I went fishing today with a buddy of mine to see if the alabama rig works. We didn't kill'em but the day was a success. We caught about 10 bass and a few hybrid stripe in just a few hours. Here's a couple that we did release. The smallie weighed in at 4.10lbs.

it's been insane up here as well.

Ordered 3 Alabama Rigs the other day to try them out on Lake Erie walleyes this coming summer..

Could be very interesting....

take a single swimbait and fish down a stretch of good water.

turn around and go back through it with an alabama rig...

do you fish out of dunkirk and buffalo? i've made that trip a couple times. outstanding fishery.

Actually from Barcelona to Buffalo. Barcelona is just a little west of Dunkirk, and the biggest fish usually come from there.
I can't wait to get back out on the water. A couple months of perch fishing, then the Walleyes, starting the first Saturday in May.
Dunkirk to Buffalo is also a small mouth bass paradise with 6 pounders being fairly common. Mark Zona did a show in that area, and after taping the show, his camera man landed a 8 pound small mouth !!

What is the Alabama rig?

Illegal in Wisconsin...

And Utah...