Bama Rig

[abkeenan]

The guys that have thrown them, would you say the 3 arm rig (for the states such as MO with a 3 hook regulation) or the 5 arm rig with 2 of the 5 arms rigged with a non-hook bait (willow blade, hookless swimbait, etc.) is better?

[gitnby]

The guys that have thrown them, would you say the 3 arm rig (for the states such as MO with a 3 hook regulation) or the 5 arm rig with 2 of the 5 arms rigged with a non-hook bait (willow blade, hookless swimbait, etc.) is better?

I have tried it with 3 arm, and 4 arm with the middle arm holding a blade.

I rigged it on 2 different rods and ran it down about 3-4 ft to watch the action.

The blade sure look awesome with the flash, but it looks like the turbulence caused by the blade takes away some of the action of the swimbaits on the outer arms, but with grubs, I couldn't tell?

Theoretically, the more arms rigged with baits better creates the image of a school of baitfish, right?

My conclusion is that I have no idea, but it seems like when they want it, it doesn't matter if I'm throwing a swimbait or grub, they jump on it.

I tried the 3 arm with grubs and jiggled it up and down in 35-40 over some trees and caught 3 last week.

Thinking of trying it with 3 spoons, but not sure how that will work?

I'm sure having fun trying different things with it, but it seems like the best results have been running 3 swimbaits from just off the shore on chunk rock banks out to about 20 ft on a steady, medium retrieve.