Everyone: "Yea I throw the Ned Rig......" Randy: "Psshhh.....hold my crappie jig......"

Randy you have one of the best channels on KZfaq. I look forward to every days post !!! I appreciate what you are doing !!! Have a great day !!!

Half the fun in Bass Fishing is TINKERING!

kool! remindes me of the old beetle spin bug. I wiil try it.

Great stuff. That's why I save all of my trashed Senkos and Yum Dingers. Clip them down and they're recycled into Ned rigs. Never tried the tail slit, though. That will make it into my next trip. Thanks again Randy!

Randy, Thanks for taking the time to teach us this stuff. You help us out a ton!!!

Great information. I'm loving the series!

Always love the videos and info Randy. And love seeing your channel grow man.

Best mod video so far. Thanks for sharing!

Wow, love this video. Didn't even think of cutting the edges off around the jig head. Thanks Randy.

Great Vid RB.. love your channel...you are very much appreciated in this Angling World.. Fish - On !! MG

All my favorite baits this week thanks randy

Bass magnet! Thanks Randy, you've got some killer tips, man.

Randy you are an awesome guy sharing your secrets that took you 30 years to learn. I love bass fishing so much and I have so much to learn and you are helping me with that so much. Thank you for all you do for the sport.

Great stuff as always. Really looking forward to your setup and tutorial on when and how to fish it most effectively Thanks!

That is cool. I can't wait to fish again and try this and some of your other tips. Thanks.

I am so glad to see that you do that. I started doing that last summer with cutting the tail. I usually cut below the egg sack but will give the shorter one a try in the spring.

Definitely a modification worth casting. Thank you for the tip.

Beautiful Randy can't wait to try it out ,I know it will work.thank you keep warm

Excellent. Thank you Randy.👌👍

Almost looks the size of a beetle spin!! Thanks again for all your tips!! So helpful always!!

This is an awesome mod. Thanks for the tip. Love this channel

Getting quite a bass encyclopedia from you Randy, love it.

Great tip. Thanks, Randy. I've been experimenting with my own random stuff on the Ned as well. Possibilities are endless really.

Thank you Randy. Great tip. 😀

Thank you for your videos... Can’t wait to try this!

As soon as the glasses went on... I knew the knowledge bombs were incoming... Nice video man! I subbed, thanks for sharing your expertise. This is a great take on the setup.

This past weekend went fishing with 4 other guys here in Tampa Florida. The bites were tough believe it or not, after a cold front. I thought of your video and tried this tricks. I caught 7 bass while my 4 friends caught a total of 5 between them 4. I showed them your video and tricks of what you did, I'm sure next time they'll give me better competition. Thanks Randy for your videos. Very informative and the suggestions actually work! Great day!!!

Awesome thanks Randy!

Right with you on under performance of Ned elaztech relative to others. Great tips.

Really appreciate your advice and helpful tips! 👍🏻🇺🇸🎣

Great tip, thanks Randy

Good stuff, I keep learning from you!

AWESOME!!! Can't wait to give that a try!! Go AWAY WINTER!!

Can’t wait to give that a try - thanks Randy, I also plan on roughing up my senkos and zlinkys

Thanks Randy!

I like it......keep em coming Randy

Doing it !!! Thanks Randy 👍

Very good tips,love em all..

Definitely going to try this. Thanks.

As to cutting a soft bait down, I had found 3 soft swimbaits discarded, 3 1/4 to 3 3/4", that were used and torn on the head end. Being frugal to the point of cheap, I cut them down to about 2", super glued them to a ned rig hook and cut the hook end down to a taper to match the head of the ned rig hook. I had been fishing the Rage swimbait in 3.25 and 3.75" size but the bass just refused to pay any attention. Before I started fishing the modified soft swim bait I tried spraying it with the Yum Shad Scent. The first two times out the YSS caught more bass than my companion who used to be a tourmament fisherman. After the second time out it also stopped performing. I decided to stop using the expensive FooFoo juice and make my own. I bought 2 tins of sardines in oil at about a buck each, poured them in their oil into a pan along with about a cup of Canola oil, and simmered this for about 10 min. I removed the sardines for my own consumption and added a tsp of garlic powder and a half tsp of table salt to the pan and stured the mix, let it cool and strained the mix into the washed out Yum container. If you are smart DON'T simmer this stuff in your house, a divorce could clean you out. I've been fishing this mix for about a week now and still catching bass when the other fishermen and women are not.

I love all this tips!!!

Thanks Randy

It’s crazy I ran across this video, as this is EXACTLY how I cut my Zman baits….that 2” size seems to be the “sweet spot” for me! Good on you sir, tight lines y’all! 🎣

Good tip thanks RANDY

I just found your channel. the first 2 videos where my go to finesse baits (Tube&Neds). I like your simple methods of making a good lure and great one. I cant wait to see how you fish the Tube and Neds. There are days on the river that I only throw these 2 lures with good success.

