The first time Terry Knight went to a dock at Clear Lake and cast a new fishing rig that was supposed to "catch the big ones," he laughed and said "it looked like five minnows swimming right at me." ...

Inspired by the Alabama Rig’s success, an angler creates a fly fishing version to target bass with incredible results. It was only a matter of time before a fly angler brought the Alabama Rig of ...

The Alabama Rig has been a very effective and controversial device in the bass fishing world since it's introduction by Andy Doss and Mann's Bait Company in early 2011. The Alabama Rig is not a lure ...

There is a new thing in fishing called an "Alabama rig." It looks like a mobile with bait and you could catch almost a half a dozen fish in one throw. Bassmaster Veteran Tom Hamlin hit pay dirt the ...

January is when many of Lake Norman’s hybrid striped bass, white perch and spotted bass move from the creeks to the main river channel. Add some larger-than-normal 9- to 10-pound striped bass and it ...

Nov 4, 2011 Nov 4, 2011 Updated Aug 10, 2023 Is the Alabama rig legal in Tennessee? The Tennessee Wildlife Resources Agency wants to clarify the existing regulation concerning all fishing apparatus ...

BILL: I guess the term “sport” is in the eye of the beholder. Certainly use of this type of rig (see last week’s Cochran column on the Alabama rig) is not sport when it comes to bass fishing. There ...