The MOST Effective Ned Rig Retrieve I've Used

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Out of all the different Ned Rig retrieves, this one has been the best. Not only does it catch bass, but it does a good job of locating them as well. Links to some of my favorite lures are listed below.
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@SteveRogersOutdoors 5 ай бұрын

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@mistertwister1816 Жыл бұрын

Steve, I did a Steve Rodgers video view marathon yesterday and was blown away by the effort you put into the instructional features in your videos. i love the underwater footage assessments and their practical application to techniques. We greatly appreciate your effort. Thanks!

@SteveRogersOutdoors Жыл бұрын

Thank you so much! That means a lot to me. It helps to keep me going.

@kerryschallon8879 Жыл бұрын

Hey Steve. I took your advice. I created a monster. I introduced my 16 year old nephew (happens to be a 4 time Missouri BMX Champion) to bass fishing. Now he would rather be fishing than at the track...lol

@SteveRogersOutdoors Жыл бұрын

And you've got a great fishing buddy! You two are going to have so many great times together.

@comfortablynumb9342 Жыл бұрын

BMX isn't a long term career, catching bass could be. He's already a competitor.

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@normanwiggins1320 Жыл бұрын

Another nice presentation from you Steve. Always checking out your videos and they are outstanding tips and tricks keep them coming you do a great job. Thanks again

@SteveRogersOutdoors Жыл бұрын

Thsnk you! I appreciate it and thank you for watching.

@hokiebge70 8 күн бұрын

Never used a ned rig before, watched your video last night and tried it out on a lake I am unfamiliar with this morning. Caught six bass and two perch in three hours. Thank you for adding to my fishing tool box

@SteveRogersOutdoors 8 күн бұрын

That is excellent! Thank you for sharing.

@Hellionmasks Жыл бұрын

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@SteveRogersOutdoors Жыл бұрын

Thanks! I appreciate it.

@darrenyoung7707 Жыл бұрын

Hey Steve. I really enjoy your channel and greatly appreciate all the hard won knowledge that you share. The underwater footage is excellent; it's something I have always wanted to do here in South Africa. Thanks for taking the time to do what you do for others.

@SteveRogersOutdoors Жыл бұрын

Thanks so much! The underwater filming is so much fun.

@mikeguntren6738 Жыл бұрын

Really enjoy these videos, and Steve is one of the most likable guys on the planet. God Bless and thanks!

@SteveRogersOutdoors Жыл бұрын

Thank you! That means a lot to me and I appreciate you watching.

@1965JB Жыл бұрын

I catch almost all my bass on Ned rigs and wacky rigs, but I just keep going back to the same spots where I know I’ve caught them before. This is a great step towards catching them somewhere else when they aren’t in the usual spots. Thanks Steve!

@SteveRogersOutdoors Жыл бұрын

The bass were so temperamental on this trip it really forced me into doing this. And I'm glad it did. I feel I expanded my Ned Rig fishing quite a bit on that trip.

@charlespalmerii4299 Жыл бұрын

I tried it tonight , in fact it was first time ever for me trying a Ned Rig period, it worked for me got two Bass on it on a local Urban lake. I will be fishing Ned Rig again for sure, and this technique, thank you!

@SteveRogersOutdoors Жыл бұрын

That is great to hear! It is a great lure and technique. I'm sure there are a lot more catches in your future on this. Thanks so much for watching and letting me know!

@bradr.7249 Жыл бұрын

I have just started to use the Ned rig in my arsenal Steve. Like you said, its good when you know where the bass are. I have had a little success with the Ned rig in my home lake when conditions get tough. I like the rig you have set up for this retrieve. I will have to check it out! Thanks again for the great content.

@SteveRogersOutdoors Жыл бұрын

It has been a good one for me. Good luck!

@colobisman6132 9 ай бұрын

I love fishing the Ned rig and have done very well with it. I’m definitely going to add this technique and see how it works.

@SteveRogersOutdoors 9 ай бұрын

Good luck!

