Every heard of the Alabama Rig? Truthfully, I hadn’t until this week. The contraption came to my attention when B.A.S.S. put out a press release announcing the lure type would be banned from ...

The Alabama rig has taken the fishing world by storm and stirred up considerable controversy at the same time. The umbrella rig features up to five baits suspended on wires, 6-8 inches in length, ...

The Alabama rig is one of the most controversial rigs in bass fishing. When anglers first started throwing it in tournaments, they dominated the competition. However, within just a few years the FLW ...

The Alabama Rig has been a very effective and controversial device in the bass fishing world since it's introduction by Andy Doss and Mann's Bait Company in early 2011. The Alabama Rig is not a lure ...

Paul Elias put the Alabama Rig in the bass fishing spotlight with a big tournament victory last October on Alabama's Lake Guntersville. Now everyone wants to cast the multi-hooked rig, but you'll have ...

The first time Terry Knight went to a dock at Clear Lake and cast a new fishing rig that was supposed to "catch the big ones," he laughed and said "it looked like five minnows swimming right at me." ...

A hot, new trend called the umbrella rig could put more fish in your boat by putting more lures in the water. It’s all about playing the odds and catering to the voracious tendencies of fish like ...

January is when many of Lake Norman’s hybrid striped bass, white perch and spotted bass move from the creeks to the main river channel. Add some larger-than-normal 9- to 10-pound striped bass and it ...

When water temperatures drop and schools of shad grow scarce, bass enthusiasts targeting the heaviest fish switch to an umbrella rig that imitates a small cloud of shad to turn the bite on. The best ...

One of the newest sensations to hit the world of bass fishing is the Alabama rig. It made its mark at the FLW Tour this past October and may do so again at the 2012 Bassmaster Classic. This amazing ...