Umbrella Rig

[apb]

Yep, when you troll them they imitate a school of baitfish. I wrote up a short article on how to use them a few years back. I can post that here if people are interested.

Andrew

[MMax]

I'm interested; please post the article. Thanks.

[td176]

Thats 2 of us interested, I've just recently became interested in striper fishing and will take any info I can get:-)

[Chubminnow]

Make it three!

[apb]

Andrew,
would putting only one hooked jig and letting it go about a foot behind the other teasers be a good Idea.. The idea being that the "slower" bait would appear to be weaker in not keeping up with the school?
Jim Dicken

[roberte68]

I've been thinking about using them myself, but I would have to get some bigger rods and reels, what do you guys suggest for pulling these rigs?

[td176]

Thanks for the info

[apb]

I've been using Penn GTI30 reels, 30# mono, and heavy ugly stick rods.

Andrew

[cumberlandpro]

Give me a call or drop me a line. I will be glad to answer any questions you may have on the topic. There is really too much info for me to type. The U-rig is VERY effective when used properly.

Brian
www.cumberlandpro.com

[cumberlandguy1]

Hey guys....give cumberland pro a yell...he makes absolutely the best umbrella rigs on the market!!!! Get the one with 9 jigs on it....use 30 lb test line, heavy action ugly stik rods.....I have literally caught a ton of stripers on Brian's rigs. You da man!!!! Not only will he give you a quality product, he'll tell you how to use it. Hey, Brian, I need a 1 ounce in blue/chartruese....just send it by Ralph! Hell, make it 2 of them.

[cumberlandguy1]

OOOPs....guess this will help...My name is Mike Taylor LOL.

[cumberlandpro]

Thanks Mike. Think I saw you on the water about 2 weeks ago. Do you have a red and silver boat? I was in the Ranger Reata 1850 with the inclosed top. It rained almost all day. That was a tuff day. There were 8 or 9 boats fishing live bait that day. I never saw any of them put a fish in the boat. We did manage to put 13 in the boat with 4 keepers. They were running a little smaller than what we had been catching. 3 of the keepers were in the 10 pound range and 1 around the 15 mark. We have really caught some quality fish over the past month. When I get caught up around here I will update the website with some pics of the 20+ pounders we caught. I took my employee and her husband one day and they put a 22,23, and a 26 pounder in the boat. If you have any you would like to send me I will post them as well.