Best Ned Rig Reel

Casting Ned rigs and working them slowly back. The bass were hitting on the fall. Watching the line swim to the side was the ticket being able to hook up with a few nice largemouth. Fun day on the water!

Ol’Basser reported catching Largemouth Bass using the Ned Rigs technique and Shimano Vanford Spinning Reel - EOL on Stone Lake. Additional comments from this report: "Largemouth were up shallow in 2-5 ft of water around structure. They were aggressive and often hit the ned rig on the initial fall."

Bennett Gapinski reported catching Smallmouth Bass using the Ned Rigs technique and Shimano Vanford Spinning Reel - EOL on Grindstone Lake. Additional comments from this report: "The fish were setting up on big boulders in the shallows. If you were up shallow and there were bait and boulders around you were catching them. Visably looking for big boulders was key. There was often smallies right on them. The ned bomb was killer for theese smallmouth! The other ned rig baits could not keep up."

Seth Akenson reported catching Largemouth Bass using the Ned Rigs technique and Daiwa Tatula LT Spinning Reel - EOL on Bald Eagle Lake. Additional comments from this report: "Post front conditions and the fishing was slow. We worked the weed edge until we got bites and slowed down. Keep an eye on your contour maps for slight changes such and inside/outside turns with healthy, green vegetation as the fish seem to be tight to cover. We got largemouth in areas where we felt the bluegill nibbling on the ned jigs. Slow down if you feel those bites because bass are right behind them. Pairing a chartreuse jig head with a green pumpkin MG Lures floating wormed seems to work best."

Bradley Leuthner reported catching Smallmouth Bass using the Ned Rigs technique and Daiwa Tatula LT Spinning Reel - EOL on Lake Minnetonka. Additional comments from this report: "You really have to put in time to find them. Look in 8 to 14 feet. Lone boulders with sand around them. Seem to be the best."

Travis Newville reported catching Largemouth Bass using the Ned Rigs technique and Daiwa Tatula LT Spinning Reel - EOL on Chisago Lake. Additional comments from this report: "Casted into weeds a little bit. I would rip the bait off of the weeds and they would crush it. I tried multiple baits and they’d only hit the Ned."

Patrick Mazurek reported catching Smallmouth Bass using the Ned Rigs technique and Daiwa Tatula MQ LT Spinning Reel on Pool 1 Mississippi. Additional comments from this report: "Quick half hour fishing rock piles and creek points, on and off rain, mixed cloud cover but still a few hungry ones. Ignored jerk baits and tubes, success as always with weedless Ned rig and tonight zoom finesse was the ticket. "

Simi reported catching Largemouth Bass using the Ned Rigs technique and Daiwa Tatula MQ LT Spinning Reel on Lake Minnetonka. Additional comments from this report: "Slow almost dead sticking the worm and Ned were the key to catching fish. Weedlines in 12-16 produced some decent fish looking for hard bottom or rocks mixed with coontail or milfoil. "

Seth Akenson reported catching Largemouth Bass using the Ned Rigs technique and Daiwa Tatula MQ LT Spinning Reel on Lake Minnetonka. Additional comments from this report: "Fished the Tonka Classic and a few days leading up to it. The bite changed throughout the week but we found fish in holes fishing both the inside and outside week edges. Most my bites offshore were caught using a ned while a Texas rigged worm worked best for cover like docks and laydowns. There were a couple of smallies still shallow in sand. Fishing slow worked best"