I purchased 3 last week at the advertised $24.99 price. My wife thought I was nuts. Well, I sold all 3 of them yesterday on Ebay for $100 each. People have gone crazy!

The sad part is I told the wife to put them on there and post them at a minimum bid of $100. She instead posted them at that price period. I was ticked. They sold in less than 3 hours.

Wish I had purchased 100 last week! LOL

I had to look it up. Interesting concept, I could see that working well in saltwater.

It's nothing more than a modified umbrella rig.

I helped a pal last night get situated so he could use his. The rig is very lightweight - 3/8 oz. - but when you add jigheads and swimbaits or other lures, it becomes a roughly 2-ounce or greater bait.

I'm still trying to find one. Wish I'd gotten one from the Rig founder back in July when I saw it.

rumor is...a guy won a fairly big tournament with one a couple weeks ago and the demand for these things have gone through the roof. dont know if its true or not but had a guy tell me that fished in that tournament that one guy offered a thousand bucks for 3 of them, but you know how stories go

Fairley Big? 100,000 $. FLW Open on Guntersville. The angler was Paul Elias. 25 + day one 29 + day two 75 + after day three and still had a day to go. My cousin was in 10th place saturday and had a bad day finished 12th. He said on the weigh stage "Im just glad i got beat by the Alabama Rig, and not the Auburn Rig." I would not doubt the 1000.00 dollar story.

Paul Elias won an FLW Open up on Guntersville with over 100 lbs. in four days of competition. Then Dan Morehead won the Everstart Championship on Kentucky Lake with it.

they had plenty for sale at waterfront grocery on hwy 79 yesterday

Go buy them out and put them on Ebay, you can make some good money!

Bullet, are they real Alabama Rig rigs or replicas?

Just curious. I'm looking for the genuine bird for some photography needs.

I heard that Waterfront had knockoffs, but not the original. The local bait store I frequent tried to order some, and they are backordered 6 weeks. They get LOTS of calls every day from people all over the country trying to find them.

clem

i dont know, i didnt pay that much attention to them. I am a cane pole fisherman all that fancy bass fishin stuff is way over my head,i havent figured out how to hold a beer and work a rod at the same time yet. i guess you call down there and axe doug

I have used the ones that Waterfront sells, they are very well built and best of all the catch fish

Also the Chandelier rigs they sell at Waterfront you can easily slide the tube off the front and use 3 hooked baits in Tennessee, with some other rigs the front would be counted as a teaser so you could only by law use 2 hooked baits on it

How do you tell if it's genuine? I saw one today that was supposed to be original. The guy was making replicas of it.

I used this rig Sunday,, the bite was slow untill about 3 oclock,, then I found a sweat spot,,, caught 5, 2 1/2 to 3 pounders in 6 cast, friend of mine got a double,, I havent had that luck yet

How do you use it?

You put a lure on the end of each leader. It allows you to mix and match or have 5 of the same lure, which resembles a small school of fish. Most peope I have heard using swimbaits, but some have used crankbaits as well.

I would like to meet the dude that can fish one loaded down with DD22's all day long.

So you troll with this thing? Or you cast it? Steady movement? Work like a jig?

You cast it. That's half the battle. Speed and how you work it is the other half.

Know a guy that won a tourney this weekend in Camden with it;that was the first time I had heard of it;I figured they would be banned for use in tournaments.

They're not banned, although the tournament orgs are looking at them prior to 2012 seasons.

Fatty, go here and see -- thealabamarig.com


I threw one yesterday on Wilson Lake below Wheeler Dam and caught some hybrids. Absolutely unbelievable vicious strikes. Didn't catch any smallies or largies but the hybrids were thick in there.

I loved it. It's like throwing a chandelier. It will be seasonal depending on how the fish are feeding, and where, if you're bass fishing.

For hybrids, stripers or white bass, holy smokes.

5 week backlog....dang..

It's not that long. I've heard of guys ordering and getting them within 7-10 days.

I think the rush has just prevented them from updating some of the website info.

The founder reached a deal for the licensing, marketing and selling rights with Mann's Bait Company. He'll stay on as a consultant-advisor type and they'll handle the manufacture and stuff.

They just sold the trademark to Manns Bait Company this mornin.... Guy pm me if you want the hottest knockoff out there, I guide on Guntersville and have had 2 that caught over 100 keepers, one is still tied on the other I sold at Goose Pond for $80... They are good baits and I can get them for $17

I have 6 on order. Really looking forward to using one next Feb.

A buddy of mine was fishing guntersville earlier this week and one of the bait stores told him they would have some knockoffs coming in this week for ten bucks.

It's about the same thing that us stripe fishermen have been using (umbrella rig, spreader rig, school rig) for years. I think that some yankees up along the east coast use some with 9 hooks. Search it on ebay. If you can sell them for 100 bucks, congrats. If some of you dont wanna pay 100 bucks, look around. They can be had way cheaper.

Every store around Guntersville has them now, About 10 different manufacturers. Walmart is the cheapest at $17.95. They had over 100 last week, now they have about 20-30 left.

BPS has them for 14.95

I know this is sick, but I actually had a dream I was fishing with one last night and it is still deer season! LOL

Actually now that I think of it, the guy fishing with me had one and I didn't. Needless to say, he was killing them! LOL

B.A.S.S. just outlawed them, double rigged flukes, and drop-shotting with a jig as a weight for the Elite Series and the Classic.

i have been making the heck out of these. i make mine out of .032 tig welding rod and mighty putty for the head. they are pretty easy to make your own and it gives me something to do on weekends when i dont feel like hunting in the rain or something.

the only problem ive had so far is the wife is wondering where all her pretty metalflake fingernail polish is going. hahaha

im working on a really thin wire version to try with crappie jigs but ii havent tried it out yet.

Exactly what I was thinking. How to make a crappie rig

Hotshot, where are you getting the putty? I have all kinds of wire and am looking for ways to make the front part.

7 go to Lowes or Home Depot. Look in adhesives. Two color epoxy putty. In a clear tube.

Ok, will do. Thanks a lot. I just loaded the Ranger up today with all my crap. Time to catch some now.

a little late but yeah, perchjerker is right, lowes or even wal-mart has it. i think it is made by locktight and it is not name brand mighyputty but still just a 2 part epoxy putty. alos, if you work the putty together with rubber gloves it wont leave your hands all sticky. once i get the shape close, i dip my gloves in water and it allows you to really get whatever shape you want smooth.

i got the crappie rig finished all but the swivels. i have to go to walmart to find some really small ones.

Lets see some pics man!

I went to Guntersville today and absolutely destroyed the bass. All on A-rigs in 8-10 FOW.

Crappie I never got into but I tried.

On other note, I've gotta figure out how to make these A-Rigs. I can't stand it to pay $30 and then have to load it up with swimbaits. $15 is bad enough. Always wanted to get into making some of my tackle but never have. Looks like a good time to start.

Yum makes some for around $18, well I found some for $18 anyway, but like you said ya still got to buy the bait to go with it.

this iis the best i could do with my crappy phone

Looks pretty good. If I ever get an off day, I plan on trying to build some.

i can explain my way if anyone is interested. mine are welded tho so everyone may not have that option

There are some guys in bessemer making them and they are called Yellowhammer Rigs you can find them on facebook and they go for about $24.99 each.

Tackletrap in Boaz has them for 10.99

if i get my bearings done quick enough i will see about getting my A-Rig wet, and see what happens.

Just bought 2 on Ebay for 29 bucks. We will see what happens.

I bought one off ebay for $8