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What better way to start off a article…something that will grab your attention and hold on to it, or maybe I should have asked if you would you like Arnold Schwarzenegger Arms ?

O.K. what I am getting at is the Alabama Rig, I got a chance the other day to get out on a kind of warm day in Memphis and try what everyone has been buzzing about. First of all I recommend that you get it set up except the hooks, It took me about ten minutes to get it all set up with the swim baits that came with it. Number 1  the swim baits were a little to big for this small pond, you might want to think about using lures like flukes, or another small soft lure to cut down on the weight two you must have a heavy rod to cast the rig and all in all I did manage to cast the Alabama rig about forty times that day and it wore my arm out. They were correct in saying you would be casting 1 to 2 ounces and they did not miss that weight.

My fishing buddy that day had a medium rod and when he held it over the side of the boat it sure put a bend on that rod. Both he and I were using Power Pro Braided line, and here again when you throw something this heavy you better have a very strong line, not to mention if you get lucky and catch more than two big bass.

Both of us that day decided if we were going to throw this RIG we might look at smaller baits that do not weigh as much as 5 swim baits. Like I said earlier I did manage to cast the rig not as far as if I had a Spinner Bait…but far enough…you got to remember that you have to reel this back in and again you feel every one of those swim baits. Now I see why the use them in deep-sea fishing where they troll with them instead. “BOY” I would love to troll this rig beside a pad of grass, Lily Pads, or just moss just on the outside and I can see catching five at a time. I wanted to see what the Bass were looking at and I can see why they want to bite it. It looks just like a school of shad an easy meal just bunched up and boy what an action the have and do not get tangled up with any other bait. I saw where this bait would be number one in the fall when the bass start chasing the shad and want to fill up before winter. Here again maybe when the bass are on the beds in the spring you just got to practice casting the baits and have it hit the water not making a noise. I tried it and it was like throwing a 55 gallon bucket in the lake, you talk about making a noise.

I recommend if you are in a State that allows the Alabama Rig go out and practice first and see what you can do….then go after the Bass and see if you can get Arnold Schwarzenegger Arms.

Keep All the Hooks Wet

Steve