Ned rigs #1 killer of Bass?

[Guest]

just my opinion because i have watched other dudley vidoes, and dudley seems to me to have some very unsubstantiated view points on numerous things.  i know lthere will be those that point out he makes a living fishing, but to me, he is dumber than a box of rocks.

an apology ahead of time for those that i have offended.

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[Champ188]

He pulled a stunt a few years back in BASS where he spent his practice time going around yanking fish off beds from fellow competitors' fishing areas. Was lucky he didn't get his butt royally kicked for that.

That said, the guy can fish. He's proved it on numerous occasions. But dang if I'd consider him an expert on the Ned rig or that it kills bunches of bass. Donna and I neither one have ever mortally injured a bass with a Ned rig. 

[fishinwrench]

I've ripped more gills out using Suspending jerkbaits than anything else I think.  Second place goes to a Pop-R, don't think I own one that the hair tail isn't stained from blood.  

[Quillback]

New product at Tackle Warehouse (I kid you not).  Would make a great gag gift for a fishing buddy that does not like Ned rigging.

[bobby b.]

I think the slab spoon is a fish killer - here's the proof 🙁

[Seth Clarkson]

I can say I am not great at detecting bites, and I don't know that I can remember gut hooking a fish with a ned rig. I know I have mistakenly not realized I had a small one on before. However the worst for me has, and probably always will be a tube for gut hooking fish. They catch it on the fall and I realize it too late. Then something about tubes or the placement of the hook penetration makes them want to swallow it down even further at times as you try to get it out. I don't ever have that problem with other baits. 

 

I will also say that I have tried the technique in the video Dutch posted and I felt like I was hurting the fish attempting to do that and would give up and cut the line. However I have continued to practice and am able to do that trick most every time now. It has helped me save quite a few of the smaller guys choking that tube. Also something else that seems to help me at times is if you get one bleeding pretty bad, depending on the location you can poor some soda across the gash and I think the sugar helps it clot, just try to keep it from going down their throat as much as possible. Mountain Dew seems to work for me anyway. 

[abkeenan]

The best way to change someones mind or give validity to your argument is always to start the dialog off with "They are rough stats, not accurate and are assumptions". 60% of the time it works every time. Or something like that.

[moguy1973]

55 minutes ago, abkeenan said:

The best way to change someones mind or give validity to your argument is always to start the dialog off with "They are rough stats, not accurate and are assumptions". 60% of the time it works every time. Or something like that.

"I'm always correct 50% of the time."

[fishinwrench]

2 hours ago, moguy1973 said:

"I'm always correct 50% of the time."

You thought you were wrong once.... but you were mistaken?

[Quillback]

Being retired I can spend my fishing time doing goofy stuff.  Today I told myself that I would take pics of the first 10 bass I caught with the Ned rig, focusing on where they were hooked.

Today was a day of dinks, caught over 20 of them, but only one keeper.  Keepers just vanished today for reasons unknown to me.

Not one bass 'gut hooked'.

If you don't like seeing pics of dinks with Ned rigs stuck in them, now is the time to exit.

BTW, I took 11 pics, lost track.  Senior moment.