Anyone leave a bobber stop on their rod

[jeff25]

I was reading through some old threads on here about whether to peg a Texas rig or leave it unpegged. The majority of people agreed and say to leave unpegged unless flipping. But most who have done a lot of studying/ watching underwater video, of a unpegged Texas rig say the weight only slide about 8-10” down the line from the bait. 

 

So my though was to put a bobber stopper on and slide it about 12” up the line when casting/fishing open water, then if I get to some cover or an area I want to flip, just slide the bobber stopper down tight to the bait. 

 

Does anybody do this? How does it work? For those who haven’t tried but know me than me, do you think it would work?

 

thanks

[Darren.]

I will use a bobber stop, sometimes two when using

a bullet weight and TX rigging. I like to vary how I

present the rig.

 

Otherwise I'll use Water Gremlin's Bull Shot, which is

a crimp-on bullet weight...

[Catt]

I don't peg nothing unless I'm punching! ?

[Graham]

I don’t always peg my weights, but when I do I use a toothpick 

[Falkus]

When I use Texas Rig, I always peg the weight. I tend to use two of them. 

[GrumpyOlPhartte]

I tend to agree with @Burke.  I use two bobber stops; one ahead of the sinker to keep it close to the bait and one between the weight and the hook. It may or may not be true but I like the second stop to keep the weight from coming into contact with my knot.  (Thank you, YouTube for bringing it to my attention!) I can’t prove it helps protect the knot, but it does give me peace of mind when fishing the weeds. Oh, yeah. It lets me position my weight as close or far from the bait as I desire. 

[Falkus]

3 minutes ago, GrumpyOlPhartte said:

I tend to agree with @Burke.  I use two bobber stops; one ahead of the sinker to keep it close to the bait and one between the weight and the hook. It may or may not be true but I like the second stop to keep the weight from coming into contact with my knot.  (Thank you, YouTube for bringing it to my attention!) I can’t prove it helps protect the knot, but it does give me peace of mind when fishing the weeds.

Ha - That's where I learned that from. The power of YouTube.  

[Beetlebz]

On my heavy flipping rod I leave a bobber stop on the line all the time. I leave it up against the knot if I have a swimbait or jig on. I slide it up if I'm Texas rigging unpegged, which isn't often. You're right, 12 inches or so is all you really need. 

[MainelyBASS]

I love having one on the line when I fish swim jigs in grass. It keeps the little snot grass from getting caught up in my knot.

[IgotWood]

On 4/29/2018 at 10:24 PM, GrumpyOlPhartte said:

I tend to agree with @Burke.  I use two bobber stops; one ahead of the sinker to keep it close to the bait and one between the weight and the hook. It may or may not be true but I like the second stop to keep the weight from coming into contact with my knot.  (Thank you, YouTube for bringing it to my attention!) I can’t prove it helps protect the knot, but it does give me peace of mind when fishing the weeds. Oh, yeah. It lets me position my weight as close or far from the bait as I desire. 

I normally use a rubber stop, and yes, sometimes I slide the peg up my leader a little bit if I change bait to something more like a worm or something I will be covering more water with. But what I will tell you is SNELL your hooks on. It's amazing how much your hookup ratio will increase. And you don't have to worry about your weight coming in contact with your knot. The snell is super easy to tie, quick, and very effective, ESPECIALLY on a flipping hook.

[Sam]

I use 1/8 and 1/4 jig heads so pegging is not an option for finesse fishing.

 

I do use a peg when I have to punch through pads and grass.

[the reel ess]

I never peg it. But I never punch.

[Mike L]

Depends on what I'm doing. 

If you put a stop above and below the weight and slide it up about 2 ft or so you have a poor mans slip shot or Peaty Rig. 

 

In certain conditions that little adjustment can mean fish where a standard T rig pegged or unpegged won't. 

Anyway, I leave my pegged punch stick stop on all the time. 

 

 

 

 

Mike

[sully420]

Yea i do it all the time. I also use a bibber stop below the weight and i can have a t rig or slidr the lower stop up to have a mojo/Carolina rig

[drew4779]

There's a bobber stop on my flipping stick year round. 

[dgkasper58]

I always peg. I do however use a glass bead under the weight (tungsten or copper) for some rattling and knot protection.

[Armtx77]

On 4/30/2018 at 2:06 PM, MainelyBASS said:

I love having one on the line when I fish swim jigs in grass. It keeps the little snot grass from getting caught up in my knot.

Great idea and thanks for posting it up...gonna give it a try as I throw a bunxh of swim baits and it gets tiresome removing that stuff from the knot all the time.

[JoePhish]

I have one on my T-rig set up and slide it up or down depending on what I throw into.