lake tarpon and home made bama rigs

Attachment 96975been doing some messing around with the alabama rig cant seeing paying 20 bucks for one .. i made my own and i made it lighter then what i have seen ... took it to lake tarpon today and i did really good i got some nice ones for july ... i could only think that this will be really hot in the winter ...... its alway good to try things that no one else has , some times it the key for just getting on them or getting nothing at all .. this might just take the place of my crack baits... never know might start mass prodoucing them to the public ... naaaa.... i like keeping thing to my self ..lol...:crazy::crazy:

That's the ticket when a new plan comes together, nice specks. The summertime is probably the best time to try new idea's, if it works now I'm sure they'll like it most any ohter time.

Good to hear from you, been wondering what had happened?

I have used them several times within the past year. I am friends with the guy that makes the "208 Crappie Rig" on faceook. It is a alabama rig made out of lighter wires designed for crappie fishing, the head is hollow and you have to add whatever weight you want so it will sink. He sent me about a dozen to try and and spread the word for him if they were productive. I have not spread the word for him because i dont do any better with them than i do with traditional tackle. Its nice to catch fish on something different but to me they were not more effective than the way i normally fish and they were kind of a hassle to fish with. If you did better with the alabama rig than you have been with your normal style of fishing then it sounds like a winner to me, that was just not the case when I used them. It is cool catching fish on things you make yourself so i know your proud of that, good job. If anyone wants one for free I will be glad to share the ones I have since I am not a big fan. i can mail em to anyone that is intrested, just shoot me a pm. Im sure my buddy would be glad if someone caught some fish on em and posted on here with the results, just let me know, i have about 5 or 6 left.

I would be interested in trying em here in Arkansas.

Dang tough hood your fishin in if the crappie are crack heads.

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Originally Posted by Southern Young Gun

I have used them several times within the past year. I am friends with the guy that makes the "208 Crappie Rig" on faceook. It is a alabama rig made out of lighter wires designed for crappie fishing, the head is hollow and you have to add whatever weight you want so it will sink. He sent me about a dozen to try and and spread the word for him if they were productive. I have not spread the word for him because i dont do any better with them than i do with traditional tackle. Its nice to catch fish on something different but to me they were not more effective than the way i normally fish and they were kind of a hassle to fish with. If you did better with the alabama rig than you have been with your normal style of fishing then it sounds like a winner to me, that was just not the case when I used them. It is cool catching fish on things you make yourself so i know your proud of that, good job. If anyone wants one for free I will be glad to share the ones I have since I am not a big fan. i can mail em to anyone that is intrested, just shoot me a pm. Im sure my buddy would be glad if someone caught some fish on em and posted on here with the results, just let me know, i have about 5 or 6 left.

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,,,,,,, i have seen some out there and the wire is to heavy thats what i didnt like,, i made some that the wire is the thinest i could get away with ,, and if useing the right coler pastic on it would be the key .... mine i made with 2 or 3 hooks .. i did that so i could use them in a tournament sence the FCC rule is only 2 hooks pre pole... i know they work but i am not throwing everything away just to use them .... i think evrything has a time and a place to be used ... thanks SYG

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Originally Posted by huntinslabs

Dang tough hood your fishin in if the crappie are crack heads.

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i really dont know what your talking about ,,,,,

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Originally Posted by jamin696

Attachment 96975been doing some messing around with the alabama rig cant seeing paying 20 bucks for one .. i made my own and i made it lighter then what i have seen ... took it to lake tarpon today and i did really good i got some nice ones for july ... i could only think that this will be really hot in the winter ...... its alway good to try things that no one else has , some times it the key for just getting on them or getting nothing at all .. this might just take the place of my crack baits... never know might start mass prodoucing them to the public ... naaaa.... i like keeping thing to my self ..lol...:crazy::crazy:

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just pokin some fun

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just pokin some fun

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,,,,, i understand having fun ... but really you dont know me like that .... this is why i dont post much on here .. there is always somone with somthing to say that dont even have anything to do with the thread.....no ofence huntinslabs but that really didnt need to be said ... thanks

Seriously??? Find where I said anything negative about you!! And I simply made a small poke of fun about a miss spelled word that was in your thread. Lighten up and go have a Snicker Bar!

Jamin, did you try that rig at Manatee also? Try it at your top secret spot and let us know what it does. I understand the concept but too complicated for me. In my old age, for me it's the KISS method.

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Seriously??? Find where I said anything negative about you!! And I simply made a small poke of fun about a miss spelled word that was in your thread. Lighten up and go have a Snicker Bar!

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Indeed, there are folks in this world that are in one frame of mind or another at any given time, most of us are pretty happy-go-lucky and we can't even phantom that
someone might take offense at some small insignificant remark that we might make in a completely harmless way.
That's why I backed off from that drinking and coming on here and having a good time with the members. From past experience, I "knew" it was just a matter of
time before someone would tell me to "Shut your trap for awhile would ya" ! ! ! !
And, I didn't want to have to endure being scolded and brow beat, so, once I realized what I was building up to, I curtailed it (best I could) .......
Just my 2 cents .......................................

