Beating a dead horse

[Amery]

Of all the talk the Ned rig gets I, somehow, have a question I've never seen brought up. Ned at night? Anyone doing that? I've caught river fish on tubes at night. I will try it out soon but was still wanting input.

[fishinwrench]

Oh I'm sure. Stick a rattle in them.

[hoglaw]

Anything is worth a shot but I've always gone big profile at night. Top water, big worm, swimming fluke on a baffle head, etc. I suppose fish still eat crayfish at night so there's no reason why it wouldn't work. And the slow drag off the rocks ought to clue them into where it is, but when I think night fishing I don't think finesse.

[jdmidwest]

Look for a glow in the dark worm and I bet you could not keep them off of it.

[Old plug]

Remember to be sure and get it properly set up. It absolutly necessary to have the right jig head( they say) and the right brand of stretch worm to cut off so on and so forth.

[J-Doc]

Vibration is by far more important than seeing a bait presentation.

That doesn't mean it needs rattles. Or you imparting action. The Zman bait will quiver with the slightest water displacement. I've set me rod down and watched it. It will wiggle with just current alone. Why it's so effective.

Fish it.

It works.

[Guest]

Ive learned that whatever works in the daytime will work after dark.

If your catching them on finesse worms during the day, they will bite them at night in the same color.

The whole idea that you need black lures that makes lots of noise are fine, but standard baits & colors work just fine.

[dtrs5kprs]

Oh I'm sure. Stick a rattle in them.

Baldridge has been crushing good ones by putting the Garland crappie rattles in the TRD. Mostly in small lakes. Has several videos of it on his WinkieDoodles channel, along with rigging info.

Am sure it would work fine at night as is. It certainly does pre-dawn. We used to fish 1/8oz hair jigs with U2 eels or 101 frogs at BSL at night. Can't be that much different.

[Amery]

I'm talking the clear end of beaver. I bet that thing shaking puts off a fair amount of vibs.

[dtrs5kprs]

Shouldn't be any reason it needs to raise a ruckus to catch them at night in a clear lake. Same for any bait really. Bigger, noisy baits like a short arm single spin are fun, but I've caught more fish at night on little stuff like a hair jig, the old ninny fly, or a straight tailed worm. Have not thrown the little rig at them in the dark, but I don't really night fish anymore. An occasional 3am start if it is hot in the summer. Throws me off too much physically, to shuffle the schedule for night fishing.