Ive never learned to use an a rig properly and I dont have the proper gear however I do use them in my kayak to troll behind me as im moving from spot to spot. I catch a lot of fish randomly none of them have been targeted though
I can't say I've ever thrown an A-rig... I might throw it in a tournament but when fishing just for fun, I like fishing with the lightest lure possible to feel more of the fish. Awesome info though - definitely makes me think!
I don’t know if you still go to A&M but my sister just started going there this august and I told her to tell whoever has brown curly hair and is named Tyler that her brother is a huge fan of the channel:) I hope I can meet you someday
I used to fish a 5 wire A-rig on a spinning rod with a swivel instead of directly tied on. The swivel eventually broke in half on a cast lol good old fashioned cluelessness
I want to toss A-rigs more now thanks to this video! I've been able to catch Bass with them in the past and I have yet to add a trophy Bass certificate to my wall. Maybe tossing an A-rig around in some of the big Bass areas I know of will help me get that certificate!
If I remember correctly, they aren't legal, here in the Show-Me-State. Let me back up. You can fish with them, but I believe you can only have a max of 3 hooks. If you want, you CAN use attractants like spoons, blades, etc., where you removed the excess (anything over 3) hooks.
Kinda torn on the braid vs. flouro argument. If a bass can see braided line then they definitely can see all of the wires and extra hardware on the A-rig. I honestly am slowly becoming a braid to leader guy. Cast farther, more sensitive, and wayyy cheaper in the long run
Been using these in the Chesapeake (saltwater) for stripers for over 40 years. I started seeing adaptions for freshwater bass fishing over 30 years ago. Much smaller version but very effective
Yeah get it all rigged up nice , all those shiny store bought lures on it , threw it for a spin with the baitcaster, flourocarbon leader snaps and it sails into the unset on the first cast !!!!!!. Now all i do is troll with them.
Then start off throwing a smaller version, like the Live Target Bait Ball (fishes like a large spinnerbait), and gradually work your way up to a larger one.
Hello Tyler I live in San Antonio Texas. And I'll love tolearn to fish with soft plastic, I have a good collection of bait from the most expensive to the less expensive. But I have never caught a fish on soft plastic . I have caught fish on jigs,rattle trap, lip less crank bait any moving bait . But not with solf plastic. It must be me . I have watched videos ,you,lojo,norm,ayo,tactical bass ,lake fork guy . And I have fish weighted, weightless, whacky, drop shot,Texas rig ,California rig . No luck .
Just stumbled upon this video. Man you did a great job of explaining things. Tried to see what weight jig heads you was using but the link expired. I would assume 1/8 but just wanted to check thanks.
Time management. Fish a spot as in depth as you can in the quickest time frame. Only fish the key areas the fish will most likely be (in a tournament) to get as much casts in as possible
Braid gives much better movement of the lure. I cant understand how a fish would see braid if you had 2 metres of fluorocarbon leader. Is that a graphite rod? Super interesting. Thanks from New Zealand
Here in SC, we are allowed to use all 5.... however ive never looked into this... i will be now! I bet i could throw this out in some striper schools and do work too
Not that you want to ever turn into a lawyer out on the lake but do they consider a jerk bait with three treble hooks to be against the law in a state where you're only allowed to have one hook per line? If not an A rig with multiple hooks should be considered one lure just like a jerk bait or crankbait regardless of how many hooks are on it. Especially if you attach the jig heads with snap rings without the quick connects. Idk just a thought
My friend, you should be a teacher/professor. I bet a a school that offers a fisheries/fish wildlife management/fish science would benefit from your style and knowledge!!
I use these to troll with, never want to cast them unless its one of the smaller rig, but i mainly fish lake northfork where the primary bait fish is shad, so having something that mimics the bait fish schools is great for blackness, whites and stripers, and ive even caught catfish and walleye as well, also troll it shallow close to the bank, great lure
I did not discuss that. Good luck with doing that haha! You could use a chained crankbait retriever, but those only worked every once in a while for me, and I usually lost them too
I’m looking for an A-rig rod. I was looking at the custom speed stick lite (7’11” Extra heavy). Would it be too much of a broom stick? -I also want to be able to throw tournament sized glide baits on the same rod.
With “dummies”. You thread the swimbait on a screw lock with some super glue. Still gives all 5 baits, just 2 hooks (make sure the hooked ones are the bottom 2 swimbaits)
Looking back at this, I slightly disagree with my own statement, but also still stand by the idea of it. It’s possible fish see the wires/swimbaits/blades all as a school of bait together, and the line coming in for miles would potentially make that little school ball look odd. I still use 25lb Fluoro and have great success
Hmmm that’s not really the best reel for A-Rigs. I would just mess with the settings until you get it right. Don’t make long casts or hard casts until you have the settings dialed in
@@TylersReelFishing I just realized I didn't get the right superduty. Saw this one on sale and jumped on it and didn't notice it wasn't the Superduty 300 LFS. I will return and get the correct one. Thanks man! I have looked for a Texas fishing youtube channel for awhile and found yours. I actually live in College Station, so enjoy some of your videos from lakes closer to me. I have learned a lot and look forward to putting what I have learned to use.
The braided line would be seen by the fish when your reeling it thru a school, your line is coming thru the fish way before your bait gets there. Pressured fish spook from braided line. Hope this helps.
It’s the Anglr Bullseye! Pretty cool deal for pre-fishing/breaking down water but even better for actually fishing. The Anglr app is basically a digital logbook that allows you to drop waypoints and saves all sorts of data about each fish catch that you can come back in later and view or edit. Stuff like wind speed and direction, air temp, barometric pressure, etc. The app is free but they offer add-ons like the Bullseye that just make it a lot easier to use. That’s the little thing on my hat in the video. It’s like 30 bucks but you can bluetooth link it to your phone and that way each time you catch a fish you just hit the Bullseye and it logs all that stuff without having to take your phone out each time. People compare ANGLR to Fishbrain, but it’s much more helpful at making you a better angler than Fishbrain
@@TylersReelFishing Thank you so much for taking the time to respond, and making these amazing videos. I have learned SO much from you. Hadnt fished in over 20 years and then my 4 year old little girl told me "daddy I want to go fishing" Your videos and insight have helped so much. Thank you again.
@@TylersReelFishing Thank You. I was lucky enough to snag a Heavy like the one in the video last year. Still on the hunt for another Heavy as I use the for Stripers.
So fish can see braided line and you think that might spook them but they can't see all 5 wires?? LOL It is just funny to me how so many people think that braided line spooks fish. That is just one of the newer myths about fishing.
People do give too much credit to a fish's brain...big fish eat big swimbaits with huge treble hooks hanging off it...another myth...can't frog fish with monofilament, too much stretch...there's no bass in the world, that would cause too much stretch on a hookset with 20-30lb. Mono....same with a spook type lure on a long cast.."can't get a good hookup" with mono 🤣 stretch in mono is very exaggerated, in the 14lb. and up test
