"He made Tim and I look like we don't have a problem" LOL.

You guys are invaluable to a lot of us, whenever I need to know anything about a technique or gear I check your videos out! I appreciate the hard work you guys put into these videos and the gear breakdown in the link. I find myself anticipating your next videos and can’t wait for another.

You are absolutely right. I use the Ned Rig at anytime and always gives me a good result. Thanks for the video.

Matt, I've been waiting a long time to say "told you so!" Love the video bud. I was very fortunate to learn the technique from Ned himself 12-13 years ago. It was a lot of fun when maybe a dozen of us used it locally. It's mainstream now, so staying ahead of the curve now is the fun part. Let me know when you want to part 2. I need another trip to California, and another to break my PB.

@tacticalbassin

6 жыл бұрын

Ha! I'm game for part 2 any time :-) You were blessed for sure to be so far ahead of the curve!

Matt does an incredible job of explaining the technique, thanks for sharing!

Love the Ned Rig. The lake I fish at is very tough in the late fall and winter and the Zman TRD just flat out gets the job done. I have turned a lot of local guys on this technique and they are loving it!

As much as I hate to admit this, I’ve struggled severely to catch my first bass of 2019. The fish haven’t moved up and just have not been doing much. Normally I’ve caught a lot of numbers and numerous 6lb+ bass by now. This year has just been strange here in Northern Arizona. So, after being frustrated for so long, my fiancé told me to just grab a confidence bait that’s a finesse presentation and just go have fun. No pressure, no expectations. I grabbed my terminal tackle box, and a handful of Ned Rig worm packs and hit the river. 2nd cast on a PB&J Ned Worm I caught my first bass of 2019. Ran out of light so I went back with a couple friends the following day and caught 9 or 10 bass on the Ned Rig again. I used PB&J, California Craw and Coppertruese. The Ned Rig has been a confidence Rig and bait since it first came out. I’ve been so hard on myself trying to smash my PB which is 14lbs 1oz I caught back in 2010 on Lake Fork Resevoir in Texas where I was born and raised. I allowed myself to become blind, I got myself out of focus, beat myself up and lost so much confidence in myself. It’s been brutal. My fiancé made me slow down, and just go have fun. That was the reset I needed. I know I’m not the only one that has moments like this so if any of you guys are going through something similar, just slow down. Grab a finesse rod and a few packs of confidence baits and go have fun. The Ned Rig works, in all places and all times of the year. I have yet to try any of the Roboworm Ned Rig worms but I for sure will now. I’ve mostly used the Z-Man products, I’ve taken 4” Strike King Ocho’s and used them. 4.5” Zoom Finesse worms cut down work amazing as well. I hope my story can inspire or even help someone that’s going through a similar rough patch like I was just in. Y’all just go out and have fun, don’t be too hard on yourselves. Matt, thanks for the tips and advice as always Brother. Always look forward to the videos you and Tim put out. You guys spend so much money and time out doing what you guys love, just to teach all of us. I appreciate it sincerely. I hope all is well with you guys and the families. Stay safe, keep having fun and I look forward to many more videos!! God Bless you guys and all y’all do for us!!

I love going back and learning from your old videos!

Thanks Matt!!! I went out and caught my PB Largemouth (6.18 lbs) on my 3rd cast with a PB&J Finesse TRD.

Caught 3 bass yesterday using these tips. Thanks Matt!

Thanks guys. Deadly lure and presentation. It's part of my "panic box", as Ike terms it... I always have one tied on when fishing our cooling lakes from late fall through late winter when most of our lakes are frozen. Great lure in it's typical setup, but there's ways to fine-tune it, too. It's also one of the best ways to fill a limit and/or catch a biggun' in the heat of the summer when things seem to shut down...

