Ban The Alabama Rig Petition

[Feathers and Fins]

Actually for a shotgun it depends on the game you pursue. Durring for instance regular waterfowl season 3 shells is the max a gun can hold this has to be accomplished by a plug in the tube to prevent it from holding more than 3. BUT durring the spring conservation order there is not limit on shells the gun can hold.

Stupid law as you are only allowed ( regular waterfowl season ) 6 ducks so what does it matter how many hooks are in the gun? ooppss I mean Shells... Get the point all stupid laws come from someplace. I preffer to not be that someplace.

[moguy1973]

You can have here in Missouri If i remember right up to 33 hooks per line if it is labeled. Trot line?

Marty

If you are using a rod and reel, you can only use a bait/lure that has a total of 3 hooks on it.

[tjulianc]

BASS has already banned the A-rig. I bet other groups will follow suit without any laws being passed. Better for the industry to police itself rather than legislation, that is my opinion on it anyway.

I'd at least like to fish it before passing judgements on it. To me it seems like a tool to use in open water, which is not where I fish very often anyway, but if I did I'd sure give it a try. Sure it may get tiresome to fish with all day, but who says you have to and its probably not as hard to cast as you'd think, probably just a lob cast, and if you have the right rod and reel it wouldn't be a big deal. Definitely got to fish it on braid though.

Its a new lure and I'm sure there are still some developments and improvement on it that will come out as time goes on. For example you could texas rig the softplastics instead of having open hooks. That would reduce the chance of foul hooking bass.

[BilletHead]

Could be Jim but I never seen anyone get ticket for it and I know for a fact they watch very close up there thanks,

Marty

[BilletHead]

I know we are off and a tanget here from the origional post kind of but it says nothing about rods and reels here,

If you use more than 3 poles (or two poles on the Mississippi River) at any one

time, the additional poles must be labeled with your full name and address.

Regardless of the method or number of poles, you may not use more than a

total of 33 hooks at any one time; except on the Mississippi River the maximum

is 50 hooks at one time. If fishing on the Mississippi River and on other Missouri

waters at the same time, no more than 50 hooks may be used and not more

than 33 on waters other than the Mississippi. Hooks on trotlines must be staged

at least 2 feet apart. Hooks on any type of line, as well as the line itself, must be

attended every 24 hours or removed.

Marty

[Guest csfishinfool]

The law is three hooks per line with rod and reel. I talked to the conservation agent at the Springfield office and he told me that you better bet that they will be enforcing that. Which made me happy

[tjulianc]

On page 45 of regulation book, which is on the next to last page, it says,

Pole and Line: Fishing methods using tackle normally held in the hand, such as a cane pole, casting rod, spinning rod or fly rod, or ice fishing tackle commonly known as a tip-up, to which not more than 3 hooks with bait or lures are attached . Does not include snagging, snaring, grabbing, trotlines, juglines or other tackle normally attached in a fixed position

http://mdc.mo.gov/si...2fishsumweb.pdf

[Guest]

There's also a downside to this rig.

Its expensive and it gets hung up often, leading to loss of lures and money.

I know a fisherman that lost his whole rod and reel combo last weeknd.

He got a nasty backlash during the cast and the A-rig ripped the whole combo out of his hands.

Dude lost his rod, reel, and A-rig.

He later broke his other rod while trying to retrieve a different A-rig from a deep brushpile.

Needless to say, it caused him to reconsider the use of this rig.

I say, leave it up to the fishermen and not the lawmakers.

If tournaments decide to ban them, thats their choice.

I will never fish the A-rig, due to the physical demands it puts on your body.

Kinda takes the fun out of it.

[exiledguide]

Can I use this A rig at Roaring River? This would be great one cast almost a limit and with with the proper rod you cold cast way

upstream. Just think of the fun. What about Bennet Springs?

Just trying to inject humor among the stupidity.

[OneLung]

I use 4" Berkley "Alive" minnows on mine. To make it legal for MO, I simply tie-on two of the minnows without hooks, leaving only three with hooks. Still works great. If you're using lures, just remove the treble hooks from two of them.