On 6/3/2023 at 2:24 PM, TnRiver46 said:

Here’s my anti ned rig, plastisol for life 

thats just a ned with a different plastic. your in the club.

@TnRiver46

 

I sight fished three fish on consecutive casts this weekend on a ned…found a bluegill bed, threw on top and got big mama. Threw again and got a small dink bass. Last throw another small dink bass. 
 

dragged it in front of the larger bass in the area (probably around two lbs or so) and he didn’t even flinch.

9 hours ago, padon said:

thats just a ned with a different plastic. your in the club.

But it’s not a mushroom head either. The horror! 

On 6/2/2023 at 11:32 PM, PUTitinYOURmouthFISH said:

Double priced half worms under 1/3rd the bag that last 10-20x longer than any other double sized half price 2/3 full plastic out there. Pays for the other 10 bags of regular stuff by the time you finish one bag of elaztech.

I wish bro, I could use a good 2 week detox. All my shakes will just add some action to my ned.

 

I bet there's some fat mexican bass bagged on lilneds

Fish don’t tear up the worms, rocks steal them. It does the opposite of pay for itself 

On 6/3/2023 at 9:12 AM, MickD said:

For those of you who dislike Neds, keep it up.  The fewer fishermen that use them, the longer the fish will keep eating them.  

 

 

That’s another reason I don’t use them, literally everyone else throws them most of the time. I like to use something they don’t see all day 

On 6/1/2023 at 2:51 PM, Phelptwan said:

It does catch fish, but it sure is boring.

*Not as boring as Drop Shot fishing !

7 minutes ago, TnRiver46 said:

But it’s not a mushroom head either. The horror! 

Fish don’t tear up the worms, rocks steal them. It does the opposite of pay for itself 

That’s another reason I don’t use them, literally everyone else throws them most of the time. I like to use something they don’t see all day 

Branch out into other Ned Rig offerings besides a Z-Man TRD : X Zone , Strike King , Missile Baits , etc. all make good Ned soft plastics with good color selections.

 

43 minutes ago, ChrisD46 said:

*Not as boring as Drop Shot fishing !

Branch out into other Ned Rig offerings besides a Z-Man TRD : X Zone , Strike King , Missile Baits , etc. all make good Ned soft plastics with good color selections.

 

I prefer ones that don’t include the ned moniker, because those are the ones nobody else is buying and throwing 

11 hours ago, padon said:

thats just a ned with a different plastic. your in the club.

 

Now you are too

1 hour ago, ChrisD46 said:

Not as boring as Drop Shot fishing !

I agree, that is the worst type of bass fishing out there.  I'd honestly rather stay home and wait for a better strategy to develop over time than have to drop shot fish.

2 hours ago, gimruis said:

I agree, that is the worst type of bass fishing out there.  I'd honestly rather stay home and wait for a better strategy to develop over time than have to drop shot fish.

Bite your tongue!? That was the hot bait on St Clair this year for our annual trip.  It was pretty steady catching all daylong once I figured out what bait they wanted. 

This may be very unsettling to the OP but I do better with Drop-shot and Jackall flickShake for finesse fishing........my apologies ?

5 hours ago, TOXIC said:

That was the hot bait on St Clair this year for our annual trip.  It was pretty steady catching all daylong once I figured out what bait they wanted. 

Ya, but was YOUR drop shot the real thing or was it an imposter?  I already got busted using a fake ned rig.  I bet yours was also not the real thing.  There's unwritten rules about weights and plastics when referencing these setups.

Just caught my personal best smallie in Canada on a Ned.  1/16 oz Bass pro head with a 3” Charlie Brewer worm.  Caught lots of 3+ lb smallies on Neds and Tubes.  Caught a couple of Walleye on them too.

5 hours ago, gimruis said:

Ya, but was YOUR drop shot the real thing or was it an imposter?  I already got busted using a fake ned rig.  I bet yours was also not the real thing.  There's unwritten rules about weights and plastics when referencing these setups.

