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The Alabama Rig is for Real!

Posted by bps on December 6, 2011

alabama_rig_bass_pro_sites200x215.jpg"Man, this thing's gonna work!" That's what Bassmaster Elite Series pro and 1982 Bassmaster Classic champion Paul Elias said to himself when he first rigged a few soft plastic swimbaits to an "Alabama rig" and pulled them through the pond behind his Mississippi home. He was right, too. The Alabama rig worked for Elias on Lake Guntersville to the tune of a $100,000 FLW Tour Open victory in which he lapped the rest of the field, cracking the 100-pound mark with 20 bass and besting second place by more than 17 pounds. (photo B.A.S.S.) > Full Story