Nice instructional video! Enjoyed it. From my experience, the Z-Man lead heads are quite adequate. This past Summer, I caught and landed two 20# plus channel cats (one was 23.5#) on them and holy crap did they fight. No hook bending occurred. I have total confidence in them. My Grandson snapped a Gamu 1/0 hook on a similar catfish - right at the bend on the stout shank! Lesson learned is that just about anything can/will happen at any point to even the best of tackle. => That's what makes fishing such a challenge is that just the tiniest variable can separate you from crying like a little girl vs. being the 'king' of the day. Cheers and bent rods to everyone in 2024!
i started finesse fishing for bass 3 years ago when i bought my kayak. i discovered the ned rig this summer. good little bait, i've done well with it. the TRD is also my most productive bait. the rods i've tried range from 5'9" to 7', all medium light. i like the 5'9" best. i fish it with a Daiwa SS Tournament 1300 with 8lb Hivis yellow Powerpro and a 8lb mono leader.
I got a 7'0 ML Fast (Daiwa Tatula) for my Ned setup and it holds up on bigger ones. I've caught 5-6lbers up here in Ontario with the good old Deadly Nedly -- I always have it tied on. One thing I do since I don't pour is you can usually find tackle shops selling simple rounded jigs for a quarter a pop, grab a file and round the top out and it works good and it's dirt cheap.
Luv the 6S ned fry ...cut it down as needed. Tail up, takes dye better and friendly with other plastic. Z turd does work wonders and last forever. I really like both. Nice video NQ!
I’ve adapted my jig mold to accept a thin ss wire as a weed guard. It can be fished in wood and rocks without many snags. Try it and save a lot of lures and still catches fish…
Thanks for the tip on the power finesse hooks.. I was jigging lakers with a friend using neds and he said he catches lots of bass on the neds so I started using them and did very well catching bass using the hot snake TRD from zman, but had a hard time finding zman hooks locally. This helped.
Preemptively speaking I don’t fish much these days, I work, and have a lot of things to do, fishing is my hobby when I get a chance to get into it, I really haven’t had much time on the water so my opinions are only based on what I read, s here goes! Ah! The countless articles I have read from Ned Kehde/Infisherman magazine articles just trying to get some answers about it, and they are informative but they are also very, very boring, I must have ADD or just a short attention span because I cannot follow the Time of day, water temp., barometer, green pumpkin chartreuse head vs. red jig head and it goes on and on next paragraph after the next, but I try my best to get the most out of all of these articles. So Ned claims to fish with number 1/16th-1/8th, 6, 4, 2 hooks and an old set of vintage Shakespeare 6’6” rods and a Zebco reels, but you will see him often in pictures fishing modern stuff too, I know it’s part of the whole marketing game, just get yourself a cheap, old, simple graphite rod and reel that you have lying around and throw it out with the Ned rig on some cheap braid and you’ll catch fish! True it is! We know it works! And so Ned’s no feel presentation/approach that he speaks about has always confused me a bit, but wait! News flash! Ned and his finesse partner/expert Drew Reese are now fishing Z-man’s new Z-Man Drew's Ultimate Ned Rig Spinning Rods 5’4”and 5’10” and Ned says he can now feel everything! Hmm? I thought we were supposed to feel nothing? We were supposed to watch our line like you said, lime green so you can see the line move, every expert has there own version of it but obviously the Ned rig works I guess it just depends on where you’re fishing, from bow from sure, but I love it. This is been my Covid hobby and it’s kept me sane whether I have fish or not! Thanks for your video!
I’m from Minnesota. The true land of the Ned rig. Ned himself started experimenting with small pieces of worms on long shanked light jigs. Found out it worked He designed his own head. Not anything over 1/16 oz. And Is only meant to drifted through the water column. Never reaching bottom. (( lot of deep small clear lakes Minnesota Wisconsin. Full of smallmouth. )). Anything over 1/16 oz. Reaching bottom. Finesse jigging. Sorry. And!!!the original jig they quite marking them years ago. FYI. Tight lines.