@billgeorge4177 2 ай бұрын

🍻🍻🍻the steady retrieve with some pops caught me 2lb smallie in my local river. Caught alot of fish recently after watching this video. Thanks!

@SteveRogersOutdoors 2 ай бұрын

That is awesome! Thank you for sharing that.

@shannonkirby9295 Жыл бұрын

Hey, Steve, great to see ya and I am gonna try this. Be safe and stay cool

@SteveRogersOutdoors Жыл бұрын

Good luck! I hope you catch a bunch with it! So good to hear from you.

@josephhrnciar9376 Жыл бұрын

Hey Steve…..love your videos. I thought I’ve seen all your videos but don’t remember seeing the jig-rig. I like it because like you said it’s weedless compared to an open head. I have to give that retrieve a shot!! Thanks as always for all your informative videos!! 🍻 Have a Happy and safe 4th!! 🇺🇸🇺🇸

@SteveRogersOutdoors Жыл бұрын

Thank you! Have a great 4th as well!

@comfortablynumb9342 Жыл бұрын

I found some jig heads with willow leaf chatterbait blades on them for soft plastics. Today I tried one in the saltwater and caught a croaker pretty quickly with a Berkeley Gulp tail. I recommend you get some of those heads. I have never seen a bait saim and hunt like that on a steady medium speed retrieve. It vibrates but not so hard like a normal chatterbait blade and when you pop it off the bottom it feels amazing. I wasn't in the best place to judge how it catches fish, it was too shallow and there was a lot of dead seaweed floating around. But from what I can tell it's absolutely worth trying. The hook wire is light and the attachment clip can't be very strong so I wouldn't use over 10 lb test with them. I'm pretty sure they'll slay bass with the right tail. A boot tail could work, but I had a ribbon tail on that looked really good. I don't see why a craw or creature bait wouldn't work with it for bass. Edit, it's called the Z Man Willow Vibe.

@SteveRogersOutdoors Жыл бұрын

Thank you! I will do that.

@Madisonrvr 10 ай бұрын

Steve, excellent tip. I think the Ned gets pigeonholed as a slow, subtle presentation when it’s actually pretty versatile. I think dragging it through the sand and the muck is a great way to get the fish interested and I mix in a few pops during the retrieve just to clean it off and maybe trigger a reaction strike. Cheers!

@SteveRogersOutdoors 10 ай бұрын

Thanks! I agree with you, it is definitely more versatile than it gets credit for. Thanks for sharing all this for everyone.

@learningtofish7036 Жыл бұрын

Thank you Steve

@SteveRogersOutdoors Жыл бұрын

You're welcome! Good luck.

@MrDeputy83 10 ай бұрын

Great info Steve

@SteveRogersOutdoors 10 ай бұрын

Thanks!

@jackconkin7948 4 ай бұрын

Thanks Charlie Brewer

@Paul_T82 Жыл бұрын

Great video! Thank you for sharing! What is that sinker you had clipped in front of your ned bait? I would like to get some of those.

@MrMichaelDodd Жыл бұрын

Great stuff. LowBrowFishing suggestion of a swimbait fish like a ned sounds great, particularly if you don't have a lot on rods on the deck. If rods are limited, my go-to is a Mud Minnow Ned from Z-man. It looks like a minnow, so I can do some covering water by just making it "swim" by imparting action with the rod tip and the retrieve.

@SteveRogersOutdoors Жыл бұрын

Most definitely!

@davidwilliams1805 Жыл бұрын

Nice video Steve! Appreciate you continuing to share some really good information. As always, #SteveRogersOutdoors rocks!!!

@SteveRogersOutdoors Жыл бұрын

Thanks! I hope it helps some anglers out.

@MrJohnB-qs6dp Жыл бұрын

Great video!!! Another excellent tip on how to fish the Ned Rig!!!!! Stay Safe & God Bless!!!

