Saw the Alabama Rig in person, in action, and up close yesterday!

[Waterfoul]

Ed got his in the mail last late last week, and it didn't catch a dang thing!!  Of course... neither did anything else we threw.  Ed, Marc, and myself tried our hand on Gull Lake yesterday.  It was a nice day for fishing... a terrible day for catching.  One nice sized perch on a senko was all we had to show for our efforts.  Oh, and one lost-at-the-boat pike.

I will say this about the 'Bama Rig... it looks dang cool coming thru the water.  It is a heavy sucker to cast and retrieve though!!!


(We should have gone north one more time.... )

[Manxfishing]

Mike,

So what tails, swim baits or grubs were rigged up on the rig?

[Waterfoul]

He had 4" swim baits on 1/4 oz jigheads.  Not sure of the manufacturer though.

But like I said, it sure looked sweet coming back to the boat thru the water.

[Bkeenom]

I built a couple for us to use. Looked really good in the water. especially when you stop it and they spread out. 6 hours of fishing and only a couple of followers

[bigjc]

He had 4" swim baits on 1/4 oz jigheads.

No wonder it was heavy to cast.  LOL

[djkimmel]

I built a couple for us to use. Looked really good in the water. especially when you stop it and they spread out. 6 hours of fishing and only a couple of followers

Are you going to sell them?

[djkimmel]

He had 4" swim baits on 1/4 oz jigheads.

No wonder it was heavy to cast.  LOL

I thought I read that the common weight of the whole rig many were fishing on Guntersville was between 2 and 4 ounces. That's more like peacock bass fishing.

[Bkeenom]

I built a couple for us to use. Looked really good in the water. especially when you stop it and they spread out. 6 hours of fishing and only a couple of followers

Are you going to sell them?

Just the ones we use

[bigjc]

He had 4" swim baits on 1/4 oz jigheads.

No wonder it was heavy to cast.  LOL

I thought I read that the common weight of the whole rig many were fishing on Guntersville was between 2 and 4 ounces. That's more like peacock bass fishing.

So is everyone throwing these on flippin' sticks or what?

[djkimmel]

I think many anglers will do that though some are throwing them on longer swim bait rods.

[robhj]

Good article on the Alabama Rig in this month's issue of Bassmaster.  I guess you can't argue with success & no doubt other presentations would put fish in the boat under the same conditions but nothing will be able to put 19-7 lbs of smallies in the boat on one cast!

[djkimmel]

Good point! The number of big bass being caught to the south with these rigs is amazing! I will definitely be throwing castable umbrella rigs this coming season! Temped to get one and take it to Brazil but I don't think my heart is that strong!!

[dartag]

quite a few types for sale at BTD.    Could be fun bed fishing catching 5 at a time.


http://www.basstackledepot.com/

[djkimmel]

This might help some of you organize all you new swim baits who have already decided to win some tournaments and/or catch a bunch of big bass this season on castable umbrella rigs: Columbia Customs Swimbait Boxes from Bass Tackle Depot

[thedude]

hang on to your money, i know there are gonna be some top-end a-rigs for sale at bottom dollar prices at the novi and gr shows.

[djkimmel]

No! Buy them now! Before they're ALL GONE!!!