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TM bison 1st outing
Read about the tm line of plastics on this webiste and decided to give them a try. I haven't used plastics for 15+ years so this was pretty much like starting over. Anyway finely got time to do a little testing so I went to a pond near me that I use as a test bed. Got the flyrod dialed in and had some pretty impressive results at this same pond so I knew 1 way or another anything that happened would be me and not the fish.
The fish in the pond aren't very agressive right now, still cold. Heck it's actually snowing right now and sticking, just under 1/2" on the sidewalk. So I put a bison tm on my ultra-lite and tipped it with a crappie nibble.
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Started working my way around the pond, wasn't sure about the retrieve so I started trying different things. Didn't take long to find something that worked (slow reel with twitching). 1st fish caught was this skinny bass.
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Did catch a couple bluegill
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Along with a couple crappie
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Only did 1 lap around the 1/3rd acre pond and caught 5 fish in 1 hour. There were also some tire kickers and a couple got off along with flat out misses.
These bison TM's are impressive!!! They did better then expected considering the cold water/weather & sluggish fish. Couple that with the fish that got off and my in-experience with them the Tm's made a good showing. I need to get out and do a lot more work with them to get more consistent.
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Great report, this site turned me on to the Bison color also. Twitching a TM in mid to shallow depth waters will entice most any Freshwater species into a bite. Get you a super sharp jig head and those tire kickers will come away with a picture and a sore lip.
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The TMs in general and the bison in particular is a very good bait. Your final technique sounds about right. That WAS a skinny bass. It will be putting on the feedbag right quick!
Bob
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Nice catches for sure! I haven't tried that color yet. Hmmm.....
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Great research!!!
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The TM is a great bait. It's like a Brewer slider worm or a Senko: it doesn't look like much, but it's really effective.
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Just a FYI. Bass Pro Shops has the 50 piece trout magnets on sale for $3.59 I purchased another 50 pc set of the Bison since they can sometimes be hard to find.
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I want the new green weenie color, but haven't found any yet.
"Alive without breath, as cold as death; never thirsty, ever drinking, all in mail never clinking."
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Leland lures have them in the Trout Magnet 50 pc sets. It will cost you $4.99Originally Posted by jawjatek
I want the new green weenie color, but haven't found any yet.
Slabmaster
The tm's are fantastic, I flat out sucked with my 1st attempt at using them.
Lots of hits (tire kickers) & lost fish (not setting the hook/hits). Couple that with bad retrieves, pulled weeds off the bottom, too fast of a retrieve, wrong retrieve, etc.
Any time a lure can make a bad fireman look good that's saying something. Make no mistake about it was the lure not me.
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