alabama rig

[johnson89]

http://www.theledger.com/article/20120416/OUTDOORS/120419440?tc=cr.......anybody using these

 

[sschefer]

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http://www.theledger.com/article/20120416/OUTDOORS/120419440?tc=cr.......anybody using these

Everybody is using these.. Hottest game in town during the spawn. Bass are protecting the eggs and 1 little threat can be chased off but three are a different story. They get attacked and eaten almost instantly. The pro circuits are fighting over the right to use it and I think they cut it down to three hooks for tourney's. They're using them up at Clear Lake, Ca in the tourney's last I heard. I'm gonna throw one up at Lake Sonoma, Ca. this weekend. Gonna try it on an ultralight rig.. Yeeeee Haw...

 

[coastalrichard]

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Spoke with a fellow last night at the local watering hole who claims they're absolutely great...catch everything!

 

[a1nowell]

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How do you cast them without tangling them?

 

[mommicked]

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I think w more than one hook these rigs will injure eyes and gills on alot of Bass caught on them and cause them to be banned one day. They also just look silly hanging on the end of your rod !

 

[Jessi'shusband]

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I fish with mine weedless, haven't injured a fish yet.... haven't caught many yet either! This muddy water in the Arkansas river isn't real conducive to fishing the a rig.

 

[R Socey]

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You know they are just umbrella rigs - been around the Chesapeake Bay forever.

 

[mommicked]

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You know they are just umbrella rigs - been around the Chesapeake Bay forever.

I've trolled umbrella rigs for Stripers off Oregon Inlet on a friends boat years ago. I thought his rigs only had 1 or 2 hooks and the rest of the baits were hookless, but I might be mistaken. I did'nt find it fun at all to crank in the heavy, dragging rigs w a smaller rockfish on the end, you could hardly tell it was there, like cranking dead weight back to the boat. I think they should call them chandelier rigs cause that's what the Alabama rigs I've seen look like! I'm amazed that tournaments would allow them, it seems like cheating IMO. What's next?, a Sabuki type Bass rig w 5 or more baits?:facepalm:

 

[R Socey]

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I've trolled umbrella rigs for Stripers off Oregon Inlet on a friends boat years ago. I thought his rigs only had 1 or 2 hooks and the rest of the baits were hookless, but I might be mistaken. I did'nt find it fun at all to crank in the heavy, dragging rigs w a smaller rockfish on the end, you could hardly tell it was there, like cranking dead weight back to the boat. I think they should call them chandelier rigs cause that's what the Alabama rigs I've seen look like! I'm amazed that tournaments would allow them, it seems like cheating IMO. What's next?, a Sabuki type Bass rig w 5 or more baits?:facepalm:

Trolling ain't much fun for me either. You can hook all baits or none which would be a teaser. Predators can't resist a school of bait away from cover. They will probably forbid them in the future on the Bass circuits I would think.

 

[dingbat]

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Trolling ain't much fun for me either.

The usual complint from someone who don't catch big ones on the troll.

 

[mommicked]

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I'll take casting lighter tackle to schooling/blitzing fish over trolling anytime fresh or salt water, but do enjoy trolling lighter tackle sometimes. What's after the Alabama rig................a castable castnet? :facepalm:

 

[MTYPockets]

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What's after the Alabama rig................a castable castnet? :facepalm:

Dupont spinner.........Dynamite!

 

[Jessi'shusband]

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To be able to catch fish with the A rig, you still have to be able to find the fish, and get them to bite. So far I have not seen that the A rig is an idiot proof way to catch fish. In the hands of a pro, yes it is an excellent tool, in the hands of a weekend warrior sometimes it works great, in the hands of a bank fisherman, not gonna work very much, for the first timer, not going to work. It still takes some know how to be able to cast a rig like this and catch fish with it.....

 

[Jessi'shusband]

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and they are not new, just a modified version of the old trolling umbrella, people had the same response when buzzbaits first came out.

 

[mommicked]

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^I have to disagree about these statements. Tournament Bass fishermen have never been able to Troll for Bass around here if i'm not mistaken, and no fishing multiple rods simultaniously so why are multiple baits allowed??????. If these lures are used when spawning Bass " are defending the eggs " they may be injured rushing the baits w their mouths closed. Obviously a group of fish/baits is more of a threat to the bassbed than a single lure, and provoke more egg guarding Bass to attack that may ignore a single lure no matter how many times it is tossed to sighted Big bass or big beds.....................Not fair IMO.

 

[javelin96]

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I bought one and used for 2 casts got hung and broke it....I cant see myself spending the money on another....Heard they work good though

 

[MN Sun]

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They look cool and sounds like they work great but multiple hook rigs like that have been illegal in MN for decades.

Bummer for us