Mann's Stingray Grub

[Columbia Craw]

Another trip down memory lane.?

[padon]

mow is the time of year whem we used to really hammer them on the sting ray grub. as others have said they are just a slightly different version of the ned rig. 40 years earlier. even ned himself told us that his system wasnt new.

[SpinLight]

On 12/17/2022 at 5:36 AM, GRiver said:

Anybody got some pics of rigging them flat? I’m not familiar with that. 

Just went out in the garage and rigged one "flat". I stopped by Tom Mann's store near Lakepoint on Lake Eufaula and visited with him for about 30 minutes years ago. Flat is the way he fished it at the coast for speckled trout, flounder and redfish, on 10 lb test Stren, with a lift and drop motion.

 

I have been fishing the Stingray grub for over thirty years, from Destin to Carrabelle, along the FL Panhandle coastal bays and rivers for speckled trout, flounder and redfish. It is a very good lure. The plastic is very hard and will last through many fish. It has a gliding motion with a slight sideways wobble as it falls. I use both 3 and 4 inch grubs. I have not tried it for bass yet as a Ned rig, but will in the future. Have not tried the Ned bomb yet, but already know that the Stingray is much more durable.

 

The Stingray picture below is a 3 inch version, rigged on a 1/16 oz. Morel jighead with a no. 1 Owner hook, not the XL hook. The head of the lure sits perfectly on this jighead. Beside it is a TRD for size comparison. Other jigheads will work in a 1/0 size, like the Owner blockhead. I have used 2/0 hooks a lot at the coast when I don't have to worry about hanging up and losing a rig. 

[GRiver]

4 hours ago, SpinLight said:

Stingray picture below is a 3 inch version, rigged on a 1/16 oz. Morel jighead with a no. 1 Owner hook, not the XL hook

Thank you …..I understand the rigged flat part of it now.