Alabama Rig

Been reading about this on some of the bass fishing forums. Some are saying it will change how bass tournaments are won for a while. Just like a striped bass umbrella rig but I guess 'New' to the bass fishing world. I'd be too afraid to snag the thing and lose $$ worth of tackle all at once!    jim

Here it is. Loaded with Big Hammer. Thats Troy Nelson.

Thats alot of money on one rig! Wouldn't want to snag it.

One local Norcal tournament trail has already banned their usage from competition citing a belief that these rigs will excessively kill bass. Quite the controversy. 

I have been in bass tournaments and I wouldn't use this rig. It is sad that people are looking for an easy way to win some money. I hope it will be banned in all tournaments.

I thought I was going to see a kayak made out of a lawn chair and some styrofoam!

so (not knowing much at all about bass fishing) this umbrella rig is frowned upon due to the fact that it will hook too many fish, or hook them too deeply?

Try it for rockfish and lings.   

-Allen

Halibut! Bigger spread. Someone has a great idea that's legal and once again the pro bass boys claim unfair. hahahaha. I like to fish for LMB with bait. Its the only way I like to fish for them. I'm sure someone will say that I'm breaking some rule of etiquette.

Halibut! Bigger spread. Someone has a great idea that's legal and once again the pro bass boys claim unfair. hahahaha. I like to fish for LMB with bait. Its the only way I like to fish for them. I'm sure someone will say that I'm breaking some rule of etiquette.

Craig,
Theres no such thing in breaking rules of etiquette in catching bass, the important part of bass fishing is catching and releasing..I used to fish LMB on my pontoon and bassboat, its just not my kind of crowed..

Halibut! Bigger spread. Someone has a great idea that's legal and once again the pro bass boys claim unfair. hahahaha. I like to fish for LMB with bait. Its the only way I like to fish for them. I'm sure someone will say that I'm breaking some rule of etiquette.

Craig,
Theres no such thing in breaking rules of etiquette in catching bass, the important part of bass fishing is catching and releasing..I used to fish LMB on my pontoon and bassboat, its just not my kind of crowed..

Totally with you on that Darius! I watched a couple of guys upgrading their SMB limits at Butt Lake last year and it made me sick. I do however love this idea. Not that it hasnt had its day, just the fact someone put it in freshwater.

Halibut!

Yeah, isn't this just the same rig that gets used on flatties? I guess that's why I wondered what all the fuss was about.

Can you use 4 hooks in freshwater?  Guess so, but never thought of doing anything like that...

Halibut!

Yeah, isn't this just the same rig that gets used on flatties? I guess that's why I wondered what all the fuss was about.

 Yea Sean Ive seen the spreader bar with two hooks and weve made smaller versions of the commercial rigs. All the hooks in line on the same leader up to 5 hooks for halibut. Then again, maybe the fish would spend so much time deciding which one its long gone by then.

Can you use 4 hooks in freshwater?  Guess so, but never thought of doing anything like that...

Only 3 in CA. But in Alabama where the tournament was won with it you can run 5 or maybe even more.

There is a whole lot of art and theory involved in umbrella and spreader rigging.  If you subscribe to the "chase bait" school of though, you only need one hook in the bait that is lagging behind the rest.  That theory works well for bluewater fishing for species such as tuna.

-Allen