I was fishing with a friend yesterday and he caught several bass on a Ned rig using a twin tail grub.  Anyone here have success using a twin tail grub on a Ned rig?

You mean a twin tail grub on a mushroom jig, yes.

It's not a Ned rig without a Ned style TRD worm.

Tom

It is what I call stand up jig. Love using it with Hula grub, baby brush hog and Zman turbo craw on 1/10oz mushroom head.

I frequently use double tail grubs, rage menace grubs and others on ned heads. As far as what you want to call it, bass don't seem to mind.

I find using the Ned Rig really frustrating. There is something about the TRD that keeps attracting turtles to the rig before the fish have a chance to bite . Nothing like having a really upset turtle hooked on your line while you try to remove jig with pliers without losing fingers. Lol

To me the thing that makes the Ned rig really work as opposed to other plastics is how they stand up off the bottom, and the floating plastic helps with this. Regular dense plastics tend to flop down on the bottom unless the head happens to hit just right.

Seems like people are now calling any soft plastic on a jighead a ned rig now. Yes, a grub on a jig head catches fish. A grub on a jig has probably caught more fish, regardless of species, than any other lure on the market. I think that grubbing is somewhat of a lost art, with all of the other baits on the market it seems like people forget about how good a single or double tail grub can be. Fish have been eating grubs for a lot of years and I don’t think their going to stop any time soon.

Remember do nothing or French fry worms in the 70's? The worm pre dated Senko's wasn't heavy salt loaded. It was simply a worm with both ends the same, no tail just a straight 3" to 4" long worm blunt on both ends.

We used these worms on 1/8 oz dart heads, mushroom heads and split shot rigs during the 70's with food success. Not as fat as a Ned worm but very effective.

Mushroom jigs were originally design for Gitzit tubes in the 70's.

There was a 7/0 mushroom head Jig for 8" out west, 30 years before Ned rigs.

Tom

16 minutes ago, WRB said:

Remember do nothing or French fry worms in the 70's? The worm pre dated Senko's andxwasn'tcas fatvor heavy shaky loaded. It was simply a a wotk with both ends the same, no tail just a straight 3" to 4" long worm blunt on both ends.

We used these worms on 1/8 oz dart heads, mushroom heads and split shot rigs during the 70's with food success. Not as fat as a Ned worm but very effective.

Tom

They work great on a C-Rig in the spring. The Zoom Centipede is a good one.

7 minutes ago, Heartland said:

They work great on a C-Rig in the spring. The Zoom Centipede is a good one.

My point was very few things are new, they get reintroduced as something new.

Tom

7 minutes ago, WRB said:

My point was very few things are new, they get reintroduced as something new.

Tom

no doubt

8 hours ago, WRB said:

Remember do nothing or French fry worms in the 70's? The worm pre dated Senko's wasn't heavy salt loaded. It was simply a worm with both ends the same, no tail just a straight 3" to 4" long worm blunt on both ends.

We used these worms on 1/8 oz dart heads, mushroom heads and split shot rigs during the 70's with food success. Not as fat as a Ned worm but very effective.

Mushroom jigs were originally design for Gitzit tubes in the 70's.

There was a 7/0 mushroom head Jig for 8" out west, 30 years before Ned rigs.

Tom

*A favorite of the C-Rig was and still is a French Fry soft plastic (I use Zoom) .

Let's establish that a Ned Rig is a mushroom style head with a Z Man plastic.  Otherwise, it's just a jig and plastic.

1 hour ago, Pickle_Power said:

Let's establish that a Ned Rig is a mushroom style head with a Z Man plastic.  Otherwise, it's just a jig and plastic.

Semantics, when you mention Ned rig, everyone knows what you're talking about regardless of the head and bait

Just for reference, my latest Ned rig catch.  Yamamoto Cali Roll on a 1/32 oz custom made Ned with trout hooks.  6lb test line and a Quantum Smoke spinning setup.  Big Blue was 30+ pounds.

 

On 6/24/2020 at 4:45 PM, TOXIC said:

Just for reference, my latest Ned rig catch.  Yamamoto Cali Roll on a 1/32 oz custom made Ned with trout hooks.  6lb test line and a Quantum Smoke spinning setup.  Big Blue was 30+ pounds.

 

How long did you fight that guy on 6 lb line?

On 6/23/2020 at 11:25 PM, Heartland said:

In the eyes of the angling world, Steve Quinn of Brainerd, Minnesota, officially christened the 2 1/2-inch Strike King Lure Company’s Zero affixed to a 1/16-ounce Gopher Tackle’s Mushroom Head Jig as the Ned rig. He did this in the August and September of 2010 issue of In-Fisherman magazine. He did it again in the June of 2011 issue, and on this occasion, he included the 2 1/2-inch Z-Man Fishing Products’ ZinkerZ. Then, in the winter of 2013-14 issue, he identified a Z-Man’s Finesse ShadZ affixed to a mushroom-shaped jig as a Ned rig.

Was gonna say something to this affect. Ned himself threw more than half a stickbait on the mushroom head.

On 6/27/2020 at 11:26 AM, Elkins45 said:

How long did you fight that guy on 6 lb line?

About 15 minutes from the boat.  We were in a cut off the main river.  If we had been in the main river with current and tide it would have been a different story.  

On 6/24/2020 at 10:28 AM, Pickle_Power said:

Let's establish that a Ned Rig is a mushroom style head with a Z Man plastic.  Otherwise, it's just a jig and plastic.

Not true at all. Zman just wants you to think that. Zman stuff no longer sees my jigs and I still fish the Ned rig. I personally like the robo Ned and anglers choice wart hawg cut in half. 
 

As far as the double tail grub or menace on a Ned head, it’s for sure Midwest finesse. @Team9nine can clear up if it fits a Ned rig. 

Can anyone suggest an alternative to Z-man baits for Ned Rig? I'm afraid I'll eventually put the plastics in the wrong bag and melt everything else I own. I'd like to avoid ever buying Elaztech. Or maybe I'm paranoid.

3 hours ago, schplurg said:

Can anyone suggest an alternative to Z-man baits for Ned Rig? I'm afraid I'll eventually put the plastics in the wrong bag and melt everything else I own. I'd like to avoid ever buying Elaztech. Or maybe I'm paranoid.

The bags the Zmann baits come in are very recognizable doubt you would have any problems keeping them seperated.