?? I know now with the “bubba shot” and a few other iterations, there’s more than 1 accepted Dropshot application but I can assure you I am totally old school and have fished the same rig for 40 years.  The only thing that changes is the bait I choose.  
7 Foot CastAway Skeleton Spinning Rod medium/fast.

Quality spinning reel in 2000 or 2500 size

8lb BPS Excel mono.

#1 Gamakatsu EWG Hook.

1/4 oz QuickDrop Dropshot Weight

Plastics have been varied and change over the years but high on list is the Yamamoto Shad Shape Worm and my old school bait a Yamamoto Pro Senko both rigged Texas. ?

This is how I fish a Texas rig,

6 hours ago, gimruis said:

Ya, but was YOUR drop shot the real thing or was it an imposter?  I already got busted using a fake ned rig.  I bet yours was also not the real thing.  There's unwritten rules about weights and plastics when referencing these setups.

 

I throw some wire on a jighead with a blade or two or 3, top it off with a paddletail on a screw lock and you're golden. It might be an unwritten rule that it's not a Texas rig, but I call it that ?

On 6/5/2023 at 4:58 PM, gimruis said:

There's unwritten rules about weights and plastics when referencing these setups.

 

Unwritten? For your information the following was inscribed in stone and revealed to Ned Kehde a millennia ago...

 

THE NED COMMANDMENTS

Thou shall have no other Lures before me.
Thou shall not bear the likeness of a TuRD.
Thou shall not take the name of ElaZtech in vain.
Remember and keep TuRDsday Holy.
Honor thy largemouth and smallmouth.
Thou shall not powerfish.
Thou shall not commit adultery, or use more than 1/10oz, same thing.
Thou shall not steal, cuz thieves actually suck.
Thou shall not bear false witness of thy fish size (yeah right!)
Thou shall not covet your fishing buddy’s fancy, shiny, expensive new rod (ooh-la-la)

 

I was kind of underwhelmed with the Ned Rig when it started to become mainstream.  Then I had a day when I couldn't get a bite, all except for the Ned Rig. After that,  I was convinced it was going into my rotation of baits but more towards the bottom. Next I thought, I need a specific rod for this and dropshot so I picked up a NRX+ NRR. Finally, I discovered these two baits and my trip to the dark side was complete. 

 

 

Now we have the Z-Man "Micro - Ned" (Ned Jr.) system for when you need to down - size from the standard Ned for pressured fish accustomed to the standard Ned ! Seriously , the new Micro Ned on tiny jig heads is for panfish (6' spinning L/F rod with 4 lb. FC line or #5 lb. braid + leader) . Great for bluegills . crappie and 1 lb. bass .

30 minutes ago, ChrisD46 said:

Now we have the Z-Man "Micro - Ned" (Ned Jr.) system for when you need to down

Lol that's funny right there.  As if the real "standard ned" wasn't micro enough.

If the Ned rig is your drug of choice, do you all want me to ban @Team9nine from this topic? I have those powers! ?

 

I’ve thrown a Ned once! ?

1 hour ago, 12poundbass said:

If the Ned rig is your drug of choice, do you all want me to ban @Team9nine from this topic? I have those powers! ?

 

I’ve thrown a Ned once! ?

I’ve intentionally sat this one out and just enjoyed the entertainment watching from the sidelines.

 

7 hours ago, 12poundbass said:

If the Ned rig is your drug of choice, do you all want me to ban @Team9nine from this topic? I have those powers! ?

 

I’ve thrown a Ned once! ?

The more junkies, the better. We should all move to San Francisco.

Me when I drop a Nedhead on the ground

 

@Team9nine Do you over indulge or need a free hit?

 

I'm done with mushroom head and their tiny gapped hooks . A ball head with a little larger hook keeps bass pinned better and a heck of a lot less expensive. 

32 minutes ago, scaleface said:

I'm done with mushroom head and their tiny gapped hooks . A ball head with a little larger hook keeps bass pinned better and a heck of a lot less expensive. 

I buy more round ball jig heads than bass pro shops