Category: Rigs
Can’t Get a World Record on an AL Rig
Remember this story? Arkansas fisherman Rodney Ply caught a world record striper (68+) while bass fishing Bull Shoals with a homemade umbrella rig. Luckily for him – but not really – he’d also enrolled in Mustad’s record payout program. That’s called the “Hook-a-Million” contest. Catch a state record fish on a Mustad hook and win [...]
Last Friday’s Top 5 Bassin’ Quotes
Taken from that day’s BassBlaster email. Interesting stuff, and gotta say we love doing the BassBlaster as much as folks dig receiving it. If you’re not getting it yet, just use the easy sign-up form at right. 1. “(The mystery concept) opened up my eyes as to how many people get information before an event [...]
A-Rig Goosing Tackle Biz Big Time
We all know the A-Rig is the hottest thing since I guess the Chatterbait. We all know that there’s at least 20 versions of it. But we don’t know just how big this crazy A-Rig phenomenon is – or I, at least, didn’t know until I got to the Classic. That doesn’t mean people were [...]
AL Rig Music Vid: One Rod, One Bait…
Stoked to say that Scotty Bud Melvin jumped on the suggestion/inspiration/whatever that the Alabamian Rig ban quote in a previous post – “One Rod, One Bait, One Fish” – sounded a lot like the George Thorogood tune “One Scotch, One Bourbon, One Beer.” So maybe one intrepid basser would take a whack at redoing that [...]
Two Cali Trails Ban AL Rig Becuz…
Can’t believe how many stories I’m seeing, hearing about the Alabama Rig. The way people are talking, maybe it makes sense that B.A.S.S. banned it from the Elites. Sounds like the whole country could be one big Alabama Rig trail. Probably not, but that’s the amount o’ buzz. But the Elites aren’t alone in their [...]
First 20th AL Rig Knockoff?!
Anyone see this ‘N-Seine Rig’ yet from Mizmo? Any other copycat rigs out there anybody’s seen for sale commercially? That’s the bassin’ bait biz for ya….
Science: Extreme Rigging
We’ve touched on the subject of fishery regulations before, and the argument that has been made that many of those regs are antiquated, and have either been arbitrarily set, or are more in place to create equality of harvest among anglers, kind of a social/ethics type thing. For example, back in 1974, the average daily [...]
You Can Troll A-Rig in FOM Derbies?
Seems like everyone’s buzzin’ about B.A.S.S. banning the A-Rig from the Elite Series and Classic – no other trails. The line that stood out for me was this one: An unidentified angler member went so far as to say that using an Alabama Rig takes all the skill out bass fishing. “It doesn’t matter how [...]
The Island of Misfit……Umbrella Rigs?
Two years ago, I was deep cranking a local reservoir during the summer with a Lucky Craft RC 2.5 DD. On one particular cast, my bait stopped and loaded up, so I reared back and swung. Turned out I was hung up. I gave the rod a few good sharp snaps, and the bait broke [...]
A-Rig Not a Bass Killa?
Alan Clemons at the PAA recently put up an interesting post on the Alabama Rig. In it the guy who made the rig famous – Paul “kneel and rig” Elias – tells about the results of his and a few other’s tests of the rig. And it doesn’t appear to be a bass killa ever-wahr [...]
What’s Coming After the A-Rig
It saddens me…deeply…to think that bassin’ innovation is coming by way of adapting stuff from saltwater bait-dunkers. Because there ain’t nearly as much innovation on the salt scene, speaking as one who spends a bunch of time dragging bottom baits off beaches every August. Or maybe there is more innovation there, or left to be [...]
Mann’s Gets AL Rig: WWYD?
What would you do? After a year of tinkering with the Alabama Rig, Andy and Tammy Poss of Muscle Shoals, Ala. – which, to quote Ronnie Van Zant, “has got the swampers” and “they’ve been known to pick a song or two” – decided at possibly the height of its popularity to hand over the [...]
No Red Bead, No Clacker?
Was reading an article that had this guy Mike Roller talking about Carolina rigs. He likes a heavy weight (at least an ounce), a medium light rod (!), no clacker, and ONLY black or clear beads (no red). He also doesn’t believe that leader size will matter much because if the fish are aggressive, they’ll [...]
What’s the Half Life of the AL Rig?
Here’s an interesting question prompted by an article by Frank Sargeant in The Huntsville, AL Times. Here’s what got me thinking: I am of an age that allows me to remember (on a good day) the origin of the plastic worm, a lure that actually did wipe out entire bass populations in smaller lakes for [...]
Check These Alabama Rig Vids
Well, seeing things changes a lot sometimes. If a pic is worth 1,000 words, a vid must be worth…at least 1001. I seriously wouldn’t have believed the Alabama (umbrella) Rig was truly castable until I saw this vid (the first one below). Still have questions or at least a mental hurdle about 5 or however [...]
Anyone Still ‘Rig?
One thing that’s stood out loud and clear when looking at all this pattern info on/in FishingGold.com is that on the pro side, Carolina rigs used to be used but aren’t anymore. Guess some of that is changing schedules, different lakes maybe, but seems like more a sign of the times. Maybe today’s pros have [...]
