FLTENNHUNTER1
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Any ideas on what bait was used?
Tennessee State Record LMB on Chickamauga
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umbrella rig. then two consecutive 14 pounders were caught on a swim bait and a rattletrap.
Here's a story and a video about Keen's state record catch: https://rheareview.com/dayton-native-gabe-keen-reels-in-new-state-record-bass/
Wow! Congrats to the angler.
if you want to catch fish when nothing else will, throw an umbrella rig. lol, if your shoulders are still in good shape. there is a reason why they are banned in a lot of tournaments.
FLTENNHUNTER1
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Just ordered my first one.
Those things will wear you out. You haven't lived until you hear the line snap on the cast and see $40 dollars worth of A rig and baits sail off into the water.
I fish them with braid and I pray every cast the braid doesn't eat into the spool.
That'll make a man strip down and go swimming for it
FLTENNHUNTER1
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Speaking of snapping line, what weight braid should I use for the umbrella rig? I'm going to try it out next week.
bds240
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I use 40lb braid. Its also great to have braid when you get hung up, a good lure retriever with a hook on it will get your rig back for you most of the time.
FLTENNHUNTER1
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Where can I get this contraption?
FLTENNHUNTER1
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LOL the water here last week was in the high 40's...talk about a cold dip in the lake!
I think academy sells one. I like the type that looks like little chains hanging off it. Also another tip is using lightweight wire hooks on the rig. That way if it gets hung up and the lure retriever can't get to it then with 30# or 40# braid you should be able to pull the hook straight and it come undone.
bds240
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Lure retriever
The ones with the hook work better than the chain style. I've used both, the hook style will grab hold of it and let you work it loose. The chain style rarely works for me if it's hung up bad. Almost always got them back with the hook style. Umbrella rigs will catch you more fish around cover ( rocks and lay downs) but you will get hung up. With a good lure retriever and braid you will get it back most of the time as long as you don't set the hook into a big log that felt like a "bump ". Ask me how I know lol.
The ones with the hook work better than the chain style. I've used both, the hook style will grab hold of it and let you work it loose. The chain style rarely works for me if it's hung up bad. Almost always got them back with the hook style. Umbrella rigs will catch you more fish around cover ( rocks and lay downs) but you will get hung up. With a good lure retriever and braid you will get it back most of the time as long as you don't set the hook into a big log that felt like a "bump ". Ask me how I know lol.
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Lightweight hooks is the key. I throw 65 lb. If only one or two hooks get buried into something the 65 lb will straighten them out and get the rig back. Then I shape the hook back with pliers and keep rolling. These are my favorite hooks to throw on the rig.
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I just noticed that article was from 2015....
Headhunter
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That lure retriever is the by far the best one. I have used several different types and they all work. Only difference is I have never lost a lure with the one in the pic and it will retrieve an alabama rig. With all the others, especially in Canada fishing around the rock with crankbaits, even though they worked, we still would lose 3 or 4 crankbaits a trip, and we only crankbaits about half the time we are there. The last 4 trips to Canada, we never lost a crankbait and I have not lost one here with the lure retriever in the pic.
Speedwell-Hunter
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i am ignorant, why do they catch more? i google it, looks insane. where do you throw them?
