Ned question

[abkeenan]

I only use 4 colors. PBJ, GP, WM Red and Canada Craw. As long as it's some shade of brown or green.....they'll eat it.

[dtrs5kprs]

The GP orange is probably at its peak in a little warmer water. When the little craws are out, right into when the FB jig bite heats up around 80 degrees. More of a post spawn/summer color to me.

I can't catch a fish on pearl, but there are some lighter, shad type colors that are worth a look during the shad spawn. Especially if they aren't eating the standards.

 

[Quillback]

36 minutes ago, dtrs5kprs said:

The GP orange is probably at its peak in a little warmer water. When the little craws are out, right into when the FB jig bite heats up around 80 degrees. More of a post spawn/summer color to me.

I can't catch a fish on pearl, but there are some lighter, shad type colors that are worth a look during the shad spawn. Especially if they aren't eating the standards.

 

That shad deal makes sense, I have caught fish that were busting shad, throwing a ned at them.  Probably worth a shot to throw a shad colored ned at them with a light head at top water fish.  Of course hard to not throw conventional top water at them and get the explosions, but having a ned as a follow up, or for the times when the bass are in between feeding session might work well. 

[dtrs5kprs]

4 minutes ago, Quillback said:

That shad deal makes sense, I have caught fish that were busting shad, throwing a ned at them.  Probably worth a shot to throw a shad colored ned at them with a light head at top water fish.  Of course hard to not throw conventional top water at them and get the explosions, but having a ned as a follow up, or for the times when the bass are in betweethen feeding session might work well. 

That works, kind of with any color. Thinking more of those banks that just load up with shad, May into June. Shallow first, being one of the first rules of the little guy.

[Smalls21]

2 hours ago, abkeenan said:

I only use 4 colors. PBJ, GP, WM Red and Canada Craw. As long as it's some shade of brown or green.....they'll eat it.

I guess I am an over-achiever, cause i have way more than 4 colors

[snagged in outlet 3]

Green Pumpkin Orange, PBJ.  But that's on lakes I fish up north here. 

[dtrs5kprs]

4 hours ago, Smalls21 said:

I guess I am an over-achiever, cause i have way more than 4 colors

Yep. Can't say I have every color, but I carry a bunch.

[crazy4fishin]

58 minutes ago, dtrs5kprs said:

Yep. Can't say I have every color, but I carry a bunch.

Says the guy that has a Suburban full of 3700's  

Seems like anything GP works up here - caught a nice wally on it the other day - about 3 lbs - and I did release it 

[vernon]

17 hours ago, crazy4fishin said:

Says the guy that has a Suburban full of 3700's  

Seems like anything GP works up here - caught a nice wally on it the other day - about 3 lbs - and I did release it 

That's not entirely true.

Suburban's aren't quite big enough.

I'm pretty sure he had two Excursions welded together.

[crazy4fishin]

Dave - Bill....since there are many comments / requests / questions regarding the Ned does it make sense to have a thread locked at the top of the page so that new or old folks can go there and find techniques etc. 

For example - Bills post on (my words) create a "Ned survival kit" were great!! - 

Just a thought! 

C4F