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Originally Posted by txnative
Amen, Randy.
For what it's worth, a rig simulating an entire school of baitfish is common practice in saltwater and fairly common in fresh. Since TWRA allows only a single hook if the hook is above a size 6, then current regs already make the AL-rig illegal to use with hooks that would be efficient for stripers. A size 6 hook, unless it is a very uncommon one of extra thick diameter steel, will not tolerate much force before straightening, nor will it accommodate a very sizable lure or bait. To an ethical angler (operative word: ethical), this pretty much eliminates the AL rig for anything but panfish due to ill-matched tackle.
I hope that anglers don't see the AL-rig as bass fishing's new superlure and go nuts using it on waters that may not allow it, but, unfortunately, only time will tell.
Chris
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They have already gone nuts over it....as I stated earlier.....200,000 of these things are either sold or on order....probably more by now. Paul Elias just won 100 grand in a tournament in Alabama with it. He almost came up to the dam at Nickajack to fish...had he done so and been caught that would have been quite a story for BASS. But the tournament organizer said only fishing in Alabama was allowed. In the 90's I saw similar rigs used for Stripers below Pickwick. Using 90# test line......to me is just out there. Plus I don't see the fun in it. I saw some videos of the A rig in action. I used 80# test in the 80's and 90's fishing in the Red Sea and Persian Gulf but I was hooking up with fish from 40 pounds to approaching 200 pounds. I don't know what #test they are using with it but it has to be quite hefty. Ethical...that is going to be up to each individual angler as ethics and laws are two different things. I wouldn't use it...but then again fishing is not what puts money in my bank. I still say the thing will be banned within a year by Bass tournaments.....and maybe even some more states will ban umbrella rigs.
Regards