Excellent, thanks 😊

very nice tips!

Great tip! Thanks.

Great Video thanks for sharing!

Great info thanks

Good stuff as always

great info...i cant wait to try it....thanks!

Thanks Randy. That's a gold nugget right there !

Z man stands up a little better than the others

Good tip Randy

That really is "Just The Tip" of the Zlinky!

Definitely going to try that as soon as we thaw out here in Louisiana.

Great vids keep it up!

I've always thought fish bit a worn out plastic better but I never thought of wearing them out before I use them lol good tip

I also super glue up tears in my soft baits and reverse ends on my ned rig when one end gets too torn to be used effectively. The slow retreive and splitting the tail sounds like a good Idea. Will find out this p.m. Great video, thanls.

Great stuff Randy, can you tell us what size weight to use for under 8' water?

I had to watch because I was like modify a ned rig!? How much can you modify it?! I will never make that mistake again! I learned a lot right there!! Nice mod!

You created something a lot like the old Beetle Grub, which was always deadly. But this looks better.

Good tip, I found out it’s great for crappie too. The fish eat it and don’t seem to know it’s artificial. Thank you for your channel.

Hey Randy, Great movie!! If you were going to fish that in bluegill dominate body of water, would you add orange dye down by the head, mimicking a small gill? I'm learning alot. Thank you more than words can express.

That looks so much like a giant trout magnet. Definitely going to give it a try! Do you ever add scent to help with finicky fish?

Randy, do you ever put a small amount of glue to hold the body flush, or see a problem with doing that? Thanks again great info!!

Great Ned rig. I'm going to use this on my strike King Ned rig Hooks.

So it’s the same size as the z man trd. And yes the trd does have salt in it too.

Very nice! What weight jig do you find yourself using most often with this?

That’s a brilliant way of offering a different finesse presentation. I’m obsessed with the whole concept of intentionally finding effective lures and plastic, that nobody is throwing.

Good luck this year we be rutting for you here in Kentucky

What is the overall length of your modified rig? Great tip! Thanks for sharing.

Looks kinda like the Z-Man Ticklerz or TRD with tail split. Could probably accomplish the same thing. I do agree small ned rigs get more bites. I'll definitely try this with some extra stick baits I have around.

That’s a badass hat Randy

Nailed it!

I’d love to see how Randy picks apart an Ozark river/creek.

great video! its like a trout magnet on steroids! hahah

Another great tips and tricks🤓you got more tips and tricks then David Copperfield and Houdini put together😊😜🤓.

20 plus years ago I made a do-it crappie head mold so it took 1/0 and 2/0 hooks and used the front half of used worms. I only used that rig in super weedy ponds where the bass would cruse and wernt interested in anything with to much weight and had a ton of baits thrown at them. A 1/32 head with a 2/0 hook and 3"-4" of straight worm on it was the deal. Caught fish like nothing else in certain conditions and no one else had anything like it, at the time... :)

I like how you’ve regulated my fishing buddy to the basic version and set me up to embarrass him out there!

I love that beat down worm

Sick hat!!

Looks like a really big trout magnet. Can't wait to fish it. I seem to lose a lot of Ned rigs fishing from the bank. Any tips, besides buying more?

How do you fish the ned rig in current? Cadence? Or fishing this in open water. LOVE this videos

Hey, it kind of looks like a larger Trout Magnet/ Crappie Magnet. I have caught SO MUCH on those, I can see why this would work well.

Thank you! Your cut down was way more than the 1/2” mentioned...maybe just tell us the actual size after cutting it down. I can sorta tell how long it is but being my first year at bass fishing and using the Ned rig as my Intro, details help.

Randy great tip. What Ned rig do you use?

Thumbs up, spreading the newzzzzzzzzzzz! Wahi' Valleys

That Ned rig hack is all that and a bag of chips!

I used a fishing bobbing and pull some chartreuse feather into the back of my ned rigs. If I'm going a little bigger Ill shove a small rattle in . The combo is pretty good. Maybe it's just for me cause I like to tinker with baits.

just a little addition: when roughing up the bait BESURE YOU DONT HAVE LOTION OR COLOGNE ON YOUR FINGERS! thank you.

What is your favorite color for Ozark rivers and creeks? Thanks in advance.

I used a shorten senko and shoved it into a 3" tube bait for years.

I take nail polish and color my own heads. I add red eyes, paint them sold red. Ned rig is truly a catching machine! But, the best colors I found is just standard black or my trusty one or two red eyes on black.

Interesting. I like the look and that it is different. That said, elaztech baits float. Curious - do you think there are benefits to a floating Ned rig bait or that the fact that they float is overrated relative to getting bites?

Oh man, Zman all the way.

Do they make anything to put in a worm? To make it float or work like a zman ned rig worm??

Add a small chartreuse bead at knot will help also.