I have seen plenty of fisherman recommend alterations to the Ned rig, but Friday was the first day a bass ever told me he wanted something different.  Apparently he so much liked the idea of stretching a Ned rig out to 10", he went and did it himself.

 

You may have to zoom into the picture a little to see what I am talking about.  When I landed this 16" fish, I found the Ned hook in his mouth and the back end of the TRD stuck on one of his dorsal fin spines.  It was stretched out to nearly 10 inches.  I don't think there was any way this bass could have done that himself, he had to have had help.  The only explanation I can come up with is he grabbed the TRD like a cigar and another fish grabbed the backside, swam away and looped it over his back.  Either that or the 2nd fish was trying to snap him in the face with it like a bungee cord, but failed miserably

 

Typical of a ZMan bait, it didn't tear, it just popped back into shape & went on to catch more fish.

 

(Darn picture is sideways, I can never get that right...mod, help me please!!)

Thats awesome. Maybe we'll have to start using trailer hooks on Ned Rigs too if you had a fish grab it from another.

I've had that happen several times, but i have no idea how it's possible.  Pretty goofy looking to see when it happens.

 

BTW, when I saw the thread title I thought you were literally using a ten inch worm on a mushroom head and calling it a "Ned rig".  I'm Glad I was wrong, I do tire of all of the people trying to turn it into something it isn't.

1 hour ago, IndianaFinesse said:

I've had that happen several times, but i have no idea how it's possible.  Pretty goofy looking to see when it happens.

 

BTW, when I saw the thread title I thought you were literally using a ten inch worm on a mushroom head and calling it a "Ned rig".  I'm Glad I was wrong, I do tire of all of the people trying to turn it into something it isn't.

 

The biggest problem is with Zman. Many anglers think that the Ned rig is only a Zman bait and now they went out and introduced the Big TRD which is by no means a Ned rig bait, but many will now think it is. I definitely have uses for the Big TRD dock fishing and have uses for heavier weighted finesse TRDs, but that isn't the Ned rig. Maybe a bubba ned, but not midwest finesse;) 

 

Now the 1/2 zinkerz and slider is a whole nother discussion;) Just kidding as I am not sure what the merging of the two should be called, maybe Sled lol.