Always a good morning when new TB video for the morning Duce! This thing does absolutely catches so many fish but so many bluegills to shake off

Thank you after watching this last night I remembered I had stored those z man trd in with my other plastics. Needless to say when I checked I had a mess and had to throw out other plastics as well and clean out my Plano. It is better though than to find out when I’m out on my boat this spring. Thanks again lesson learned and keep up your great work.

this ned rig is similiar to a trout jig a bit oversize and stands up with elaztech buoyancy enticing a winter bass...awesome!!!💪💪💪

Matt, another great vid. 🙂 I agree to not move the bait as much in winter than warmer weather. I usually will slightly move it every 10-15 seconds, but have noticed dead sticking it works great at times too when they finally decide to take it. Thanks!

Large mouth bass love Ned rigs. You are so right they nail it big time

The Ned rig won me a big regional tournament. Awesome bait for tough conditions

Great timing picked up some gear for the Ned rig yesterday and woke up to find my go to KZreadr posted a video on it.

I definitely have to try it out for this coming season, thanks Matt!!

Thanks tim and matt for all the awesome vids this year ,safe holidays to you and your family's

Talk about literally throwing the 1-6th weights lol. Just happened to find your videos a few months back. Love your channel. I don't need cable just Tactical Bassin and KBF Chad Hoover and Hooked On Wild Waters Drew Gregory and Kayak Catfish to watch in the late evenings after I get in from fishing. Am learning so much from you guys and its fun to head out try techniques and new baits I would of never tried out before. Am just a average working guy who loves to fish in the evenings and weekends. You guys have help me focus on the right way of fishing unstead of just fishing up and down banks and docks and trying to get lucky ect. Love what guys are doing and many thanks for doing so. Thanks for your time for helping all of us.👍

Learned about the Ned rig about 8 years ago from a buddy out on Clearlake my first time throwing it instantly got me hooked on it

My favorite #1 KZread channel!!

My favorite rig to fish when the bite is tough. I fish it a little differently than you do but I still get excellent results. Caught my PB largemouth on a 1/5th ounce this year! So exciting! Thanks for posting.

@mr.fatbasstard648

6 жыл бұрын

Old Lady Angler congratulations on the PB :-)

@OldLadyAngler

6 жыл бұрын

Mr. FatBasstard Thank you!

@richardbossman9875

6 жыл бұрын

How big?

Thank you, great video! I'm enjoying going through your channel. I'm learning a lot.

It finishes awesome in Montana 6.42 small mouth this spring works great in Idaho caught some giants on it love it

Love the Ned rigs, I throw the mud bug here in Bama, I've caught up to 25 fish off of one rig and it was still in decent shape. 💪👌✌

My favorite bait I have one tied on ALWAYS while on the Connecticut river. It'll catch everything and the smallmouth love it

Thanks for the video--just started throwing the Ned--appreciate the tips

Again Thank you very much.Just another great VLOG.

For the longest time I laughed at the NED rig. This past summer I bought the Zman and I fished the entire summer for LMB and SMB with the TRD. Oh man does it ever work! Ever jumbo Perch love them. I am going to try ice fishing them on Simcoe this year.

I recently found the channel and just watched this video, I'll be ordering a few next week to give them a try. New England has been rough this time of year between when the bass go deep and the ice freezing over thick enough to go ice fish. Still some open water we'll give these a try.

As always, Much appreciated!

Ned Rig just works! My go to rig.

Z-man TRDs work like magic. I throw the California Craw and PB&J colors.

I started throwing the ned rig about a month ago and I’ve caught so many bass it’s incredible ! I’m still on the first worm 😂 But I was surprised to find out that some bigger bass will take a shot at the bait. I caught a 5 on it just dead sticking.

I tried the Ned rig after seeing Kevin Short talk about them on MLF. I caught some fish but I also lost a lot of jigheads in the rocky lakes in my area so I kind of gave up on it. This vid will probably get me to try it again. :)

@Tikimohn

6 жыл бұрын

Try a lighter head next time. They definitely work. I use the skirted shroomz with paca chunks. SLAY SMALLIES. Do get hung up a fair bit thou, but im fishing chunk rock so it's too be expected.

@WildBillHabiki

6 жыл бұрын

well I didn't know this when I first bought them a year ago but they do make a weedless version so I will try those. I got a Bass Pro gift card for Christmas too so yeah!

