A-rig is a poor mans Biosonic..When those five baits hit the water, it sounds like a feeding frenzy. They may not bite, but they darn sure know it's there. Honestly,I've only caught one 'double' in the month I've been using it. But I have had some really good days, mostly by experimenting with different presentations. If it don't wear me out, it's fun to fish.
I just hope they don't outlaw braided line next...or Alleve.:)
Take care guys,
Jim

Jeff just say the word and I will "pro actively enhance" that practice boat for you

One bait to catch one fish at a time in competition. I applaud the decision.

Do not see the need to ban it. More rules do not necessarily make things better. Your government should have made you reallize that.

Next they set the depth finder limit to no more than a total of 40 horizontal inches for the sum of all units.

So you're against catching 2 fish at a time on a rattle trap or any bait with a couple of trebles?

I think all these rules are a bunch of garbage. That is what is wrong with this country now. TOO MANY RULES. We've done it to ourselves.

NASCAR has done the same thing. All cars look the same. The only difference is a decal for Ford, Chevy, etc. The motors are basically the same. The same rear ends, the same shocks the same..... In their infinite wisdom to cut the cost of racing they managed to double it instead.

That is what is going to happen to competitive fishing too. There will be an approved list of boats, motors, GPS, trolling motors, rods, reels, line, lures and everything else.

JUST LET THEM FISH and use their minds and ingenuity to make things better for all of us. If the manufacturers make a better product just to have the rules changed where it can't be used they will STOP pouring the money into research.

Off the stump. Sorry for the rant. I just don't like so many rules.

Careful on this one Jeff!

Welcome to the TFF.

Funny it got banned and it was never used to win any money in a BASS Elite event.

I guess they wish they could recall the A-rig article last month....and those Donkey Rig, topwater with trailers, and double drop shot rig articles from the past.

Retarded ruling. It is not a catch all. Heck ive thrown it on about four occasions and haven't had a fish on it. But i know where the rules are going next. The next thing to be banned is the whole 6th sense lures fishing crew on rayburn because they are too good its unfair. Then the 6th sense squarebill bc it catches too many huge sacks. It "ruins" the playing field having these good sticks always catching monstors and making all the folks who cant fish quit fishng. Really??? Come on quit crying.

Or next on the elites would be "kvd you have won too many classics and have proved to have an unfair advantage against the other guys we will have to ask you step down You will no longer be allowed to fish bc the rest of the field doesn't like fishing primarilly for second place. "

Or the hydrowave, or side imaging. Heck the side imaging changed the field far more than a rig with five hooks. With todays side scans it is almost like an underwater camera. Just one more misguided rule.

Pretty easy to see who the Catchermen are vs. Who the fishermen are.

Just my two cents whats the difference in creating a feeding frenzy with a hydrowave and a A-Rig? is there a difference? Just a thought. If a frenzy is created with a hydrowave and I can catch two fish at once on a CB then whats the difference.

To me bass fishing is presenting a lure to fish and tricking them into biting it. When you put together a "rig" of lures it takes some of the sport away from it for me.

If it's presenting a lure to a fish that is the sporting part to you, throw an a-rig out and let it sink to the bottom and just sit there. Guess what happens... absolutely nothing. You still have to present the dang thing.

Thats the difference between live-bait and a hunk of wires, hooks, and plastic.

The problem with banning a specific bait is the precendence that you set. Where does it end?

To me, an electronic device that simulates a baitfish school and puts fish in a biting mood takes the "sport" out of it. A side-imaging device that an angler uses to drive next to me and mark a spot I am fishing takes the "sport" out of it. A guy that hires a guide for three days straight prior to a tournament and then pays them a % of winnings takes the "sport" out of it. Guys that galavant around as "pros" that buy or purchase information from the best locals takes the "sport" out of it.

I understand that technology has advanced, lures have advanced, money buys success, etc... But to say that the A-rig will be the end all be all of fishing lures is absurd. And the proponents of banning tha A-rig say that it endangers the bass??? Give me a break, you endanger a bass every time you throw a lure with a hook in the water.

There will always be those anglers that have an advantage, be it money, time, or technology. I can accept that. But banning a lure before you even know what its capable of is kind of a knee-jerk reaction to things. Give it a year and see what happens.

Its not like any of us (until that Jeff dude spoke up ) are going to fish the elites. If its such a "weapon" use it at the local level. I have a few and have not been able to say it works any better than other moving baits.

I just watched the FLW tournament on Guntersville a few nights ago. Paul Elias won it with something like 106 lbs for four days...throwing nothing but the Alabama rig.

More to the point, everyone who made the final day cut to 10 anglers was throwing the A-rig.

Maybe someone can point out another big-time tournament in which everyone who finished in the top ten was throwing the same presentation, but I've never heard of it.

In other words, I think we've already seen what happens.