Great video and knowledge. I have been slaying them this spring in lakes and ponds in northeast. One of few baits I can ish in slimy ponds with big bass.
@@nathanquincefishing7122 I like your fish line which is easier to see from 63 year old.. what brands was it? In our town of Roanoke Va all store don’t have anything but clear lines.
I like the simplicity of the ned however, after 20 or so casts & retrieves, I seem to get a crazy amount of line twist. I assume that is due to alignment of the hook in the bait but, as careful as I am, the twist persists. Any thoughts?
Ned rigs have been hot for me lately. Zman and nothing else is the gospel. I have been having great luck with weedless EWG heads made locally off Do It Weedless Midwest Finesse mold. Impossible to fish normal shroom heads where I am fishing. I have noticed smallmouth love the Zman Bugz. I usually stick around that 1/10 oz weight unless windy or deeper water.
I use the ZMan Ned rig a lot here and, it works well for me at my lake. I usually will transition to the Big TRD later in the year but, sometimes have to go back to the Finesse TRD when times get real tough. I've caught 4+ pound fish with the ZMan Shroomz and, yes, they do sometimes bend a little but, getting them back after a snag is a good trade off. Two tips when using the ZMan Shroomz head and TRD baits are, stretch the bait before using it and, the second tip is to rotate your knot on the Shroomz head to the upper most position after tying the bait on. Rotate it to the spot where the eye meets the lead closest to the hook shank. Both of these tips will make your TRD stand up straighter and, will give your bait more action.
I'm in the Midwest "Nebraska" and where I live they just built a couple lakes with smallmouth and yellow perch only... what would you recommend me trying to catch my first smallie.. I've been to one of the 2 lakes a few times and never got a bite... the other lake I pretty dried out with little bit of water so I haven't had a chance to fish it yet
@BlackandWhitecustoms I finally had luck... I bought a kayak earlier in the year and took it out this summer for the first time and ended up catching around 11 smallmouth within a couple hours of fishing nothing big maybe 1.5lbs but man do they fight
Can’t go wrong with the Ned Rig! I caught a 7.5 largemouth on a Ned Head this week, but I had a Samaria Baits HTW, (Hollow Tip Worm) on the head. Check out the HTW!
New subscriber here. Good video very informative. I always try the ned rig in my big pond and small lakes around me and ussually do good. Sorry for my question though but seems that I always struggle use them on rivers. Is there a different technique that I should apply because of the current? Or stick with it until get lucky?
Use a heavier head use like a quarter ounce or a 10 g head and then let it stay in the column of the water that’s moving I fish to Potomac River and the gunpowder here in Baltimore Maryland and trust me. I went through the same problem a lot of guys don’t realize if you’re not Fishing and 20 for the water you don’t need a half ounce jig head three eights works great.
I’m in the northeast, but the Ned bite hasn’t produced anything for me yet. Historically, it’s been killer though. Haven’t seen any crayfish yet and the weather’s been all over the place so that may be part of the issue.
Think I gets fished sooo much that it's not as grand as it used to b. Fish r stupid animals, but ANY animal can almost b trained, & they learn...after they get stuck a couple x.
Zman are great! but you have to get them waterlogged to stand up, other wise they fall over too!!! Best thing to do is keep'em wet by throwing it alot or let it drag besides your boat!
