Bass Fishing: Is the Alabama Rig TOO good?

[Coach Hank Crisp]

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I live at Rock Mtn. Lakes. We have 5 lakes here. One lake is 100 yards from our house. I went yesterday and bought some of these rigs for my son and I.

Auburn takes care of the lakes. Jay Heffner from Auburn just reported to us last month we need to catch and keep every bass 13" and smaller out of the lakes, up to 30 pounds per acre.

The lakes are great fun. My son caught a 23 LB catfish in August out of the one we live on.

I look forward to eating some fish!

Oh! I forgot to say this rig was just invented 2 months ago in Muscle Shoals.

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COMMENTARY. Can a fishing lure be too efficient? Or can any fish-harvesting device actually be so effective that it's a danger to fish populations?

Well, yes, as a matter of fact. Coastal anglers need only point to gill nets, which were decimating many coastal fisheries 20 years ago, as evidence. "Telephone fishing", using electrical shocking devices to stun and harvest fish, is another example, now reserved only for the use of state biologists sampling fish populations.

And of course we've all seen the mostly-bogus ads of lures that are "Banned in Wisconsin!" or whatever the marketing pitch might be, because they are too good.

But the Alabama Rig, which has caused such a stir the last several weeks not only in Alabama but nationwide, is the first castable rig in memory that actually might be too effective; with five lures dangling from its octopus wire arms, the rig can reel in whole schools of bass at a time, and some anglers are screaming "foul!".

Is a multi-lure rig even legal, some are asking. Currently, there appears to be no regulation on the number of hooks a single rod and reel can have attached to it anywhere in Alabama, though on lakes Weiss and Neely Henry anglers are limited to no more than three rods each.

And neither the FLW nor B.A.S.S. tours have rules against multiple-lure rigs, a fact which made Paul Elias one hundred grand richer two weeks ago on Guntersville.

[Jamos]

Wow, Paul Elias, I haven't heard that name in a long time. I would like to know if the lure works in your lakes, I'm thinking you have very clear water, right.

[Coach Hank Crisp]

Wow, Paul Elias, I haven't heard that name in a long time. I would like to know if the lure works in your lakes, I'm thinking you have very clear water, right.

Yes sir very clear. They are still Alabama Lakes, but we test each year for before fertilizing and use a probe down to 3-4 feet.

[rueben]

This trick has been used for Striped Bass for some time. Also similar are the "teaser rigs" used offshore.

[Jamos]

With a lure this size I would think it is a trolling bait with that many hooks, it would pretty hard to cast for a distance. I would like to be there when you get into a school of fish and three or four fish get on at once. 

[BAMAWV]

This trick has been used for Striped Bass for some time. Also similar are the "teaser rigs" used offshore.

Teasers were what I thought he was talking about. I found a pic (drawing), but couldn't load it. I think they are the same (the basic premise), just a different designer.

[Coach Hank Crisp]

This trick has been used for Striped Bass for some time. Also similar are the "teaser rigs" used offshore.

My family has used this type of rig in the "Gulf" for years. Back in the 70s we took a steel leader and attached a "Johnson Spoon" at the end of a long leader and on the same wire on a shorter leader attached a saltwater jig ususally white or yellow colored.

We would catch 2 "Spanish Mackeral" or either 2 "bluefish" at the same time!

[BAMAWV]

As to reducing the catfish population, no way is this prevalent enough to skew the numbers. My same view on "finger fishing" although they are blamed with getting into the breeding stock.

[rueben]

This trick has been used for Striped Bass for some time. Also similar are the "teaser rigs" used offshore.

My family has used this type of rig in the "Gulf" for years. Back in the 70s we took a steel leader and attached a "Johnson Spoon" at the end of a long leader and on the same wire on a shorter leader attached a saltwater jig ususally white or yellow colored.

We would catch 2 "Spanish Mackeral" or either 2 "bluefish" at the same time!

Yep form Spanish Mac rigs...



To Striper rigs...


To Marlin & Tuna



Not to mention bait catching rigs etc...

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