First time using a ned rig

[5bites]

The new 3.0 diesel is intriguing that's for sure.

[MOPanfisher]

I can't wait until the Original Rapala swimming minnow comes back as the new hot bait, I will be set. Till then I guess I will fish with whatever either works for me, or trips my fancy on that day. The only way I could ever get 20 pounds in a tournament is if they weighed my lunch and drinks.

[Ham]

I enjoy catching big fish, BUT I'd rather catch 100's of fish and have a few of them be large than catch a few large fish and nothing else. If you want to fish GIANT lures and reduce your bites to just over sized fish, by all means have at it. That's not me. I want to catch a lot of fish and I want to catch a bunch of them every time I go out.

[Chief Grey Bear]

So which makes you a better fisherman?

Catching hundreds of little fish that takes no skill?

Nothing but adult fish that takes skill?

Or something in between?

[dtrs5kprs]

So which makes you a better fisherman?

Catching hundreds of little fish that takes no skill?

Nothing but adult fish that takes skill?

Or something in between?

Being able to catch them every day, regardless of conditions, and regardless of size. There is a reason AOY awards are so revered.

[dtrs5kprs]

The only way I could ever get 20 pounds in a tournament is if they weighed my lunch and drinks.

One of the funniest lines I've read here in a while.

Most of us are in that boat with you. A very few can consistently threaten 20#, and a whole bunch more fool themselves into thinking they can. That is how the very few rake up the "donations" the others make with their entry fees.

[dtrs5kprs]

I enjoy catching big fish, BUT I'd rather catch 100's of fish and have a few of them be large than catch a few large fish and nothing else. If you want to fish GIANT lures and reduce your bites to just over sized fish, by all means have at it. That's not me. I want to catch a lot of fish and I want to catch a bunch of them every time I go out.

Absolutely. Recreational fishing, but done seriously to improve the results.

[Chief Grey Bear]

Being able to catch them every day, regardless of conditions, and regardless of size. There is a reason AOY awards are so revered.

So target the small easy ones to compensate?

[fishinwrench]

Dave has written enough about the Ned on here to have written a bible about it.

[Quillback]

What's a Ned rig?

Dave would you please explain?

LOL, yeah lots and lots has been written about it. And it's not just here, it has been a topic of conversation on the national boards also. And it seems to have been universally named the Ned rig, nobody, except a few on here, calls it the little rig or little varmint.

Makes we wonder with everyone throwing it now if the fish will get wise to it. So far they don't seem to be.