Yesterday, I caught another laker on the ned rig.  Again, just dumb luck as I was fishing shallow for bass with a senko and would cast way out to deeper 50 -60' water with my other rod letting the ned rig settle as I fished the senko back to the kayak.   When I started reeling the ned rig back, I felt the pressure of a big fish.  Took me about 10 minutes of getting towed around in my kayak and reeling up before the fish came to the surface.  Estimated this fish to be well over 2' long and 10-15#s.  Realized my 16" long net wasn't big enough, so fortunately this fish was hooked at the front of it's mouth, (As a side note, almost all the many ned rig hooked fish of various species that I have caught are hooked that way), so I was able to get this one by the side of the kayak and wiggle the hook out; after which it slammed the side of my kayak with it's tail and it swam back down.   A fun battle and lucky enough to be able to unhook this fish and not break off.

 

PS - Also, in reply to the separate thread about using bass gear for trout -  used a SC Mojo Bass MJS68MXF, Pflueger Supreme 30 reel with 6# Pline CXX.  I would recommend this set up for multiple applications, not just bass.

Beauty!