Alabama Rig

[fishbait3]

SO if you can only use three hooks are trebble hooks considered 1 or are they 3. If they are 3 then how would we get buy using them on the diving rigs

[smbasser]

SO if you can only use three hooks are trebble hooks considered 1 or are they 3. If they are 3 then how would we get buy using them on the diving rigs

treble hook is considered 1 hook with 3 points

[dennis boatman]

I bet the Alabama rig would be great on White Bass...anyone try that yet? I have fished with 2 jigs many times and had double hook ups...

[Ranger Dave]

I plan on using it this spring on white bass and crappie in Grand Lake. I think it will work great with 3 (or possibly 5) buck tail jigs in the Spring River. Does anyone know how many hooks are allowed in Oklahoma?

[bluebasser86]

I have fished one and they are not really an advantage. They snag like crazy and just like any other bait you have to be around the fish to catch fish. I can fish much faster and cover more water with other baits and I have way more wasted casts because of tangled hooks and baits with the A-rig. It's far from my favorite bait for many reasons including these ones.

[waterpossum]

Ranger Dave the white bass are in full swing right now on Spring River by where the Seneca piers used to be. A lot of hybrids and big crappie mixed in. Can't give you the Okla regulations on the Alabama rig, but I here people are throwing them with mixed results. I guess when you hang one up you can triple your losses.

[Walcrabass]

Stoneroller,

Glad to see your thoughts on the A-Rig. I was at Bass Pro the other night and they are selling them for 15 to 25 dollars. We must remember that this is the driving force for all things in our world..... Money. When fish locators first began to be popular the Northern States talked about making them illegal for fear that in their lakes the Lake Trout and the Walleye would suffer too much. I believe they were made legal largely because of the money they generated. The same is true for the compound bows. Anyone that tells themselves that they are "Bow Hunting" with one of them is kidding themselves..... not at 350 feet per second!!!!

The fish finders have literally gotten to the point that you can watch the fish come up and hit the Bait. Are we fishing or are we doing inner body exploratory surgery with a camera??? And now we have the Hydrowave!!!!!I think you made a good comment about KVD. How much of a Fisherman do you need to be when you can "See the Fish", "Call the Fish", and have unlimited sponsor money and time to burn gas to look for them??!???!!??Am I saying that he is not the greatest fisherman in the world??? Nope!!! Just very, very well provided for and accommodated. I have always said that if they invented a machine that you could aim out the window of your truck and it would pinpoint where the Big Whitetail Bucks were located it would not be legal. Yet today we have those very things in Fishing.

Now the question is do I use these things myself???? You Bet!Competition mandates me to be at the level of others around me. Do I think we are getting out of line?? You Bet!!!! I would truly like to see a Big Time Bass tournament with the Big Names fishing it with NO ELECTRONICS, NO PRE-FISH, AND NO CONTACT ALLOWED BETWEEN THE LOCAL GUIDES OR FISHERMAN FOR 2 WEEKS BEFORE THE TOURNAMENT. The "Sacks of Fish" would be very interesting.... agreed?

[OneLung]

There's a guy on eBay who's here in Missouri selling scaled-down 3-lead versions of the A-rig. It's a lot smaller than the original and I've been catching some nice crappie with it. Just search eBay for umbrella rig and select the 3-lead version.

[jamesedward]

You can also get the A rig for Crappie at Fin & Feather here in Spfd Mo. I can also say the crappie rig doesn't work that well at all. You will get creamed by a guy throwing 1 jig over the a rig where it is 3. But I wonder what it will do fished with minnows on all 3 hooks.

White bass are being caught 2 or 3 at a time on Table rock. I caught 3 keeper kentucky yesterday on the same cast plus I had another follower which mint I had 4 fish on 1 cast. My partner got one in the boat yesterday on the dummy and had no hook. That was strange and I have never seen it before.

[Tblrock]

Five lead w/soft plastic head availabe in 3 sizes at Hannah's in Fair Play - Can also find on ebay - search Mo. Outlaw "Duracinch"

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