I throw the shakey the most, the neko second, the ned rig third, I normally only throw a traditional mojo rig in the spring when the water is too dirty to actually see a bed. For getting bites around things like docks and lay downs and even the occasional stump it just amazes me how many bites I get on the neko rig. A couple of years ago at Chick in September in a club tournament I caught over 20 around docks on it, the only drawback was none of them were keepers. Lots of healthy fish, probably threw back a 10 pound limit a couple of times of non-keepers. Have also started fishing it more around deep structure for spotted bass, and while you do not get the numbers of bites that way, when you do get one it is normally a good fish. I fish Allatoona a bunch, Weiss a good bit and only fish Chick a few times a year, so they all come into play for me. I have caught more and bigger fish on the shakeyhead at Chick, but of late I have caught more and better fish on the neko other places. I still have not caught much on the ned rig, but I am pretty sure I am not fishing it slow enough. I have not had the 30 + fish days on that rig yet like I hear others talk about. But the ned rig is nothing new, the stick worm part is kinda new, but that idea has been around for years. When I was a kid ( and I am well into my 40's now) I would take a 1/8 oz jighead with a longer hook and put a Mann's 8 inch jelly worm on it and throw it at Weiss out in deeper water and just let it sink and drag it slowly and catch some really good fish on it. It all comes down to having the confidence in it to actually try all the things you need to to get bit. I have confidence in a shakey head and the neko, so I go to them first before other things.