I like the durability of elastech, but hologram shad on a ned rig, is pretty good in the winter. I’ve caught suspended fish, fishing the ned rig suspended off the bottom. The horizontal line tie keeps it horizontal in the water column.

so im brand new to the ned rig. its early january. im down here in virginia on vacation. just went and picked up my first ever Zman ned rig set up with trd finesse worms. thanks for sharing your knowledge of this rig! got skunked last week down here using jerk baits. hoping the ned rig with prove itself for me

Another bomb video. Still the best informational channel on youtube! Thanks guys!

Love to fish the Ned at Stockton Lake in Missouri.PBJ is my favorite color.

In the midwest, we've been putting small plastic bodies on light jigheads, and fishing them similarly for years. you can see ancestors of the ned rig in the form of the beetle spin, the jig worm, and the slider. "Ned" is Ned Kehde, long-time Kansas guide and In-Fisherman contributer, who refined this particular version over many years before z-man marketed it. His goal has always been maximum catching efficiency with the simplest and most affordable gear possible.

Great bait to swim also! Have caught many swimming it along the bottom.

I'll try anything to land more fish! Keep making these great videos!

I live and fish in Kentucky. I usually save my used up 6" Senkos and cut off the back 1/3 of the worm to use on my ned rigs. When the bite is tough seems like the black with blue flake works really well.

@dustinblevins7216

6 жыл бұрын

Josh Wooldridge same works for me down here in southwest Virginia

@tych0910

6 жыл бұрын

Same here, especially on the river smallies.

@dustinblevins7216

6 жыл бұрын

Tych0 Yep! I fish the Clinch and Holston weekly.

@garysoldan4918

6 жыл бұрын

Agreed that blue flake with green pumpkin works great.

@texassoul7649

5 жыл бұрын

I love black and blue. All of my critter baits are black and blue

Love the ned. Caught a 5.5lber on it this past fall

Literally JUST tied a ned rig on to head to the lake and you guys upload this video. You guys are psychic or something.

BTW, I remember, I think about 10 years ago, Kidder told me to check this guy out who is crazy knowledgable and has some great website stuff. You were just a kid then! Your famous now! Congrats and love your stuff! Keep up the good work!

@tacticalbassin

6 жыл бұрын

Ha! That's AWESOME man! Really appreciate the support!!

The big TRD works great in the reeds. June bug slays them! Give it a shot

This was just in time ! I bought my first Ned rig Gear 3 days ago and haven't thrown it yet. waiting till tomorrow

@tacticalbassin

6 жыл бұрын

Perfect timing!

Great info man,thanks

Pink works well for smallies up here NH waters , But black and green pumpkin are my top choice

I set a goal this year to catch fish on at least 3 new bait I never tried (I met this goal!). The ned rig was the first one that I succeeded with. The first fish I caught, I was fishing from the bank and snagged a rock maybe 3 feet from shore but shallow enough that I could see my bait. I shook it lose and it rocketed over the rock towards the bank and a black blur just shot off from the right and engulfed it faster than I could tell what happened. Bass was only 8-9 inches, but he wanted it. I set my goals at the end of 2016 on Facebook and reposted them roughly every month or so with a progress report because of what Matt said in a video last year about making goals public and accountability! Would love to see a year end video from TacticalBassin to discuss their goals from last year and next year! I am getting ready to start thinking of my goals for next year already!

I use the skirted mushroom head, and slap a paca chunk on it. SMALLIE KILLER!!!! Paca chunk works excellent with it, but I'm gonna try something that floats a bit more this season.

Another great TRD color is called the "Deal". It is very similar in color and look to a minnow and I have caught everything from Largies, to Hybrids, to Crappie and Channel Cats on that color.

Great video I would love to try this out

This is fist video that went in depth on how to fish a nid rig thanks learned a lot

@tacticalbassin

6 жыл бұрын

You're welcome!

@petersjason27

6 жыл бұрын

Do you think this will work in pounds also cause I live in Havelock nc and that's all I have around

This is rig I’m learning this coming year.

