It ain't as easy as it looks. That's the message from FLW pro Casey Martin about flinging the notorious umbrella rig, AKA the "Alabama Rig", on TVA lakes. "It can be really effective and catch fish ...

UNION HALL - Rex Smith must be crazy. Why else would this man, whom I consider a good friend, call me Tuesday afternoon to say he was catching the heck out of stripers at Smith Mountain Lake? "You ...

It was during an autumn largemouth bass foray when I saw an angler break the law — the Illinois law, that is. I’d just caught my fourth bass of the session using a pre-rigged Carolina plastic worm.

Long before forward-facing sonar was the hot button issue in fishing, the Alabama rig was causing waves for many of the same reasons. The ultimate balance of pain versus reward, this divisive bass ...

When water temperatures drop and schools of shad grow scarce, bass enthusiasts targeting the heaviest fish switch to an umbrella rig that imitates a small cloud of shad to turn the bite on. The best ...

The first time Terry Knight went to a dock on California's Clear Lake and cast a new-to-him fishing rig that was supposed to "catch the big ones," he laughed and said "it looked like five minnows ...

For years, saltwater anglers have known the benefits of fishing with multiple bait rigs. The spreader rig or umbrella rig allows the fisherman to present multiple artificial baits at one time and on ...

Make no mistake about it. Umbrella rigs, also called spreaders and chandeliers, catch big stripers and blues but it's not finesse fishing. There's no delicate presentation involved, no imparting ...

Last fall, Paul Elias shook the bass fishing industry when he won the FLW Tour Open on Lake Guntersville using the Alabama rig. It has been quite some time since one lure — or maybe I should say five ...

Paul Elias put the Alabama Rig in the bass fishing spotlight with a big tournament victory last October on Alabama's Lake Guntersville. Now everyone wants to cast the multi-hooked rig, but you'll have ...

Starting Saturday, Canadian citizens without a fishing licence can plop their lines in Ontario lakes during Family Fishing Week. They have to obey other fishing regulations, however. The Ministry of ...