I got trendy and picked up an Alabama rig a couple nights
ago after laying in bed trying to figure out how I could apply it to a shallow
natural lake like Lake Okeechobee; it probably didn’t hurt that there’s been a shad
spawn going on and I’ve been seeing bait busting left and right.
Ironically, this is one of the few bedtime fantasies that I’ve had that’s
actually worked out.
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgeZxvs-ZDHtql0_qqrT3QstUapdt0jY2gn5kubW0dk9B2ANU9dGMw9_MZ6VqJxdo-3K_hvisZj4UdKxrDDf_F7vUv6D5rSfQSunpxaxrOAJ7wSt2NVCnZ9uPXVoAtdJ5Dv7leIPlptSz8/s320/a+rig+blogpic.jpg)
I then set it up just as I would rig up a single hook to toss a swimbait in the grass: I threaded on four Gambler EZ Swimmers and buried the hooks. I decided against skin hooking the baits simply because they would be getting jostled so much during casts that I would end up re-setting them every time not to mention burning thru a lot more plastic than I would like. The version of the Alabama rig I picked up had a fifth swivel snap in the center - I popped a gold #5 spinnerbait blade with a barrel swivel on that one figuring the fish would focus on the baits “straggling” on the edges and the blade would add some flash and sound.
You can see the results in the images.
On 50# Power Pro using a medium retrieve (pretty synonymous with fishing a
spinnerbait) the rig runs 6” to a foot below the surface – running Big EZ’s in
place of EZ Swimmers would probably get you down around 1 ½ to 2
feet. Also noteworthy is how clean it came thru the grass. I worked
it around and thru isolated Kissimmee Grass and bulrush clumps without hanging
it once – and I definitely wasn’t conservative with where I put it.
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjPMNA9tleiL6w5oHnr3Udkhq-ZbVBo55jNHknKV0_yeNwdONJORyGqEvN8cYGUZ_ZZFuBTdQ2kONStlkRzZmUr1QTPl93QKcB9dXUwoegplhzPehWtYOcWTiykmkuQjsagPgaVbwebZQg/s320/a+rig+blogpic3.jpg)
Thanks man, funny unjust found your page after getting home from picking one up myself. Everything I've been told says to use jig heads for dept and leave the hooks open rather than his. But I like your idea for more shallow water. I'm going to give it a try tomorrow on roman and will let you know how it works out. Thanks for all the work that goes into the videos and posts. I'm def reading everything
ReplyDelete