@SteveRogersOutdoors Жыл бұрын

Thanks! You as well

@MrJohnB-qs6dp Жыл бұрын

@@SteveRogersOutdoors Steve, What's the video you did on that geco rig?

@SteveRogersOutdoors Жыл бұрын

@@MrJohnB-qs6dp it should be this one. The PERFECT Replacement for the Ned Rig kzfaq.info/get/bejne/Y5iidq-JzZuqaJ8.html

@MrJohnB-qs6dp Жыл бұрын

@@SteveRogersOutdoors Thanks Steve going to watch it now!!!!!! I made some of those cube baits will be trying them out on Sunday!!!

@quelchx 8 ай бұрын

I love the Ned rig up here in Canada. Expecially on rivers with rocks. I find with the Ned using it for years almost exclusively -- there ain't too many wrong ways to fish it. I've had luck dragging, popping, swimming but it works best IMO with small pops and shakes.

@SteveRogersOutdoors 8 ай бұрын

It is a truly versatile rig for sure. Thanks for adding all this!

@claudesylvanshine6551 8 ай бұрын

Just caught a hog (for up here in northern MN) today poppin' a 4 in. Ned Rig. Just started using them this year and they've quickly become one of my favorite baits.

@SteveRogersOutdoors 8 ай бұрын

That is excellent! Northern, MN is by far one of my favorite places to fish. Just love it there.

@Gr8one76 6 ай бұрын

I'll give it a shot today

@SteveRogersOutdoors 6 ай бұрын

Good luck!

@LowBrowFishing Жыл бұрын

I've actually been experimenting with something similar, although I've been using swimbaits. I've been trying to get them to swim along the bottom just to see if I could get any interest. I'm very interested in trying it with a ned bait now. Those small morsels might be just what those bass are looking for!

@SteveRogersOutdoors Жыл бұрын

It sure made a difference on this trip. If the bass were eating better I never would have forced myself to try fishing a Ned faster. It worked out well on this trip. Let me know how the swim bait stuff goes!

@smolhookenergy 2 ай бұрын

This is my favorite way to fish now, even a jig head. You can always add a float to these if they're light enough and fish them like a trout magnet.

@jasonleon8788 Ай бұрын

What kind of float and how do you apply it?

@smolhookenergy Ай бұрын

@@jasonleon8788Oh, any, I've used trout magnet floats with the packaged instructions, classic mainline bobbers that hook onto the main line, addicted fishing floats, ones you fill w/ water, but my favorite way to float a Ned is with the main line tied to a wooden bobber. Tie your leader to the same eye in the bobber and you're almost fishing I just try to remember not to use too big a Ned head, more than 3.5g could possibly drown any bobber lol

@smolhookenergy Ай бұрын

@@jasonleon8788 my favorite for neds 1/10 and up is a wooden bobber. They don't sink. I use a trilene knot to one eye of the bobber for my main line and then same for my leader.

@vinnylivoti9567 Жыл бұрын

Hi Steve: for thoses finesse Jika Rigs I like using the Gamakatsu G-Lock hooks. I know they run smaller compaired to other style hooks. They work great though and the hookup and landing is amazing. Would love to know if you ever tried these hooks and how they worked for you.

@SteveRogersOutdoors Жыл бұрын

I have! They are very nice hooks. Thank you for adding this.

@bradmccafferty7654 Жыл бұрын

Steve, I don't comment on KZfaq videos very often, but I really enjoy the content you create for us. Instructive, concise, and educational. Thank you, Brad

@SteveRogersOutdoors Жыл бұрын

Thank you! And thanks for taking the time to let me know. I very much am grateful.

@johnbeall940 Жыл бұрын

Any chance you can provide the link for that little weighted jig you used in the video?

