McIntosh couple of hours

**gillchaser999** · 08-09-2023, 12:27 PM

I spent a couple of hours at lake McIntosh this morning, fishing and trying out different things .
One was , I was using my 5’6” St. Croix Triumph ULF , paired with a Daiwa Fuego LT 1000d spooled with 2# P-line Cxxx moss green polymer line .
I’ve used this before I went to Floroclear . The line is super thin , but it’s not as strong as the Floroclear 2# . Also it tends to kink .
I’ll be going back to the Floroclear.
Next I tried using a small ball bearing swivel above my micro spinner in place of a tiny barrel swivel .
This worked pretty good , adding a few more feet of casting to the micro spinner. I don’t think the slight increase in swivel size is going to bother the fish .
The other thing I tried was a piece of the tail section of a plastic worm I found , where someone had tossed it on the dock when heading home .
I’d given thought to doing this but , hadn’t gotten around to it yet.
Putting it a 1/32 ball jig , made a micro Ned rig .
On about my fourth cast , I caught a nice UL bass to end up the morning.
Before the bass , I’d only caught a small gill on the micro spinner , and a couple of Warmouth and a small gill on Trout Magnets .
I also spent some time messing with my iPhone taking pics using a filter I ordered vs using my sunglasses as a filter .
Pics below .

**gillchaser999** · 08-09-2023, 12:29 PM

Underwater pics

**SuperDave336** · 08-09-2023, 12:36 PM

Good job. I like the second pic with filter the best. Which filter is which?

**gillchaser999** · 08-09-2023, 12:44 PM

Originally Posted by SuperDave336

Good job. I like the second pic with filter the best. Which filter is which?

Top is sunglasses , next is filter , then plain phone

**DockShootinJack** · 08-09-2023, 03:27 PM

Interesting. Nice catches

**skeetbum** · 08-09-2023, 04:22 PM

Nice pics, and the bass is just the right size to be a good fight. That’s kinda what I think those bodies from mule tackle act like is a tiny Ned rig, standing up off the bottom. Opened my eyes. Need to try it with bigger gear for bigger fish.

**UpstateSC_Bill** · 08-09-2023, 05:07 PM

Well call me stupid. But I just recently after all these years learned the term "Ned rig". But I don't get the need for any special name. It looks to me like a simple jig head with a plastic body strung on it. It is the way I have always fished a jig with plastic body. I have been fishing jigs with a plastic body set up like that forever in all sizes. Why the name?

**Alphahawk** · 08-09-2023, 05:38 PM

Pretty fish….good deal on testing the filters. Going to put a polar filter on GoPro and try to get video of trout in the clear waters of the Little Red.

Regards

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**Alphahawk** · 08-09-2023, 05:41 PM

Originally Posted by UpstateSC_Bill

Well call me stupid. But I just recently after all these years learned the term "Ned rig". But I don't get the need for any special name. It looks to me like a simple jig head with a plastic body strung on it. It is the way I have always fished a jig with plastic body. I have been fishing jigs with a plastic body set up like that forever in all sizes. Why the name?

It’s been around for a very long time….I think since the 50’s maybe. Here is a little about it from LureNet.

Regards

The Ned rig is a finesse fishing technique that involves using small plastic worms, craws, or creatures paired with a light mushroom style head so it can easily float off the bottom. This rig was originally created by outdoor writer Ned Kehde and popularized in the Midwest – so the name Ned rig stuck because of him!

**m.t.hands** · 08-09-2023, 05:52 PM

looks like a fun day

and also prefer the second picture with the filter

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