a jig head of some sort.  The only time I peg weights is some pitching to cover and when making a t-rigged jig presentation.  

Ive never pegged but i have a bunch of rubber bobber stops for slip bobbers I use for Panfish and crappie. Ive thought about it but never did it. Now I'm really low on the rubber bobber stops and I hate the knot and bead kind so I'm conserving them!

I use two bobber stops on a TRig...one between the knot and weight, to keep the weight from grinding down the knot and than one above the weight to keep it pinned.

 

I like the "feel" of it being pinned down, but that could be 100% psychological.

On 2/8/2021 at 2:48 PM, jbsoonerfan said:

I ordered some off the auction site one time. I ordered a 100 ct, or so the listing said. It was actually a 100 ct of 5 per, so I got 500. I have since switched to a rubber peg though.

I did the same thing off WISH app I think and yeah have enough for the rest of my life haha.  Been handing them out to buddies 

On 2/8/2021 at 4:54 PM, Captain Phil said:

I use a bobber stopper when flipping and pitching.  Works much better than the screw-in weights and tooth pics we used to use.  Also makes retying easier as you can easily slide the bobber stopper up the line.  You want the lure to "pin ball" down through the cover to trigger a strike.  If you don't peg the weight, the weight separates from the lure losing much of it's energy on the fall.  

this......is why I peg my weights,stopper or any other way.

I've read about and fished t rigs both ways. I've settled on exclusively pegging my weights. Just seems to do better for me all around. Try it both ways and see what you think 

Pegged is fine. Just keeping the weight and the bait in one smaller package. I use the bobber stop.

On 2/8/2021 at 2:13 PM, bowhunter63 said:

A lot less hang ups in the rocks. Keeps a tighter presentation 

This is the only time I peg the weight (I use a rubber bobber stop). I’ve proven to myself over and over that I get snagged less in rocks when I peg the weight.

This video opened my eyes about this topic love the scientific approach this guy takes on his videos and this for me says it all, probably i will try to use the stopper to have my own experience but after this video im convinced that is not required at all 

 

 

I’m a little late to this post but if you use a pegged weight, the bass is more likely to spit the hook out since the weight gives them more leverage

I use a stopper when using a light weight(1/32 - 1/8)from a T - Rigged 1.75" TRD to 15" worms when fishing wood and deep thick grass.

Older thread but the debate probably stays the same. I don’t throw trigs anymore, it’s a jig or a free rig.

Pegging a (heavier) bullet weight on a soft plastic bait is mainly preferred for flipping or pitching in or around cover or key reasons. For a T-Rig worm I am casting out in open water , I prefer to not peg as I like the weight to be sliding freely on the decent as well as separating from the hook while fighting a fish.

When I’m in a lot of brush/laydowns, I like to put a stopper on a foot or so above the hook….keeps the weight from swinging around a branch and causing a hangup, and also keeps the bait pulling through. The only time I peg tight is when it’s time to bust out the 12” worm…..then it’s a 3/8 sinker pegged tight to basically make an oversized shakey head.