Educate Me On An Alabama Rig

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For starters, what action pole and length are y'all using?

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7 foot medium heavy. Tighten down on drag and toss. 16 lb Sniper fluoro

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What weather conditions make you want to throw one?

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Winter and colder water. Tough this year.

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Any other info is appreciated.

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Don’t know if this matters or not but we don’t have live scope.

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It matters. It works best with targeted fish. Right now on my East Texas lake they are out there in 16 feet and deeper water but are suspended. It's best to have LS to put the ARig at the proper depth.

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For starters, what action pole and length are y'all using?

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Prettymuch anything you would throw a big crank on, MH or H with a moderate to fast action.

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What weather conditions make you want to throw one?

What water conditions and depth make you want to throw one?

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None. Throwing an A-rig is a gigantic pain in the arse. It will work any time of the year in any conditions on a shad fishery, but it’s the equivalent of sitting over corn deer hunting turkeys, if I have to resort to that I might as well go buy some fricking golf clubs.

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Twice a year we have tournaments where we can fish this style bait. Where we usually fish we’d lose it in 4 cast or it would just drag the marsh bottom whole time.

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Without LiveScope you will randomly be tossing out in water that 98% has no fish. You can improve your chances by fishing down a point or on a creek bend for example. The ARig is best used to target schooled fish. That's why it occasionally happens to catch more than one at a time. In my observation of active fish on LiveScope, one will come up and bite and a half dozen will follow it to the boat. Normally you'd never see this. It is a pain in the arse to throw an ARig repeatedly, for an hour or two or three. Consider it the equivalent of throwing six spinner baits at once.
One other bit of advice, and it comes from a friend of mine who fishes TBend all the time and that is to watch the birds. If you come across loons(first and foremost), they are diving on shad and the fish are commonly underneath. Pelicans, cormorants and sea gulls also dive on shad. Watch them. And know your water depth.

Yes we will randomly be casting around points.

We do have down imaging and side scan but I have no clue what I’m looking at.

Thanks for the info bud!

7-7’3 medium heavy. I’m still a mono man so 25lb is my go to just in case I get hung up, I can usually straighten the hooks to get it free. 6th sense a rig is a good rig to use. Not as pricey as the others. As far as colors, if the water is stained to dirty, I’ll use white 4”swimbaits. If it’s clear I’ll opt for more subtle colors 3” in size. Not sure if it makes a difference or not, but I will put different color swimbaits on especially on the longer middle arm.

I really like to have a bladed Alabama Rig.