FLW Outdoors confirmed in a report yesterday that the Tennessee Wildlife Resources Agency has amended its umbrella rig regulations to allow three lures with hooks to be thrown on an Alabama Rig for bass fishing and casting applications. The original Tennessee fishing regulation had an exception for Umbrella rigs that stated the following:
- Umbrella Rig Restriction – Umbrella rigs are defined as an array of more than 3 artificial lures or baits (with or without hooks) used by a single rod and reel combination. If the hook size is 6 or larger, then only one lure or bait may have a hook and that hook must be a single hook.
Since the emergence of the Alabama Rig last week at Lake Guntersville and many anglers on Kentucky Lake practicing for this week’s Everstart Championship and November’s BFL Wildcard as well as many local anglers wanting to throw these new rigs, the TWRA met and discussed the use of this “castable umbrella rig.”
The committee determined that three baits on a rig like this would be allowable in Tennessee waters with any size hook. There is no restriction in Kentucky waters. So you can throw TAR with five swimbaits in Tennessee waters, but only one of the lures can have a hook on it if above a size 6 hook. Or you can throw the rig with three lures on it, all with any size hooks on them.
To read more about FLW Outdoors clarification on using TAR during the Everstart Series Championship this week, visit FLWOutdoors.com.
Shaye Baker grew up fishing with his father in the state of Alabama. While in college, he was involved in the creation and early years of the Auburn University Bass Team, which expanded his testing grounds to the southeast. After college, Shaye began to fish the semi-pro circuit while simultaneously starting a freelance journalism career, providing content for Wired2Fish, FLW, B.A.S.S. and a few other publications.
As Shaye has transitioned from in front of the lens to behind it, his career has taken him to fisheries throughout the country and provided him intimate access to some of the best bass anglers to ever wet a line. Shaye now enjoys fun fishing and local tournaments with his father and friends, while working fulltime in the fishing industry as a freelance journalist shooting pictures and video, editing and writing.
