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 ...

How do you catch 19 pounds of largemouth bass on a single cast? Just ask Grady Codd of Fort Worth, Texas, who was fishing Mexico’s famed Lake El Salto last December. Using an Alabama rig, Codd reeled ...

The Alabama rig is one of the most controversial rigs in bass fishing. When anglers first started throwing it in tournaments, they dominated the competition. However, within just a few years the FLW ...

Last fall the fishing world rocked with news of repeated wins, mainly on the bass-tourney circuit, by entrants using the "new" Alabama Rig. Inventor Andy Poss marketed the rig and applied for a patent ...

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 ...

Live bait is working best to catch striped bass. Jon Conklin, fishing guide, recommends fishing for stripers between Rocky Branch and Hickory Creek parks. Trolling with brood minnows or umbrella rigs ...

Have a top-water lure tied on to catch striped bass. Reese Jones at Hook, Line and Sinker in Rogers said anglers report schools of striped bass feeding on the surface at the mouths of creek arms.