Yesterday, I stopped in at Susquehanna Bait & Tackle in Columbia and picked up some tackle(the monkey struck).

The guy asked me if I've been fishing it and I never have yet although everybody on here raves about it.

Well, threw it on my 6'6 with 15# braid to a 10# mono leader and caught 4 in my first 5 casts. Nothing spectacular but let me tell you, it felt good to catch done fish again especially since it's back into the low 90's.

Also, has anybody tried the Innovative Reactions "Little Dipper" swimbait? He recommended them as well and although I had no luck yet, they have some real good action.

The Ned Rig is some serious skunk repellent. I've started throwing it instead of a wacky-rigged senko (!) when I start getting impatient for strikes.

I couldn't believe it! No hogs but I was still beyond excited.

must try!

The Ned is almost unfair some days. It's funny to hear someone say it's replacing a wacky rigged Senko as a "skunk repellent" bait. I started using it to skip docks with a few years ago and was amazed how many fish I could pull out from under docks with them. Not just little fish either, I got these two skipping docks with a Ned on a day we almost gave up and went home before Ned saved the day.

I'm fishing a tournament on the St. Lawrence as a Co-angler in a few weeks and I will definitely have one rod rigged up with it. I tried it for the first time a few weeks ago and was convinced.

It must work because just try and buy the jigheads from Tackle Warehouse. Almost all sizes and colors are backordered.

The Ned is almost unfair some days. It's funny to hear someone say it's replacing a wacky rigged Senko as a "skunk repellent" bait. I started using it to skip docks with a few years ago and was amazed how many fish I could pull out from under docks with them. Not just little fish either, I got these two skipping docks with a Ned on a day we almost gave up and went home before Ned saved the day.

That retriever is a beaut! lol

It's funny to hear someone say it's replacing a wacky rigged Senko as a "skunk repellent" bait.

 

I may be exaggerating slightly. But only slightly.

 

Ned is the new Senko.

Went out on the Niagara River today and tried the ned rig. Love it.. caught some beautiful smallies .. Caught 6 on the same bait.. durable as hell. Couple 5lbers..

Been using it for years on the river. Smallmouth love it!

I've seen the jigheads and plastics lately and thought about trying it out but figured it was more of a Clearwater presentation. How well does it work as a finesse rig in stained water?

I've seen the jigheads and plastics lately and thought about trying it out but figured it was more of a Clearwater presentation. How well does it work as a finesse rig in stained water?

I've been able to catch fish on it in 1-2 foot visibility. If it's a brownish stain, like one of the rivers I fish, I use the red head, and if its a green stain I use the chartreuse head (don't know if the color really matters, but I picked those for their visibility). The only issue is, if it's pretty murky, fish will be close to cover and you may get hung up more often trying to get to them.

I've seen the jigheads and plastics lately and thought about trying it out but figured it was more of a Clearwater presentation. How well does it work as a finesse rig in stained water?

All our water is stained. Occasionally a couple of the lakes will have 5-6 of visibility now with the zebra mussels but most of the time it's 1-3 feet and they work just fine. Ned himself often calls it "Kansas clear" when he can clearly see his trolling motor head in the water to give you an idea. 

I've been able to catch fish on it in 1-2 foot visibility. If it's a brownish stain, like one of the rivers I fish, I use the red head, and if its a green stain I use the chartreuse head (don't know if the color really matters, but I picked those for their visibility). The only issue is, if it's pretty murky, fish will be close to cover and you may get hung up more often trying to get to them.

 

 

Same here.  Southern Lake Champlain has very low visibility due to the clay silt in the water.  I had lots of action on a Ned Rig this weekend but gave it up after losing three or four Shroomz in an hour or two.  I switched to a 4.5" finesse worm on a shaky head and seemed to do just as well, and without the hang-ups.

 

Tight lines,

Bob

 Caught 6 on the same bait

6? I assume you still have the same bait? I've caught over 50 on one stinkin bait! Amazing.