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Nice instructional video! Enjoyed it. From my experience, the Z-Man lead heads are quite adequate. This past Summer, I caught and landed two 20# plus channel cats (one was 23.5#) on them and holy crap did they fight. No hook bending occurred. I have total confidence in them. My Grandson snapped a Gamu 1/0 hook on a similar catfish - right at the bend on the stout shank! Lesson learned is that just about anything can/will happen at any point to even the best of tackle. => That's what makes fishing such a challenge is that just the tiniest variable can separate you from crying like a little girl vs. being the 'king' of the day. Cheers and bent rods to everyone in 2024!
i started finesse fishing for bass 3 years ago when i bought my kayak. i discovered the ned rig this summer. good little bait, i've done well with it. the TRD is also my most productive bait. the rods i've tried range from 5'9" to 7', all medium light. i like the 5'9" best. i fish it with a Daiwa SS Tournament 1300 with 8lb Hivis yellow Powerpro and a 8lb mono leader.
I tie the TRD with a loop knot. Lots more action on the jig. Great tips!
Nice!
I think I’ll give that a try.
I used the pb and j up here in New York a few weeks ago when it was warm and they moved shallow.. nailed em!
Awesome!
I got a 7'0 ML Fast (Daiwa Tatula) for my Ned setup and it holds up on bigger ones. I've caught 5-6lbers up here in Ontario with the good old Deadly Nedly -- I always have it tied on. One thing I do since I don't pour is you can usually find tackle shops selling simple rounded jigs for a quarter a pop, grab a file and round the top out and it works good and it's dirt cheap.
What kinda knot due ya use for your leader. I use ah uni to uni knot but seams kinda large & doesn't come thru eye of pole real well.
how about june bug color? thanks!
Luv the 6S ned fry ...cut it down as needed. Tail up, takes dye better and friendly with other plastic.
Z turd does work wonders and last forever.
I really like both.
Nice video NQ!
I’ve adapted my jig mold to accept a thin ss wire as a weed guard. It can be fished in wood and rocks without many snags. Try it and save a lot of lures and still catches fish…
That’s a great modification!
I am just getting started in bass fishing and have been trying the ned rig but still have not had any luck with it yet
Keep trying it catches them!
Thanks for the tip on the power finesse hooks.. I was jigging lakers with a friend using neds and he said he catches lots of bass on the neds so I started using them and did very well catching bass using the hot snake TRD from zman, but had a hard time finding zman hooks locally. This helped.
Thx for the tips! Im begining this technique...and it works great in my local river! Québec Canada🇨🇦.
Coppertreuse for the win!😅
@@martincaron7709 I tried the yoga pants color and got 2 walleyes on it in the River St-Maurice
I use a # 4 hook on my small jig I make my own with some nice additions works great
Great video thanks for the techniques your always showing us 👍
Thank you!
thoughts on new Yamamoto floating ned? easier to rig and will hold dye.
Preemptively speaking I don’t fish much these days, I work, and have a lot of things to do, fishing is my hobby when I get a chance to get into it, I really haven’t had much time on the water so my opinions are only based on what I read, s here goes! Ah! The countless articles I have read from Ned Kehde/Infisherman magazine articles just trying to get some answers about it, and they are informative but they are also very, very boring, I must have ADD or just a short attention span because I cannot follow the Time of day, water temp., barometer, green pumpkin chartreuse head vs. red jig head and it goes on and on next paragraph after the next, but I try my best to get the most out of all of these articles. So Ned claims to fish with number 1/16th-1/8th, 6, 4, 2 hooks and an old set of vintage Shakespeare 6’6” rods and a Zebco reels, but you will see him often in pictures fishing modern stuff too, I know it’s part of the whole marketing game, just get yourself a cheap, old, simple graphite rod and reel that you have lying around and throw it out with the Ned rig on some cheap braid and you’ll catch fish! True it is! We know it works! And so Ned’s no feel presentation/approach that he speaks about has always confused me a bit, but wait! News flash! Ned and his finesse partner/expert Drew Reese are now fishing Z-man’s new Z-Man Drew's Ultimate Ned Rig Spinning Rods 5’4”and 5’10” and Ned says he can now feel everything! Hmm? I thought we were supposed to feel nothing? We were supposed to watch our line like you said, lime green so you can see the line move, every expert has there own version of it but obviously the Ned rig works I guess it just depends on where you’re fishing, from bow from sure, but I love it. This is been my Covid hobby and it’s kept me sane whether I have fish or not! Thanks for your video!