@mistertwister1816 Жыл бұрын

Steve, Try this. At no additional cost, use TRD Tubez or EZ tubez and rig them BACKWARD on a standard ned rig jig hook. Shove the back end of the hook first into the open end of the tube followed by the jig head portion. DO NOT penetrate the hook through the elaztech. Instead, penetrate just the jig head hook eye through the elaztech near the tube tentacles. This rig is weedless, falls tentacles first giving erratic action on the fall, snags less readily on the bottom owing to the tentacles navigating the bottom instead of the hard head, and hooks up well when bit as the hook readily penetrates the soft elaztech. Try rigging your Zman Ticklerz and Hula Stickz backward, too, to get fewer snags of the lead head in rocks. Hope this helpz (LOL … not affiliated with Zman… juzt having fun).

@mistertwister1816 Жыл бұрын

***I wanted to add that I’m aware of the other specialty jig hooks that Zman sells to make Ned rigs weedless ( i.e. Bulletz & Nedlockz jig hooks). These specialty heads still snag easily in rocks where the heads jam more often than hook points. The reverse rig minimizes this. Also, these specialty jig heads come at an extra cost of $$$ and storage space, whereas the method I describe above can be use with any common jig head, even a plain round head. No special keeper is needed. My thoughts.

@SteveRogersOutdoors Жыл бұрын

@@mistertwister1816 Thank you!

@judmorrison68 Жыл бұрын

You can also swim it thru the water column like a swim jig. They kill it. And add a small spinner to the tail end to make it even more tantalizing.

@SteveRogersOutdoors Жыл бұрын

Thank you for adding this!

@krum81 Жыл бұрын

How can someone not like Steve Rodgers? I’m gonna try this on a lake close by that can be tough to fish . 👍🏼

@SteveRogersOutdoors Жыл бұрын

Good luck!

@philipdiderrich4830 Жыл бұрын

Just listened to an interview with Ned Kehde (ned from ned rig) slow retrieve is his usual way of fishing it

@SteveRogersOutdoors Жыл бұрын

Thanks for sharing this!

@cnut86 3 ай бұрын

A Owner blockhead is my go to weedless ned head. I highly suggest it

@SteveRogersOutdoors 3 ай бұрын

I will have to do that. Thank you!

@Flymantex 4 ай бұрын

can you tell us about the setup you are using for that Ned rig? I can't find a video you mentioned where you discuss it. That little sinker and t-rig setup looks awesome

@SteveRogersOutdoors 4 ай бұрын

It is made by Varivas. The hook is a Rock On and the weight is the TG Grenade. I really like the setup a lot.

@myriammorrison9840 11 ай бұрын

Try it on a small swing head! It works. Mainly rocks for me. Sometimes a bit of slime. 🤷🏻‍♀️

@SteveRogersOutdoors 11 ай бұрын

I will! Thank you!

@Woefman911 Жыл бұрын

Steve curious was this summer pattern you found ? Or what season. Curious what brought you to fish bottom that day. Wondering if not see bait or ?

@SteveRogersOutdoors Жыл бұрын

This was post spawn where I was fishing in Minnesota. All the other techniques I was trying resulted in short strikes or the fish just swiping at it.

@jasonladegast6479 4 ай бұрын

Hey Steve, I watched this video last night, and really liked the setup, but I am having trouble locating the "clip Weights" that you used. Could you share a link??

@SteveRogersOutdoors 4 ай бұрын

Check out the Varivas website. www.varivas.fishing/shop/ The hook is the Rock On and the weight is the TG Grenade.

@jasonladegast6479 3 ай бұрын

You are the man!! Thank you sir!

@ryanbuckley3314 Жыл бұрын

So it's line/leader to a swivel to a split ring with a sinker to a Texas rig? Little Tokyo, very cool.

@SteveRogersOutdoors Жыл бұрын

I really like it. It's made by a company called Varivas and is a rock fish setup for saltwater. But, like you said, a miniature Tokyo or Jika style rig.

@johncoopes1056 Жыл бұрын

I would like to get more info on the hook and set up you were using

@SteveRogersOutdoors Жыл бұрын

It is made by Varivas. It is for catching rock fish in saltwater. The weights I believe are called Grenade and it is a rock fish hook. Been quite pleased with them.

