|
|
Extreme Veteran
Posts: 508
Location: Ooltewah
(108.214.76.184) | Buoy-Master - 2/21/2012 9:12 PM
Ok...what lure do you throw that hasn't got a hook on it? I think it's safe to say that the head is just part of a "rig" that holds lures.
In the picture shown in the earlier post, the head was clearly painted to resemble a fish, hence it is a lure. That rig has 4 lures, the head + the three with hooks. I wouldn't want to test the hypothesis that it isn't an umbrella rig with my wallet 
Tennfisher
Edited by tennfisher 2/21/2012 9:27 PM
|
|
| |
|
Veteran
Posts: 253
 
Location: Cleveland TN
(24.151.196.30) | except in the video the "legal" TN rigs clearly have eyes on the head
I know a game warden can be a jerk but I seriously doubt this one would hold up in court once the video came to light
He even says that spinner baits with 2 blades are legal and count as one if they are commercially sold as one unit
The point being if the official statement by TWRA is just as confusing as the actual law, what Judge can uphold it?
|
|
| |
|
Expert
Posts: 2969
Location: Ringgold
(199.34.4.20) | The rig itself is nothing more than terminal tackle with attachments for the actual lure(s). |
|
| |
|
Extreme Veteran
Posts: 590
Location: Rossville Ga.
(184.174.167.134) | Thanks bouy master for throwing up the link. Spur Im not going to give the wardens name and throw him under the bus because he was just trying to do his job and protect our fishery(although he was wrong). So after watching the video again three wires with three baits is legal. I will continue using it and hopefully finally catch something on it! 
-----
In search of the elusive slop donkey!!! Gimmy a Ric Flair "Whoooo!" |
|
| |
|
Veteran
Posts: 186
(98.68.155.148) | 
Just put live shad on a trot line and drag it behind the boat...It would be the same thing in my opinion |
|
| |
|
Elite Veteran
Posts: 653
Location: Ga. / Tn state line on Ga. side
(71.88.201.188) | Well I'm safe either way.....mind has 3 lures on 2 wires with 0 heads on them
 (DSCN0380.JPG)
Attachments
----------------
 DSCN0380.JPG (94KB - 19 downloads)
|
|
| |
|
Veteran
Posts: 285
(68.59.193.131) | Wobble Head....If I remember the video correctly, the spinner blades would be legal only if they were purchased as part of the lure (jig) having the hook on it....in other words, you could buy three spinnerbaits and attach them to the rig(even with multiple blades), but adding blades as you show them count as additional lures.......at least that's how I understood it. |
|
| |
|
Expert
Posts: 1896
Location: Chattanooga
(68.53.225.108) | jd131 - 2/22/2012 5:00 PM
Wobble Head....If I remember the video correctly, the spinner blades would be legal only if they were purchased as part of the lure (jig) having the hook on it....in other words, you could buy three spinnerbaits and attach them to the rig(even with multiple blades), but adding blades as you show them count as additional lures.......at least that's how I understood it.
I watched the video twice and I think Wobblehead is fine. The key the TWRA says is more than three arms. If the blades were on extra arms even without hooks then illegal but his are on the arms. Anyhoo - it all seems way too confusing still and like the guy in the video says even their own officers interpret differently and the TWRA web site itself refers to a blade as a bait.  Either a TWRA rep needs to be at every TX to interpret or maybe we should all go back to throwing traditional type baits LOL! I will make a bet that some TX with money there will be a major argument at weighin about someone throwing an illegal rig.  Makes my head spin - wait a minute if I am fishing and my head is spinning does that count as an additional lure??    
-----
Psalm 46:10
|
|
| |
|
Regular
Posts: 52
(208.54.64.221) | Months ago I called the fisheries department in Nashville and talked to a Mr. Mike Bramlett he told me that you can throw the 3 wire any way you want but you can not add anything on the arms! I ask about putting blades on the arms and he said no that a blade is a bait! TWRA here (Chattanooga) said you can throw it with the blades on the arms. So who is right and how can they give someone a ticket if the don't know themselves? |
|
| |
|
Extreme Veteran
Posts: 306
(198.146.37.254) | The video has stated that, and a local warden confirmed that a 3 wire rig with 3 spinnerbaits is not illegal, considering a spinner bait is only considered to be one bait. If the blade is on another wire then you have to count it as 1 of 3. Also as for the head, it is not considered a bait, it's considered a weight. Calling the head of the TN-rig a bait would be like claiming a painted bullet weight is a bait. It is not illegal to throw that rig... |
|
| |
|
Veteran
Posts: 285
(68.59.193.131) | Thanks for clearing that up - I missed the part about the blades being ok on the same arm! |
|
| |
|
Admin
Posts: 14748
Location: Cleveland, TN
(209.235.173.98) | sam i am - 2/22/2012 8:01 AM Thanks bouy master for throwing up the link. Spur Im not going to give the wardens name and throw him under the bus because he was just trying to do his job and protect our fishery (although he was wrong ). So after watching the video again three wires with three baits is legal. I will continue using it and hopefully finally catch something on it! I did not say to post it to throw him under the bus, but you should call Nashville and report your conversation with him and if you have his name it will help. Miss-information will not help anyone.
-----
* Contact me to purchase Foley Spoons
http://www.chattanoogafishingforum.com/forums/thread-view.asp?tid=6...
|
|
| |
|
Expert
Posts: 1423
(68.169.149.12) | Has anyone "scaled one way down, to add Bobby Garlands, etc....for crappie.  |
|
| |
Home
Hall of Fame
*WARNING TO EVERYONE THROWING TN RIG*