Thanks!
I tried one for the first time last weekend and had no luck . I was dragging it really slowly with the same z-man plastic , and nothing 😂😂
I’m from Minnesota. The true land of the Ned rig. Ned himself started experimenting with small pieces of worms on long shanked light jigs. Found out it worked He designed his own head. Not anything over 1/16 oz. And Is only meant to drifted through the water column. Never reaching bottom. (( lot of deep small clear lakes Minnesota Wisconsin. Full of smallmouth. )). Anything over 1/16 oz. Reaching bottom. Finesse jigging. Sorry. And!!!the original jig they quite marking them years ago. FYI. Tight lines.
Great video and knowledge.
I have been slaying them this spring in lakes and ponds in northeast. One of few baits I can ish in slimy ponds with big bass.
Awesome!
All the best from the UK 💪🏼
Try the Westin Ned Jig heads... Normal and offset, you will not be disappointed
Question, Your open face reel line looks smooth and straight.. for some reason my tangle up and a lot of curls… what gives??
I did a video on line spooling but I use braid which is a big help
@@nathanquincefishing7122 oh ok, Thanks
@@nathanquincefishing7122 I like your fish line which is easier to see from 63 year old.. what brands was it? In our town of Roanoke Va all store don’t have anything but clear lines.
I like the simplicity of the ned however, after 20 or so casts & retrieves, I seem to get a crazy amount of line twist. I assume that is due to alignment of the hook in the bait but, as careful as I am, the twist persists. Any thoughts?
Seems like just keeping it straight on the hook
i know this question is a little bit late, but where do you get your bulk trd's at?
I just buy many bags at a time and combine them
Tungsten heads transmit bottom composition better then lead.
Nathan I might have asked this before but when pouring the Midwest Finesse jig do you have any problems with the lead being loose on the hook ?
I do sometimes on the smaller sizes but I just deal with it
Ned rigs have been hot for me lately. Zman and nothing else is the gospel. I have been having great luck with weedless EWG heads made locally off Do It Weedless Midwest Finesse mold. Impossible to fish normal shroom heads where I am fishing. I have noticed smallmouth love the Zman Bugz. I usually stick around that 1/10 oz weight unless windy or deeper water.
Nice!
I use the ZMan Ned rig a lot here and, it works well for me at my lake. I usually will transition to the Big TRD later in the year but, sometimes have to go back to the Finesse TRD when times get real tough. I've caught 4+ pound fish with the ZMan Shroomz and, yes, they do sometimes bend a little but, getting them back after a snag is a good trade off. Two tips when using the ZMan Shroomz head and TRD baits are, stretch the bait before using it and, the second tip is to rotate your knot on the Shroomz head to the upper most position after tying the bait on. Rotate it to the spot where the eye meets the lead closest to the hook shank. Both of these tips will make your TRD stand up straighter and, will give your bait more action.
very great comment youg man.
KEE-P SENDING THE GREAT IN TO THE FISHERMAN IT HELPS QUITE ALOT OF THE FISHERMAN GOOD JOB YOU ARE DOING.
Does it work in Florida?
I’ve actually never tried but I’m sure it would
Happy Haircut boss. Love the Ned’s. Where do you get the bulk packs?
I just buy multiple packs of the trds at a time!
I know it’s technically “not” a Ned but I buy the heads with the offset hooks so I can be truly weedless and fish any structure without worry.
Still works!
Bubble Guts and Cooppertreuese are my go to
Good colors!
I've found this bait often outperforms tubes in current situations. I never hit the river with out them now.
Yes it does!
Nathan, what's the deal with the pump circulating water at the last dock you fished? Is that common on that lake?
Those are called bubblers. They keep the water from freezing around the dock so people don't have to take their docks out every fall.
