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.

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.

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

Nice catches for sure! I haven't tried that color yet. Hmmm.....

Great research!!!

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.

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.

I want the new green weenie color, but haven't found any yet. :dono

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I want the new green weenie color, but haven't found any yet. :dono

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Leland lures have them in the Trout Magnet 50 pc sets. It will cost you $4.99

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.

Thanks for the report. Very good read.

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a crappie nibble on the tip of anything makes it all that , we just had that conversation yesterday about this subject and actually watched fish on a livescope swim up to a bare jig and look at it and swim away . put the same jig down with a nibble and watch the fish swim up , look for a second and KABOOM !
FACT :highfive

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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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Building confidence in a lure is very important. You know they work - now it’s working on technique.

Have yet to try the TM baits in any color. Every time I find a display in a Wally or something, the only head left are heavy and there isn’t any of the above mentioned colors. Guess I gotta be there when they put them out. I’ve been carrying the same jar of nibbles for a long time. Guess I’m a hard headed one, if the jig don’t get it, try another jig. My little jigs have been doin right these past few weeks. Have to look on BPS website and order some TM and give them a shot.

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Have yet to try the TM baits in any color. Every time I find a display in a Wally or something, the only head left are heavy and there isn’t any of the above mentioned colors. Guess I gotta be there when they put them out. I’ve been carrying the same jar of nibbles for a long time. Guess I’m a hard headed one, if the jig don’t get it, try another jig. My little jigs have been doin right these past few weeks. Have to look on BPS website and order some TM and give them a shot.

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Fish USA has them packaged prerigged with several spare bodies, in about 15 different colors.

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Leland lures have them in the Trout Magnet 50 pc sets. It will cost you $4.99

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I don't see them. Link?

NEVER MIND. They must have just added them.

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Every time I find a display in a Wally or something, the only head left are heavy and there isn’t any of the above mentioned colors.

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Walmart tends to carry the "candy" colors: white, pink, chartreuse, orange. I guess those are popular trout colors.

For warm water fish, I think darker colors are better.

i just order mine from trout magnet. prices aren't jacked up and it will usually will be in the mail in 2-4 days. i probably got a 1000 of em not one bought otc.

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i just order mine from trout magnet. prices aren't jacked up and it will usually will be in the mail in 2-4 days. i probably got a 1000 of em not one bought otc.

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Another nice thing is Leland gets all the profit, and I’m sure they can use it. Nice folks to do business with.
Bob

They work!

Congrats on your catch. Bison has produced literally thousands of fish for me. Here is a pic of how much I think of that color.


Regards


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Wow I have a couple hundred but it don't look like that pile.

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a crappie nibble on the tip of anything makes it all that , we just had that conversation yesterday about this subject and actually watched fish on a livescope swim up to a bare jig and look at it and swim away . put the same jig down with a nibble and watch the fish swim up , look for a second and KABOOM !
FACT :highfive

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Fishing Panfish, bluegill or trout my strikes are always better when the TM is tipped with something.

:hesaid

pretty much all panfish fall for the tip the jig program , I about never go without some scent of some kind .
straight artificial will get it done in some cases , but tipped will get it done way faster :highfive

Is it safe to say that when rigging the bison colored TM you always put the light colored side down? At least that's what I do.

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Is it safe to say that when rigging the bison colored TM you always put the light colored side down? At least that's what I do.

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No..........I don’t orient it in any particular manner. A lot of folks swear it matters. I’ve literally caught thousands of fish on a Bison colored Trout Magnet. I have never known fish to prefer it oriented one way or the other.

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Aside from the bison color, what would be some top 3-4 color choices for panfish? catalpa? bulldog?

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Aside from the bison color, what would be some top 3-4 color choices for panfish? catalpa? bulldog?

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Bulldog is good....black....root beer. Sow Bug has proven to be a great color.....not only for bluegill but crappie seem to love it.

Regards


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My new weapons arrived. :)

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TXP, you are armed and dangerous! Let us know what worked best.
Bob

Went out this afternoon. Caught 5 (4 crappie and a bream) and all 5 were caught on the Bison TM tipped with a crappie nibble. Only other one I threw was the Sow Bug, and for only a few minutes.