The Rock Rolled Me! 4-25-14 Fishing Report

[Dylan Cluver]

Family friends own a resort in the Kim city area and are hosting a club tourney this weekend.

[Goggle-Eyed]

Having fished Fork on a weekend and most recently (last weekend) on Lake Austin, I doubt it was truly take a number fishing.... On Lake Austin I literally saw boats Lined up to fish row of docks.... I gave up on "the bite" and we hit "other" water with little pressure... That was rewarding, I caught several over 3lbs and my buddy form Austin caught 1 over 7lbs... These fish were caught truly fishing recycle water....5-10 boats ahead of us everywhere we went! LOZ and Truman don't really no pressure compared to Texas lakes!

Joe

[Ham]

It was a day custom made for Ned fishing. Norfork had lots and lots of traffic as well. I had a spot I wanted to fish again ONCE the fish got going in the afternoon and I could never get back on it. It was a new spot to me, but a dozen other boats must have known about it already.

[ericangler]

boys i smashed them pretty good yesterday going behind the boats in the pt 22 area nobody was throwing what i was if iwent 5 min without a bite it felt like something was wrong all the fish super shallow. 50 plus would have had 100 if all the biters would hook. this lake is loaded. 15 keeps all largemouth and k's

[dtrs5kprs]

Two words...Ned Rig.

Fished with a friend from KS who was new to the little rig. Took him maybe an hour to get the feel for it, then we were good. Same baits and locations, but more pale fish continue to come in.

Brought him in at about 330 so he could make his dinner date. We had around 14-15 nice keepers at the time, maybe 50+ total. Went back out about 5, fished till 6 or so. Added some shorts, and 4 more keepers. One was a 4# black. Motoman was kind enough to snap a pic of her, as we were bs'ing from our boats on the same spot.

Think it would be scary to throw it on pea gravel at night.

The word SLOW is the key. We sat in front of one bush (just as a marker) for well over an hour, moved and spent another hour plus fishing the next two boat lengths. Not only does the bait need to be slow, the boat must also.

[Ham]

That ain't slow Dave that glacial. Good Grief man. I'll consider myself a work in progress. I spent a couple of hours on a 200 yard stretch, but did feel like I was moving too fast at times.

I rolled the dial on the Minn Kota back to 30 (instead of 60 or 70) to make myself move more slowly.

BTW I wonder what that Big LMB bass has been doing. Check out the tail.

Just to remind ppl what you have said in the past, The Ned rig is not a search technique. It is a catching technique. Find the fish wth someting else and then catch them all with the Ned Rig aka little rig aka this tupid thing that shouldn't work but does.

I got to the point yesterday when I cast was over once I caught a fish. Otherwise I'd just shake in place or hop it again. I had to talk the catfish into eating it.

[Goggle-Eyed]

as for the NED rig... many of us have been fishing it for at least 20 years... I bought the Zman baits and paid for the "mushroom" heads.... I still haven't seen the increase in fish over 1/2 a worm (senko or whatever) on a jig head... Still seems like a "hyped" tactic (Based on a Name) and I refuse to call something I have been doing for years by a "Name"

No NED Rig for me.. Will still fish a 1/2 or less salt impregnated worm on a mushroom head (same as 5 years ago) just won't brag about it and name it after a single fisherman.

Joe Rig

[dtrs5kprs]

as for the NED rig... many of us have been fishing it for at least 20 years... I bought the Zman baits and paid for the "mushroom" heads.... I still haven't seen the increase in fish over 1/2 a worm (senko or whatever) on a jig head... Still seems like a "hyped" tactic (Based on a Name) and I refuse to call something I have been doing for years by a "Name"

No NED Rig for me.. Will still fish a 1/2 or less salt impregnated worm on a mushroom head (same as 5 years ago) just won't brag about it and name it after a single fisherman.

Joe Rig

I'm just at the "whatever" point with this now.

It's accounted for well over 100 keepers for several boats from a single creek in a week. You can do what Stacey does and call it the turd worm or anything else. It remains a fish catcher and a problem solver.

Curious to know how many senkos folks go through on a 50 fish day. We did that Friday and used 4 heads and 2 worms cut down, and they were still catching fish when only held to the head with glue. That would be under the price of the bag of senkos for an entire day.

Just don't get the venom.

[dtrs5kprs]

That ain't slow Dave that glacial. Good Grief man. I'll consider myself a work in progress. I spent a couple of hours on a 200 yard stretch, but did feel like I was moving too fast at times.

I rolled the dial on the Minn Kota back to 30 (instead of 60 or 70) to make myself move more slowly.

BTW I wonder what that Big LMB bass has been doing. Check out the tail.

Just to remind ppl what you have said in the past, The Ned rig is not a search technique. It is a catching technique. Find the fish wth someting else and then catch them all with the Ned Rig aka little rig aka this tupid thing that shouldn't work but does.

I got to the point yesterday when I cast was over once I caught a fish. Otherwise I'd just shake in place or hop it again. I had to talk the catfish into eating it.

Ham makes a good point. Basically I fish places I would expect to catch them on bigger finesse. I don't spend much time looking for them. Did a bit last week when it was cold after that front because many were coming in.

That black is one of the winners of the gene pool lottery. If she is still around in ten years she will be a sea monster. Compared to the other 4# fish we catch here, she was much thicker and shorter. Was like grabbing a 4# beef roast. Just meat. She has that frame you see on the big fish in tanks, short thick and weird.

[Quillback]

I find typing "Ned Rig" is a lot easier than typing "Half a 6" Senko type bait super glued to a 1/16 oz mushroom head jig with a weed guard". But, that being said, we need to think of a more regional name, kind of like Carolina rig, Alabama rig or Texas rig. Some suggestions:

Kansas rig

Missouri rig

Ozark rig

Rock rig