Anyone using this setup on the flats?
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Anyone using this setup on the flats?
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Re: Anyone using this setup on the flats?
Now I've doubled up on a split swivel before and caught fish, but I can see this being utilized well in some of the deeper flats - my main concern would be the visibility of the steel wire extended out with the light hitting it.
any luck?
any luck?
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Re: Anyone using this setup on the flats?
Stranger things work there. It would probably work best when the bait fish are real active.
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Re: Anyone using this setup on the flats?
No I have not tried one yet. But i witnessed a guy on lake Talquin tearing up the bass on a homemade model. The rig is called a Alabama rig and it made it's debut on the Bassmasters this season with Paul Elias taking the event by a landslide. Maybe the next best thing in Bass fishing.
Re: Anyone using this setup on the flats?
I read today where some of the B.A.S.S. tournaments will no longer allow this type of bait by restricting anglers to a "single lure". Not that this has anything to do with flats fishing other than it might reflect catch rates of freshwater fish !
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Re: Anyone using this setup on the flats?
Right now, Alabama Rigs are $27 at Kevins, not counting the six jig heads and swim tails you have to put on them. That's a litttle much to risk hangin on the bottom or losing to some large saltwater predator.
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Re: Anyone using this setup on the flats?
"...The Alabama Rig and similar setups from other manufacturers consist of a weighted head with five wire leaders trailing behind. Soft plastic swimbaits and similar lures are attached to the leaders, imitating a school of baitfish.
Rules Committee members believe the rig eliminates some of the skill that should be required in tournament competition at the highest level. “It doesn’t matter how you work it,” said one of the anglers. “The fish can’t help themselves.”
From BASSMasters website on new ruling.
Rules Committee members believe the rig eliminates some of the skill that should be required in tournament competition at the highest level. “It doesn’t matter how you work it,” said one of the anglers. “The fish can’t help themselves.”
From BASSMasters website on new ruling.
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Re: Anyone using this setup on the flats?
That rig and a Ronco pocket fisherman are a deadly combo on the flats. Almost like fishing with dynamite.
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Re: Anyone using this setup on the flats?
well yeah, when using the waterproof fuses....Barhopr wrote:That rig and a Ronco pocket fisherman are a deadly combo on the flats. Almost like fishing with dynamite.
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Re: Anyone using this setup on the flats?
I smell a white-boot boondoggle in the making...
Re: Anyone using this setup on the flats?
My dad and I were talking about these last night.... striped bass fishermen have been using Umbrella rigs for years.
Ive seen them trolled up on Lake Lanier North of Atlanta.
I'm sure we could catch trout on them.
I'd love to drop that rig on a Black Sea Bass reef
Ive seen them trolled up on Lake Lanier North of Atlanta.
I'm sure we could catch trout on them.
I'd love to drop that rig on a Black Sea Bass reef
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Re: Anyone using this setup on the flats?
Coming from someone who has a boxing ring on the bow of his skiff, why does this not surprise me?
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Re: Anyone using this setup on the flats?
Forget black sea bass, Bman... hook some longer eel jigs on the end and have that bad boy ready to drop during one of those 5 cobia by the boat moments and you would have a GUARANTEED MEMORY!
Mind actually shudders a bit at the thought of the bedlam that would ensue. Best bet would be to thread the front head with rope tied to the boat, pull anchor and let nature take it's course.
Mind actually shudders a bit at the thought of the bedlam that would ensue. Best bet would be to thread the front head with rope tied to the boat, pull anchor and let nature take it's course.
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Re: Anyone using this setup on the flats?
As I think more and more about the above scenario, I think I'm going to make it happen in 2012! Going to wait to use it for amberjacks until 2013, and goliaths in 2014.
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