Ned Riding in the Kayak

[yaknar]

I usually kayak alone, but with all this talk about Ned, I thought I would invite him to come along. He didn't have to ride with the rest of my lures, I made him a seat up front. I caught my first fish standing on the ramp at Shelvin before I even got the kayak in the water. The fish wanted slow crankbaits today, reeling in slow and pausing. Caught smallmouth, goggle eye, bluegill and pumpkinseeds. Saw a canoe. They said they had only caught one today as they paddled by. Before he went around the bend in the river I had caught 5 more. If he had just slowed down... I had to perform a hookectomy on the last bass pictured. I caught her and after removing the lure I thought I saw a crawdad antenna in her mouth. But it was a hook with a line on it in the roof of her mouth. It came out easily. I think I get granted 3 wishes. Took a few pictures, released them all, Great day on the river....

[Mofloatjunkie]

Nice fish. Good job on the hookectomy. I seem to catch more goggle eye with Ned in the boat than bass.

[wishin I was fishin]

Good job on hook removal, I took a Carolina rig out of a Bass at Stockton a few weeks ago. It's nice to save one when you can. Everyone laughs at me but I smash the barbs on my hooks when I fish the river, I don't lose very many fish and its just for fun anyway.

[Quillback]

That little bench seat for 'Ned' cracks me up.

Nice looking smallies!

[Ham]

The Zebco's crack me up, but I caught a lot of fish on mine sooooo.

[ness]

That little bench seat for 'Ned' cracks me up.

Nice looking smallies!

I didn't realize what I was looking at. Funny!

[Flysmallie]

The Zebco's crack me up, but I caught a lot of fish on mine sooooo.

Yeah that's probably why he hasn't caught anything on the Ned. I hear you have to have at least a $400 setup to be able to fish it.

[Mofloatjunkie]

My 35 dollar setup catches fish with the ned ALL DAY. No need for expensive setups.

[Ham]

Yeah that's probably why he hasn't caught anything on the Ned. I hear you have to have at least a $400 setup to be able to fish it.

I'm not sure I have a $400 dollar set up in spinning or baitcasting. It's pretty easy for a flyrod combo to top $400 and I have several that do, but not my standard gear.

I do think "better" gear fishes better and is more enjoyable to fish with, but if you're a Zebco/Ugly Stick guy, have at it. It's all about having fun anyway.

[Smallieguy87]

Good pics and report and an awesome job saving that smallie. I dig seeing the old school zebco's in that picture. Fishing doesn't have to be expensive or complicated i appreciate the little things like that.