@@randomheroat420 That makes sense. I have never seen those before.
I'm in the Midwest "Nebraska" and where I live they just built a couple lakes with smallmouth and yellow perch only... what would you recommend me trying to catch my first smallie.. I've been to one of the 2 lakes a few times and never got a bite... the other lake I pretty dried out with little bit of water so I haven't had a chance to fish it yet
Try throwing smaller profile bait. I catch perch on a little piece of shrimp hooked up to a drop shot with size 6 hook.
@BlackandWhitecustoms I finally had luck... I bought a kayak earlier in the year and took it out this summer for the first time and ended up catching around 11 smallmouth within a couple hours of fishing nothing big maybe 1.5lbs but man do they fight
@shaunmoeller3288 congratulations and welcome to the caught a fish club 😁
@BlackandWhitecustoms I've caught tons of fish yhis was just the first time for smallmouth since we don't have them in my area
Hey bro great video a lot of detail and content
Thank you!
I really wish I could feel comfortable doing that, but I fish from the bank, and it is riprap. If I have any weight on my soft plastic, I lose it.
Can’t go wrong with the Ned Rig! I caught a 7.5 largemouth on a Ned Head this week, but I had a Samaria Baits HTW, (Hollow Tip Worm) on the head. Check out the HTW!
Awesome!
What kind of boat is that? Simple but perfect
I am not sure which one it was in this video!
If you’ve ever watched a minnow feeding on the bottom, it looks a lot like a Ned rig. Head down, tail up.
Thanks! I’ve been trying to figure out what the ned rig mimics. This makes a lot of sense.
New subscriber here. Good video very informative. I always try the ned rig in my big pond and small lakes around me and ussually do good. Sorry for my question though but seems that I always struggle use them on rivers. Is there a different technique that I should apply because of the current? Or stick with it until get lucky?
Use a heavier head use like a quarter ounce or a 10 g head and then let it stay in the column of the water that’s moving I fish to Potomac River and the gunpowder here in Baltimore Maryland and trust me. I went through the same problem a lot of guys don’t realize if you’re not Fishing and 20 for the water you don’t need a half ounce jig head three eights works great.
I actually really like a ned rig in current
I’m in the northeast, but the Ned bite hasn’t produced anything for me yet. Historically, it’s been killer though. Haven’t seen any crayfish yet and the weather’s been all over the place so that may be part of the issue.
Yep it’s been a weird spring!
Think I gets fished sooo much that it's not as grand as it used to b. Fish r stupid animals, but ANY animal can almost b trained, & they learn...after they get stuck a couple x.
Really? Where are you fishing it at? Maybe too fast retrieval. It's definitely you not the lure
Same here.
Pouring your own with the gama hook means there is no plastic keeper on the hook, do you have problems keeping the worm up to the head?
I put a keeper on mine!
Great video. But how’s that sandwich. It looks tasty 😂
Ned and Midwest-finesse guys fish the art of “no feel”…bottom contact is optional.
Do you super glue your head?
Sometimes!
Anyone else had a turtle eat your ned rig lol
They think it’s a crawdad standing in the defense position. Lots of times crawdads lose their pinchers and look like the TRD
I’ve always been told to fish the NED slow, very slow . You looked like you were reeling back before it could even hit bottom. ????
I’ll fish it very slowly on key spots then reel in to make another cast in a good area
I feel like I just took a college course. Can't be giving out all your secrets!
Awesome!
That’s how I feel about a wacky rig, I hate using it because it looks like a cartoon character set my rod up
I think it looks like nymphs or hellgrammite
Chartreuse or red painted heads entice SMBs.
Zman are great! but you have to get them waterlogged to stand up, other wise they fall over too!!! Best thing to do is keep'em wet by throwing it alot or let it drag besides your boat!
I think they look like sticklerbacks
Ham and cheese?
Ned identifies 4 different retrieves.
And DONT store them with any other kind of lure, it will melt into a giant mess