Great info!---Thank you

Love your content!

Matt’s the best

Hmm, haven't been out in awhile and will be finely going out this Sunday. Besides of good ol' Hudd I might have to have one tied on. Really don't want to skunk, lol.

Who the F dislikes this video??? Good stuff guys, keep it up. I’m going to try out some new techniques next year and the ned rig is one of them i have been holding off from for a while.

Tim also try a shad shape worm by yamamoto, this work good here in Va, also you trds,

Great video. It’s one of a kind. This summer me and my grandfather where fishing the big TRD and we sat in one spot for about 6 hours. We ended up catching over 175 bass. The biggest was a 6lb 11ounce. That was the best day of fishing in my life😂😂😂

@BeyondTheBoundsOutdoors

6 жыл бұрын

S.E. BassinYT man that's sweet

@JS-te4gz

6 жыл бұрын

I believe n you caught that many bass.... on one spot.... no way

@georgem.858

6 жыл бұрын

J S ok. Think what u want.

@dcfan1107

6 жыл бұрын

I believe you, dude. One day my buddy and I caught over 100 fish, in an Everglades canal. Mainly it was bass, but we also caught Mayan Cichlid, Jaguar Guapote, bluegills/shellcrackers, couple of gars, and I caught three chain pickerel. Best day of fishing in my life..all from the shore! No ned rig, back then, but Mepps spinnerbaits and small jerkbaits.

@lupemunoz2674

6 жыл бұрын

Went fishing on the nuecess river in Southwest Texas, caught about 30-40 on this lil rig..... Works great!

I like Loctite gel super glue which I can get at the local Walmart or even some grocery stores. The gel, as I'm sure you've discovered, is much easier to control when applying it and doesn't run where you don't want it to go.

I use a syringe to inject a little bit of air at the end of the worm to help pop it up at the end. Gives it a better profile.

Believe it or not I caught a nice Muskie on the Ned/Big TRD Perch color. I felt a tap and then the line ran like crazy. I was wading in a creek without a net so I was lucky enough to be able to get it on shore. You are right, they just catch fish.

again, really appreciating the new camera that you guys are using

@tacticalbassin

6 жыл бұрын

Thanks!

I had the line of a dragon fly lure before the early 2000s when nothing was on the market. Blew that chance as a teenager

Matt, Zman now has Power Shrooms. Great for power fishing! Much stronger hooks

Regarding the super-glue trick: I use the rough side of an emory board to sand the paint finish off of the part the lead weight that meets the worm head and then apply the SG. Much better adhesion on the roughed up lead vs. painted surface...

thank you!

I’ve been waiting for this video forever from TB

@tacticalbassin

6 жыл бұрын

We're happy we could finally get it done for ya!

Hey Matt: Great information from you guys always, and fingers crossed Tim lives through the Black Death ha ha. On a tangent here, if I could justify it, I too would go for the Dobyns Champion Extreme HP Spin Rod (including the 7'4" Med Lt 742 that you use/recommend) with the slick reel seat. I noticed every other spin rod by Dobyns in tacklewarehouse is less expensive but sadly they all have the exposed front plastic threads I so dislike to feel on my index finger.

Been using this Rig out here in the west since 2010. I read an article about it while watching videos of guys catching bass in midwestern areas. I stuck a yum dinger on a ball jighead and caught spots from shore like crazy. Fishing it locally , a few guys asked what i was doing , they said they had never heard of the Ned rig. Im not surprised it caught on so big out here as i have done well on spotted bass waters in california on the bait. Though i throw a different version of it , it works amazing none the less. I completely agree on how you said to present it Matt. I fish this rig on slack line , and leave it sit. It may be boring at first , but it can pay off nicely if you are patient.

Very heavy power fisher but when the bite gets weird I usually have no back up plan. This sounds pretty good to have in my box. Going to the river this weekend we’ll see if I have to use this

@zacpdx

5 жыл бұрын

Psss, neko rig as well!

I love the Ned rig, I used it for walleye until I started smashing bass on it

Simple:Thank you!!!!

