What's the deepest water anyone ever fished a Ned rig?

Just over 30' of very clear water. 

Same as above, 25' of crystal clear pressured water.

Roger that 25-30ft clear water.

I’ve never had any reason to fish it much deeper than 25’.  By that time something usually has it.  I also never go heavier than 1/8 oz with 1/16 being normal.  I caught fish at the 20’ mark yesterday fishing parallel using the 1/16.

i caught a couple smallmouth last year on cherokee throwing 1/5 oz in 57 ft of water lol. i regularly fish it in 25 ft

In clear water lakes, 25ft is common with 1/15 - 1/16 shrooms. 

 

In rivers for smallmouth, much shallower. 

1 hour ago, Jig Man said:

I’ve never had any reason to fish it much deeper than 25’.  By that time something usually has it.  I also never go heavier than 1/8 oz with 1/16 being normal.  I caught fish at the 20’ mark yesterday fishing parallel using the 1/16.

Very important point here, fish do take these on the fall. I rarely see that mentioned on Ned rig threads.

On 5/22/2020 at 11:02 AM, Jig Man said:

I’ve never had any reason to fish it much deeper than 25’.  By that time something usually has it.  I also never go heavier than 1/8 oz with 1/16 being normal.  I caught fish at the 20’ mark yesterday fishing parallel using the 1/16.

X2. I don’t fish it deep, usually in 12 FOW or less. Still, if nothing hits it on the fall or within the first 10 seconds it is sitting on bottom, I rarely ever get a bite hopping and/or dragging it. And that’s why I advocate for using a head no heavier than 1/10 oz. I think it’s best having the slowest fall possible. I do realize for the people fishing very very deep or with faster current that isn’t really a possibility though. 

 

I caught several last weekend in 25 FOW using 1/2 oz head and a Crawz.  The small 1/5 oz head was too light to get any feeling of what the lure was doing.  I switched to a 1/2 ounce head and was able to get better feel and caught several deep.  My home lake is clear water and deep.

40' on Beaver Lake, Arkansas with a TRD and 1/16oz head. Catching spots off a deep rockpile. Took about a minute for it to hit bottom but a lot of drops it never made it to the bottom for about an hour. Wouldn't eat anything else we tried but they were all over that slow falling Ned.

Depth is dependant on how deep the bass are located. 

The most important factor in bass fishing is location and guessing how deep bass are actually located requires catching the fish or either visual evidence seeing the fish or metering the fish using sonar. 

A light weight Ned rig takes a long time to sink deep and you have zero contact with the rig the deeper it fished. Weight in water is about 50% of the weight in air. 

I have fished 1/8 dart jigs using 6 lb FC or 5 lb mono to around 30' if the bass are that deep. I prefer using a slip shot or drop shot rig with 3/16-1/4 sinker with finesse worms or a jigging spoon then light weight jigs in deep water.

Tom

50 feet.  My lake is up 32 feet.  I have to hit 35-40 feet just to get past the brush.  1/10 jighead, some bites come on the fall.  Slow way to fish, not a lot of bites, but average fish size is larger than fishing shallow with other baits.

Hmmmm....lake is 32' deep and fishing 50' deep. Maybe you met casting 50' out!

Tom

5 hours ago, WRB said:

Hmmmm....lake is 32' deep and fishing 50' deep. Maybe you met casting 50' out!

Tom

Not to speak for him but I think he said that his lake us "up" 32 feet. 

7 hours ago, MGF said:

Not to speak for him but I think he said that his lake us "up" 32 feet. 

Up 32' is what he did write!

Tom

I don't have the patience to fish a ned any deeper than 8'. I use it for docks and shallow targets only. Too many better options for water deeper than that. (the opinion expressed is that of the author and does not necessarily coinside with anyone.)

I target 12 FOW or less

Normally 10' or less - in a pinch I'll go to 15' but that's the limit.

Lots of different depth ranges. I reckon it's personal preference. I'll give different depths a try. But sounds like 20ft would be my max at this point. Thanks for all the insights.