@TheMichiganFisherman Жыл бұрын

Hey STEVE! Where is the video about that small jig rig you’re using? I can’t find it.

@TheMichiganFisherman Жыл бұрын

Never mind I found it.

@tobybobo6539 10 ай бұрын

Hey Steve I’ve never fished a Ned rig can you link your setup for this video

@SteveRogersOutdoors 10 ай бұрын

This video has the links in it. kzfaq.info/get/bejne/Y5iidq-JzZuqaJ8.htmlsi=2vQNwn-4aCcibrZ-

@somewhereinsd362 Жыл бұрын

Steve, i have tried the ned rig to exhustion and just dont catch fish on it ...... maybe its just me or the waters I fish but the bass dont seem to care for it ... ill try this retrieve and see what happens

@SteveRogersOutdoors Жыл бұрын

Let me know how it goes for you. Hopefully this will get some fired up for you.

@matthewwoodard9810 Жыл бұрын

Do you have a video on how you make that rig?

@SteveRogersOutdoors Жыл бұрын

I do. Here is the link: kzfaq.info/get/bejne/Y5iidq-JzZuqaJ8.html

@user-yi2cr6dn9x 3 ай бұрын

where do you get that rig setup

@billymac549 Жыл бұрын

Where can I find the weight you are using on your ned set up?

@SteveRogersOutdoors Жыл бұрын

This video should have the links in the description section of it. The company is Varivas. Here is the link: kzfaq.info/get/bejne/Y5iidq-JzZuqaJ8.html

@Papi0009 7 ай бұрын

This great to know that about a ned rig. Using ned rig in that way 😮

@SteveRogersOutdoors 7 ай бұрын

It has worked really well for me like this!

@christopherterry2354 Жыл бұрын

So you used Charlie Brewer's Slider approach?

@SteveRogersOutdoors Жыл бұрын

I would say that is a good comparison. I haven't used one of his slider heads for a while, but I need to get some again!

@christopherterry2354 Жыл бұрын

@@SteveRogersOutdoors I'm talking about the approach rather than the tackle. Brewer's greatest contribution wasn't the 3" worm or the little Texas rig heads (although both are awesome)....it was how he fished. His "polish the rocks" technique is really a lost art, but if you can find a copy of the book, it'll help you refine this technique even further and you'll be making a presentation to fish people often overlook these days of electronic fishing to suspended fish. Ever get to SE Wisconsin in your travels? I don't guide anymore, but I'd be happy to teach you what I am talking about.

@SteveRogersOutdoors Жыл бұрын

@@christopherterry2354 I get to Wisconsin quite a bit, but haven't been to the SE portion for a couple of years. I believe the last lake I was on there was Beaver Dam Lake. I will definitely have to check his book out. I really appreciate you letting me know!

@karlpalm8860 4 ай бұрын

This is one of the ways we used to fish a buck tail jig. Why not do a comparison video?

@SteveRogersOutdoors 4 ай бұрын

That would be a good one. Thank you!

@paulcowart3802 10 ай бұрын

What is the setup used on your trd

@SteveRogersOutdoors 10 ай бұрын

Great question. For line I had 20lb braid to a 10 lb fluoro leader on a med power rated fast action rod.

@paulschweickert4890 Жыл бұрын

What weight was that you were using?

@SteveRogersOutdoors Жыл бұрын

I would have to double check (out of town right now), but if I remember right it was about 1/16. It was actually written in grams and I have to go back and check the conversion.

@SteveRogersOutdoors Жыл бұрын

The brand of the weight was Varivas. It is called the Grenade.

@jackdixon4530 Жыл бұрын

Line, reel, and rod ?

@SteveRogersOutdoors Жыл бұрын

Great question. I use a braid-to-leader setup for the line. 20lb braid with a 8-10lb fluoro leader. The reel is a size 20 Lew's Custom Lite and the rod is 7'2" Medium power rating extra fast action.