Would be awesome to see underwater footage of this bait catching fish! I love using the ned rig and has become my fail safe if the bite is tough!

@tacticalbassin

6 жыл бұрын

We might be able to do that :-)

When I was a kid, I started putting worms on jigheads, fishing for smallmouth. I even cut them in half when they got all chewed up. I never thought of it actually having a label. Lol

Good video. Informative. Love me the Z-Man TRD 2.75” worms in green for Midwestern smallmouth & largemouth bass. Lighter is better. I really like Z-Man Jigs in 1/20 and 1/15 oz. weights for shore and stream fishing. 1/15, 1/10 and, if you really have to, 1/6 oz for boat fishing. Z-Man Jigs come crazy sharp and have a baitkeeper barb near the jig weight. Sharpen your hooks and retire your knots and you can get a whole day out of the bait. Use white braid (10#) with a flouralcarbon leader 6-8#) so you can line watch. For working in weeds, try Texas rigging by bending the jig hook to hide the hook in the bait. I stretch the plastic before using as this releases the salt or whatever. Bait becomes more deadly the older it gets. Do not mix Z-Man plastic with any other baits. Senkos make a 3” Fat that still rocks if you are looking for a sinking bait. You can always trim a 4” Senko too. Love your videos. Thank you.

@Rubberglass

5 жыл бұрын

Muskietime some great tips! Thx!

@ag-iu5xm

5 жыл бұрын

Hook 3/16 ?

I get bit on the ned rig as well as other lures using z-man shroom heads. I also lose a lot of fish because they seem to be able to easily throw the hook, probably because of the leverage from how those hooks are weighted.

Today, I went fishing for my mental health. I knew conditions were terrible (windy, cold front, constant misty rain, chocolate milk water), but I needed to scratch that itch. A chatter bait got my biggest, but as I fixed a tangle back at the car, I switched to the mushroom head rig with a senko and instantly caught two more, back to back casts. Not big, but instant bites and 'em both.

I've got checks in 5 out of my last 6 tournaments throwing the ned rig. All 5 tournaments were tough conditions and not many bites to be had.

I thought about trying the NED rig but used half a senko on a small shakyhead instead. Saved me a lot of snags.

@tacticalbassin

6 жыл бұрын

The half senko is a killer! It doesn't stand up the same but it definitely gets bit.

I love you, BUDDY!!!!

great idea !!BRoooooo! thank you!!!

Never used Z-man plastics, love their chatterbaits, never used their plastics. My personal best/favorite is an odd one for the NED, BassPro 3" Stik-o w/ Fluke Tail. Not as salty as some (moderate buoyancy) and that small fluke tail just does something. Also they are super cheap for a large amount w/ decent colors. This is one of the few things I actually buy at BassPro these days.

Gotta try the ned

Straight honest I was in highcool 2004 and thought about the dragonfly lure. My dad and I talked about it multiple times. You will not see it on the market in Cabela's, Bass Pro shop, Bassin Magazine, In-Fisherman etc. We talked about prototype and all. Now in around 2014 or so we got our market on dragonfly lures. There's a handful now. Back then it was catch or make your own. Still my biggest regret in life. Young and unsure about the future.

Slaughtered them over Thanksgiving weekend on the ned rig!!! Green Pumpkin !!! 1/10 ounce weight. 32degrees 58degree water but still caught 22 spotted bass!

@tacticalbassin

5 жыл бұрын

Awesome!

Missile Baits makes one hell of a NED BOMB

Merry Christmas

The TRD hog is amazing

LIKED THIS

I have alway been intimidated by the ned rig but im going to give it a shot next time.

I'm about to go fish a pressured pond with 11lb Bass. They stock it with trout two times a month. I'm thinking about getting into big swimbaits and trying some trout imitation baits. Today I'm gonna try the Ned rig, this pond is tough. I caught a 4lb bass on a shaky head there.

Great videos.... Keep focused on providing great fishing instructions. It seems like too many KZread "Fishing" gurus want to focus more on becoming entertainers versus producing fishing vids.

Super glue... Great tip! Why did I not think of that