(next year = all ya'll suck at fishin) ! ! !

I was gonna take a crack at that oneRofl but I am glad to have left it alone.

I don't know we have a need to make a remark at all. Not like we are in a spelling bee.

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I don't know we have a need to make a remark at all. Not like we are in a spelling bee.

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I think it must be the summer heat, gots people CRACKI?N' up!

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Originally Posted by Southern Young Gun

I have used them several times within the past year. I am friends with the guy that makes the "208 Crappie Rig" on faceook. It is a alabama rig made out of lighter wires designed for crappie fishing, the head is hollow and you have to add whatever weight you want so it will sink. He sent me about a dozen to try and and spread the word for him if they were productive. I have not spread the word for him because i dont do any better with them than i do with traditional tackle. Its nice to catch fish on something different but to me they were not more effective than the way i normally fish and they were kind of a hassle to fish with. If you did better with the alabama rig than you have been with your normal style of fishing then it sounds like a winner to me, that was just not the case when I used them. It is cool catching fish on things you make yourself so i know your proud of that, good job. If anyone wants one for free I will be glad to share the ones I have since I am not a big fan. i can mail em to anyone that is intrested, just shoot me a pm. Im sure my buddy would be glad if someone caught some fish on em and posted on here with the results, just let me know, i have about 5 or 6 left.

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SYG
Sent you a PM
SeaRay

We make our own might try the crappie rigs and minner critters posted on crappie.com by meatgetter jigs!!!!!!!

Jamin works very hard at catchin crappie (spec's) i have been whitness to several
of his weird rigs, and most of the time the ones you think are completely out of the
box.....THEY WORK.....
With his new setup (boatwise) i don't believe he has been able to work on some of
latest rigs at Manatee. Primarly working with Tarpon as it follows patterns of most
lakes in Florida (fish bowl style) vs Power plant or water reservoir for a city.
Manatee has just everything you could think of: brush piles, river running through,
many, many curves, many various depths and finishes with a dam and some water
depth of 60 ft plus. Over the 35 plus years Jamin has worked that lake, he can
tell you everything about it in his sleep and tell what to fish when and where at any
time of the year.(SAD THING ABOUT MANATEE, YOU ARE RESTRICTED TO A 20 HP
MOTOR) WHICH TO MY THINKING IS COMPLETELY OUT OF THE BOX...BUT THE
CITY COUNCILMEN ARE IN CONTROL OF LAKE. i


He is my tournament partner and i learn something every time we are on the water..

We have a local deep clear lake we fish for crappie. A large clear (You can see your bait in 10' of water) A local had been using the regular alabama 5 wire to drop down into the deep trees 20' of water you can't see the trees just have to find them with your fishfinder. We started making the 3 wire rigs and using the lightest jigs you could get away with.Its like jigging a brush pile with 3 baits a school.Drop the rig down into the tree top start reeling real slow.We use powerpro 20' test 6ld dia. when you find the right tree you can load the boat. We use this 3 wire crappie rig to find them then once we find the right tree go to your single pole and really catch them. We have been trying them on different lakes at different water colors stained to clear have even beening catching some on our local river.Its a great rig to cover a lot of water fast.Espically on those tough and windy days!!!!! Just bought a handheld GPS having a hard time going back and finding the same tree in 20' of water you can't see.hopeing to be able to mark spots and go back to the same spot we have to be able to drop down right on top of the tree off 6 in no fish hit the right spot catch a limit!!!!!

thank you jackie53, well written and explained..........we have not worked that
much yet with the 3 wire ala rig, been working on right wire, trying to stay away
from snap swivels, utilize flouracarbon 6 lb with about 1 - 2" leader from wire...seems
to work well vs wire-snap hookup to jig head. Also working with 64th jig heads into
#4 hook, (hand pour)
Florida has more stained water than clear, spring fed lakes....also depth is no where
near what you work with in Northern States.

Again, thanks for your thoughts

Yes we like to make and catch fish on our homemade lures.Have been trying different setups.We have been using the 1/48 oz heads but have discovered Meatgetters on this site crappie.com minner critters no weight think this is really going to be the ticket.Yes we made them for fishing our deep lakes.Have been fishing the White river (very shallow) and clear (trout waters) has to be light. We also have some bottom land lakes stained to muddy they worked pretty good their.Have made the last ones out of JB-weld very light and also have shortened the wires from 6" to 3 " and 3 wires has really been the ticket up in the clear trout waters can't keep them on the shelf. The sky is the limit on this bait has opened up new doors to work with another tool to catch fish and larger fish too. Thanks for the posts and let us know how they work.Just sent some down on the gulf for redfish and trout might try them in your waters in Florida!!!!!

Thanks for the post Professor :)