I'm a power fisherman.  I don't finesse fish...ever.  It's just not fin to me.  Until today...

 

Our bass are in the first week of postspawn, and the bite was tough.  Fished about an hour and only got bit three times, nothing consistent.  So, I got in the new bag of goodies I picked up at the tackle store the other day, and had hid in my boat so no one would see this sissy stuff. I pulled out a little ultralight with four pound test line, I use to bream fish with a couple times a year, and tied on a little mushroom jig, and a TRD in peanut butter and jelly (AKA "Turd sandwich").  I proceeded to put about 20 fish in the boat over the next hour, before my dad, who was in the back of the boat, finally decided to give this newfangled bass catching machine a try.  We fished another half hour, until we lost every mushroom jig I had in the boat, then we went home.  There'sno need in fishing without a Ned rig.  We totaled over forty, most between 14 and 16 inches, with the biggest being a hair under 20.  Fun stuff on an ultralight.  Fun enough that I'm fully converted!

 

I just wish someone would have posted about the Nedrig sooner.....

Still not gonna use it. 

5 minutes ago, preach4bass said:

 

I just wish someone would have posted about the Nedrig sooner.....

Yea, nobody was talking about it. I think they were hiding it from ya. 

4 minutes ago, preach4bass said:

I just wish someone would have posted about the Nedrig sooner.

 Its only been the most talked about rig for the last two years now...

 

Congratulations, you are our newest ned rig convert.  

2 hours ago, IndianaFinesse said:

 Its only been the most talked about rig for the last two years now...

 

The Ned Rig is NOT just for small fish and numbers.  I have had great luck at some local ponds for

the past several weeks. 

 

All the ponds around me just spawned and are still in that two week recover mode so nothing really works. You really have to grind out the jig and top water bite, but I'm looking forward to post spawn to get back on the Ned.

 

To be fair, lizards are hard to beat in the post spawn. They demolish them.

I've only fished the Ned rig a handful of times, but have yet to have any luck with it. Threw it around a little today as a matter of fact and didn't get so much help as a nibble. 

10 hours ago, preach4bass said:

I'm a power fisherman.  I don't finesse fish...ever.  It's just not fin to me.  Until today...

 

Our bass are in the first week of postspawn, and the bite was tough.  Fished about an hour and only got bit three times, nothing consistent.  So, I got in the new bag of goodies I picked up at the tackle store the other day, and had hid in my boat so no one would see this sissy stuff. I pulled out a little ultralight with four pound test line, I use to bream fish with a couple times a year, and tied on a little mushroom jig, and a TRD in peanut butter and jelly (AKA "Turd sandwich").  I proceeded to put about 20 fish in the boat over the next hour, before my dad, who was in the back of the boat, finally decided to give this newfangled bass catching machine a try.  We fished another half hour, until we lost every mushroom jig I had in the boat, then we went home.  There'sno need in fishing without a Ned rig.  We totaled over forty, most between 14 and 16 inches, with the biggest being a hair under 20.  Fun stuff on an ultralight.  Fun enough that I'm fully converted!

 

I just wish someone would have posted about the Nedrig sooner.....

fun stuff for sure! even better with your dad.

Congrats on the great day! The Ned rig is a blast to fish when it's on. Very simple, low impact fishing but very productive. I also enjoy how it catches a variety of species. Not only did it add 2 fish to my 20lb bag Thursday, but also caught a big crappie, a drum, and hooked a very large fish I never saw before it came off.