TN Rig

[TimAub]

Where can I buy one?

[white95v6]

Originally Posted by TimAub

Where can I buy one?

any place for the most part that sells fishing things. i seen the at wally world and BPS.

well they are the AL rig. but just use them as a tn rig.

[Scott715]

There's a guy selling them on eBay and I must admit they're put together very well. He's selling them for around $20 with free shipping, which is slightly cheaper than bass pro. Check for auctions under screen name fish4you.

[bd-]

Poindexter's in Gallatin has them.

bd

[Scott715]

Fate Sanders had a TN & AL rig for around $15. I asked "isn't the AL rig illegal to use in TN?" She responded "not to sell...." lol....

Make your own, go to Lowe's and get some marker flags, cut to desired length. Then get some JB waterweld...take one of the wires and bend to make an eye, take a wooden board place some cooking oil on it SO putty does not stick. Kneed your putty and make it flat on the board. Place wire with eye in the middle. take a hammer and mash the ends of the two other wires so that they will not slip out. Place other two wires on each side of wire with eye. roll putty around wires and shape it like a fish head. Let cure for 24 hours. Take the opp end of wire and place a good swivel on wire and bend to make an eye so that swivel will remain. paint head and paint on some eyes and there you have it!

Anglers Warehouse.

The Skinny 3 arm works very well. Under 10 Bucks

Anglers Warehouse. The Skinny 3 arm is under 10 bucks.

[titansfan2104]

Jim duckworths site has them for around $12 I think it was

they sell them at wal mart super center in cool springs thats where ive seen them but theyr a little bit to expensive for me

[Scott715]

Make sure you have the setup to support that rig too. I now have 50 lb braid on my pole. It's good to find the fish actively feeding when you throw it. It's not a rig you can toss around for very long. It will wear you out!

[bluemarlin]

Has anyone tried trolling these rigs? If so, where do troll, along bluffs?

[StriperFan]

Originally Posted by bluemarlin

Has anyone tried trolling these rigs? If so, where do troll, along bluffs?

I have not trolled the tennessee rig, but I used to troll a tri-troller quite a bit. This rig is much like the tennessee rig, but is designed for trolling, the arms stretch out about a foot a piece. The rig will get you extra bites for sure. I would troll them on the edge of flats, points, channels, bluffs, the mouth of coves, the mouth of creeks, over submerged structure. Setting the bait near the bottom depth of bait schools, or just above the thermacline, for stripers anyway.

[bluemarlin]

Maybe someone can help, am trying to understand how to stay legal, below is from the TWRA
Umbrella rigs can be legally fished in Tennessee waters as long as they comply with the regulation as described in the proclamation. An umbrella rig is defined as an array of more than three artificial lures or baits (with or without hooks) used by a single rod and reel combination. Each blade of a spinner bait would be considered a lure. If the hook sizes are 8 or smaller, all lures or baits may have hooks (single, double, or treble). If any hooks on the umbrella rig are hook size 6 or larger, then only one lure or bait in the array may have a hook and that hook must be a single hook.

So I can use size 8 on all arms, but then it states if any hooks are 6 or larger you can't use. ??? Are the rigs marketed as Alabama Rigs, like the Tom Mann sold at Walmart legal? They look like size 8 hooks.

[Travis C.]

Originally Posted by bluemarlin

Maybe someone can help, am trying to understand how to stay legal, below is from the TWRA
Umbrella rigs can be legally fished in Tennessee waters as long as they comply with the regulation as described in the proclamation. An umbrella rig is defined as an array of more than three artificial lures or baits (with or without hooks) used by a single rod and reel combination. Each blade of a spinner bait would be considered a lure. If the hook sizes are 8 or smaller, all lures or baits may have hooks (single, double, or treble). If any hooks on the umbrella rig are hook size 6 or larger, then only one lure or bait in the array may have a hook and that hook must be a single hook.

So I can use size 8 on all arms, but then it states if any hooks are 6 or larger you can't use. ??? Are the rigs marketed as Alabama Rigs, like the Tom Mann sold at Walmart legal? They look like size 8 hooks.

Take a spinnerbait for example. IF you put that on your Alabama rig as it came from the package then that is (1) of your allowed three baits here in TN. IF you took the spinnerbait apart and slid the blade up the arm of the A-Rig and then attached the skirted part that is considered (2) baits.

The key to the definition as it reads now is how a lure is packaged as a lure. If you add a jig head to the arm then you can only have two others on two of the other arms regardless whether its 5 arms or not as long as its smaller than a size 6.

If its larger than size 6 you may only have one of the three with a hook and it has to be a single not treble.