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| Hey saw this new schooler rig at the show, its made buy a company called Meat and Potatoes, wasnt sure what to think its kinda like a alabama rig only the guy used .072 wire. Looked at it and later saw it being thrown in the pool and the guy let me come down and throw it. I was surprized how easy it was to cast with zero foul ups. Went straight back to their booth and bought a 3 wire and a five. Anybody else see them? |
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Location: minocqua, wi. | anyone done the homework on local legality of the Alabama-Rig style baits for Wisconsin and Minnesota? |
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Location: oswego, il | What Sled said. This rig is gaining traction with alot of different fisherman. Already heard the dnr will be on the lookout for them on a popular lake near me. Just make sure your not over on the number of hooks allowed on a bait.
Edited by ToddM 1/17/2012 10:18 AM
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Location: St. John, Indiana | Two hooks for Illinois and indiana |
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Location: Mt. Zion, IL | weedsnager - 1/17/2012 10:23 AM
Two hooks for Illinois and indiana
Illinois has different regulations depending on the lakes. Check the regs. for each LAKE. |
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| Like the above poster said, Illinois has different regs depending on the lake. Also, if the rule were just two hooks per lure then a lot of us would be up "___ creek without a paddle". The regulation states two hooks OR two lures per line. Lakes like Shelbyville and Kinkaid do not have these regulations. You need to check each lake to make sure what regulations are in place. |
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Location: Canada | Got pics ? |
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| In PA we have a 3-hook rule. What guys are doing around here is rigging three lures on hooks and attaching them to the lower and middle wires. The remaining two baits are attached to the upper wires using a hitchhiker. That can be hard to visualize if you've never seen one of the rigs in person before, but it isn't complicated at all. I will be giving one a try. |
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Location: Canada | Pics of the Meat and Potatoes Alabama rig?
I personally don't think I'll use this and as already mentioned - check your local regs. |
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Location: Mt. Zion, IL | See Illinois' fishing regulations on the Alabama rig.
http://www.ifishillinois.org/gofish/alabama_rig.html |
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Location: Palm Coast, FL | Some information for the rig being used in Indiana...for now legal:
http://www.bigindianabass.com/big_indiana_bass/2011/11/alabama-rig-... |
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Location: midwest | Any umbrella style rig can be used in any waters. It all depends on the amount of hook baits you attach. You can run 3,4,or5 attractors with a larger drop back bait being your only hook bait and be legal. A spinnerbait can have multiple blades and still be legal because the blades are attractors. |
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| Yeah, the Meat and Potatoes Tackle Co Schooler Rig (a.k.a. Alabama rig for bass) is made with 062 wire for musky and weighs only about 1/2 oz (no lead). It's legal in every state, on every lake/river, and in Canada. The only rub is that in some states/waters, you may have to "dummy" one or more of the lures without a hook to be legal. But keep the school effect. The trick is to keep the lure that runs in the back to be the one with the hook in it because fish hitting an umbrella rig like this hit the lure running in the back 85% of the time. Like Meat and Potatoes says, this is a game changer - two or more muskys on a single cast. Yeah, I wanna do that this year. |
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