Ned Rigs News Today

It's late May and aptly enough just about everything is going, even the cicadas, to lead this sprawling raw-file Midwest Fishing Report.

For those looking for a fun fishing adventure this month, Tight Lines 208 has some tips to get you started.

Freshwater anglers ply the ponds for trout, bass and chain pickerel with live bait, jerkbaits and scented artificials, while others gear up for shellfishing.

Tautog are in bunches and bingeing, and while the striper has slowed with average catches falling into the schoolie category, anglers are still finding the occasional bigger bass by throwing eels into marshes and rivers at night.

The cod bite has been joined by pollock and haddock, while inshore, mackerel schools have moved in close again putting migrating stripers within easy reach.

Summer patterns, including big brown trout on southern Lake Michigan, settle in and lead this sprawling raw-file Midwest Fishing Report.

I'm really looking for a do everything ALL PURPOSE SPINNING ROD. I throw tubes, flick shakes, wacky rigs, Ned Rigs, 3" Spark Shad on a jighead, shakyhead (Zoom Trick worms normal size and smaller finesse), Neko Rigs, Flukes, and floating worms. The Levante Shakyhead was going to be my All Purpose...

The start of the Kankakee River Fishing derby and the time for redears and freshwater drum lead this sprawling raw-file Midwest Fishing Report.

Springlike weather has made for some interesting fishing trips, but there’s plenty to catch.

Hi, my name is bob and I'm a Ned Rig addict. I've been an addict about 6 years now, I pretty much only fish Ned Rigs, they never let me down. I try to quit, and throw something else, but before long I always find I'm tying one on. I lied... Its always tied on, I bring them everywhere I go. Even i...