Alabama Rig Legality

[FL Boy]

As Cowpokey said we pick up some cheap Alabama rigs today so I looked weather or not they are legal. Don't know if anyone has seen this before. It answered my question. http://dnr.maryland.gov/fisheries/pd...labama_Rig.pdf

[Cowpokey]

Good to know...glad I left them in the Jeep this morning, I would have been breaking the law if I rigged them with what's in the package.

[Cowpokey]

I think I'm going to make up a short steel leader with snap to go on the middle wire, that way I can put a crankbait or other lure hanging back from the four arms with "teasers" since they won't have hooks.

[JohnE]

Yeah, I was aware of that. Sabikis also illegal I believe.

You may want to look at picasso v rigs as an alternative. I have some those and alabamas, but I can only use the alabamas over here in VA.

-You could add hookless teasers to your alabama rigs or you could just buy picasso v rigs which are already set up to hold hookless teasers.

[Cowpokey]

Yeah, I was aware of that. Sabikis also illegal I believe.

You may want to look at picasso v rigs as an alternative. I have some those and alabamas, but I can only use the alabamas over here in VA.

We used Sabikis all the time in Korea, they worked good for catching bait.

[buzz]

I think I'm going to make up a short steel leader with snap to go on the middle wire, that way I can put a crankbait or other lure hanging back from the four arms with "teasers" since they won't have hooks.

That's the way the Booyah Alpine Rig is done.

[Cowpokey]

That's the way the Booyah Alpine Rig is done.

I got the idea from this thread:

http://www.snaggedline.com/showthrea...fish!!!!/page2

Maybe mono or braid would be a good option too. It would definitely be easier to rig or re-rig on the water if the leader needed to be replaced. Could also make the leader out of slightly lighter test line, incase one of the hooks got snagged on something. Loosing the center lure would be cheaper than loosing the whole umbrella.

[Salty Dog]

Walmart has 6" and 9" steel leader rigged. 9" steel leader at 30lb test.

[Cowpokey]

Walmart has 6" and 9" steel leader rigged. 9" steel leader at 30lb test.

I make my own. I have a spool of 20lb test coated steel line. I bought it originally for barracuda fishing with my fly rod in the Keys...it worked great.

[JohnE]

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Here is a pic of one of the picasso v rigs that I have.

[Frogsauce]

I like that rig John, gonna try to make one like that. Thanks!

[Tall_Timbers_Kayaker]

I've been using a Picasso Rig for years to troll for stripers without knowing the name. Friends and I make our own out of stainless steel welding rod. Mine have rubber shads on the body with some type of lures or a larger shad with hooks on the end leaders. My neighbor uses spoons in the summer for blues and sometimes replaces the shads with pieces of aluminum with a twist in it so it spins to attract fish. They are easy to make, cheap, and catch fish. They also have nowhere near as much drag as an umbrella rig.