Ned rigs #1 killer of Bass?

[snagged in outlet 3]

45 minutes ago, Quillback said:

 

Being retired I can spend my fishing time doing goofy stuff.  Today

 

That hurt😆

[moguy1973]

16 hours ago, fishinwrench said:

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

Almost always probably...

[Donna G]

On 12/31/2019 at 4:21 PM, Champ188 said:

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. 

That's true.  James knows how upset I am if a fish gets deep hooked or in the gills.  We've spent plenty of time working on fish like that and working to save them.  Have had very few losses and none were on Ned rigs.  On the other hand, I've known some people who couldn't feel a delicate bite and the fish ends up swallowing the bait and swimming off before they realize it.  Hard to save those, regardless of the bait.  Guide friend of Champ's had a trip with a husband and wife at Lake Ouachita many years ago.  Forget the exact bait, but the husband and guide were both catching a bunch.  Wife said she wasn't getting bit.  Guide checked her soft plastic and it was chewed to pieces, but she never realized anything was going on.   A perfect storm for a gut / gill hooked fish.  Net of it is, sometimes it's just going to happen, regardless.  However, for us, the Ned has never been the culprit.