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    When fishing a jig under a cork, what is your preference, pegged or slip cork and why? I have always seemed to have better luck with the cork pegged. Maybe it is the way it swings down when the jig drops vs. falling straight down.

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    I fish a cork a lot and I always use a 7/8” plastic float hooked both top and bottom. A 1/2” float won’t hold up a 1/16th jig right and a 1” is too resistant to being pulled under. Used this set up for years and has proven to be the demise of thousands!

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    A pegged quill float shows lighter bites than any slip float (IMO). Pegged isn't always convenient. It's hard to cast a pegged float with 6 or more feet of line between it and the hook.

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    I like to use the ones with springs if I'm fishing a jig shallow less than 6 feet. If fishing with a minnow and deeper than that I use a slip float.

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    There is another thread down below this one with some good comments and info.
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    a single contact point float will out fish a double contact point float almost every day of the week . there are a few hard core bank anglers that use floats and to be sure the best of them use a single contact point float set up .
    pegged floats will work ,but near as well as a float where the line only touches the float in one location . crappie are the kings of very subtle takes quite often and more than one contact point will cause many anglers to never see a take .
    and once you step into the world of slip floats that number goes up for sure on the never saw the bite .
    deep water slip cork fishing is often employed with great results using minnows but it wont work an artificial bait very well .
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    I can't remember the last time I used a slip float, majority of the time I use a 3/4"round weighted float for 1/32 or smaller jigs and a 1.5" weighted pear shaped float with heavier jigs. I think the single contact float set up is more sensitive to bites and less likely to tangle on a cast than the double contact float but I think I can cast farther with the double contact set up, so I use both.
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    I use a small slip float with minnows and jigs fishing stationary structures and a pegged float with jigs trolling shallow water.

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    Quote Originally Posted by plugneck View Post
    When fishing a jig under a cork, what is your preference, pegged or slip cork and why? I have always seemed to have better luck with the cork pegged. Maybe it is the way it swings down when the jig drops vs. falling straight down.
    Slip cork is very advantageous around these parts, especially when the fish get deep in the bushes. A slip cork allows u to pull up your line, stick your pole up in the bushes and then drop the bait slowly where you want it. Also helps when pitching to stumps and stuff.


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    Thill Stealth

    I really like these. They're all I use anymore.

    When set up with the right amount of weight, they'll show any kind of bite.
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