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Earlier in the week crappie were thumping 1 1/2" Lit'l Hustlers really good. Yesterday they would just bump the jig and not take it. I downsized to the Trout Magnets and that did the trick. Also real happy with the 2lb SOS mono.
Brownlee Reservoir Pool of the Snake River in Eastern Oregon
Nice report and glad you changed it in your favor.
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A very nice mess of fish! The TM comes thru again. What color(s) seemed to work best?
Bob
I haven't tried but a few but they really like catalpa and milleQuote:
Originally Posted by BobC
Nice catch. TM catches about anything that swims.
Regards
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I need to get the TM in the game more often!
You won’t regret it. A very versatile lure.Quote:
Originally Posted by ET Fish
Bob
I like their jigheads. I haven’t done much with their bodies and I’ve tried a bunch of colors. They just don’t produce on my home lakes here in Pennsylvania. Shad bodies produce best here.Quote:
Originally Posted by BobC
That’s interesting. I was happy to see that the TMs produced on the Oregon lakes. There must be huge populations of shad that cause them to ignore everything else. If you stream fish often, do you notice the same thing? Just curious and I know very little of western PA.Quote:
Originally Posted by chaunc
thx
I love those Trout Magnets
Nice man way to get em!!
That's a nice box of fish.
trout magnets stay on the store shelf here for good reason , just saying
not sure why but the fish don't care for them much in these parts :dono
that SOS 2 lb line is real nice , i run it on an xtra lite and it is dependable and very clear .
thats a nice box of fish my friend congrats :cheers2
and KABOOM !
That is interesting about the TMs. I wonder why - glad they work in my neck of the woods.Quote:
Originally Posted by Ketchn
Bob
not sure why Bob , probably has to do with its profile , maybe it emulates something colder waters have as a prey item better than warm waters ?
I bought some once about 8 years ago because i needed a "purple" bait on the lake i was heading to from intel saying it be best to carry something purple .
managed to ketch a few on it ,but went back to fatter profile plastics due to lack luster results and the ketch festival got back on track .
Tried them again at another spot and found the same thing , now mind you this ...
if my local spots indicated to me the fish like them as i have seen posted in other parts of the USA and i was visiting those spots and or lived there , i most likely would have several colors of them and in numbers :cheers2
I don't see the hype over TMs either. I bought into it, have several packs and they just look like a chunk of plastic with a split tail that really doesn't have any real action. In fairness, I've only tried the crappie magnets and Panfish magnets. I wish I knew where trout magnets fell on the size scale compared to the Panfish magnets. Their site isn't helpful. Just a photo of the different magnets compared to each other and a ruler would be so helpful.
TMs have no "schtick". Bream bugs are a bait I like. 4 little appendages, and after a few fish, a few (if not all) are gone. I'm sure some people change the bait when that happens. The Betts spins have a seriously firm body. I can fish them for a long time and the exterior gets grated up by the fish, but it's still very solid. The panfish magnet certainly catches fish for me. I just don't understand it.
Do you think that all of us on here who catch fish with TM's is hype? Do you think the 106 videos I made in 2 years of where 95 percent of the fish are caught on a TM is hype? You need to stick with what works for you. Speak nice about the lure you catch fish with but don't badmouth lures other folks are catching fish with. Did you ever think you maybe you don't know how to fish a Trout Magnet?Quote:
Originally Posted by Schmoopie
Regards
I understand that the bait works great for you but that surely doesn’t mean it works great for everyone. They don’t produce for me consistently here in nw Pa. They worked good for me at Ky Lake tho. I’m not having trouble catching fish using other small plastics. They just don’t care for those tm’s no matter what color I present to them. As great as they work where you’re fishing, they just don’t produce where I am. You come off as being really touchy about them. Relax. Baits don’t work everywhere for everybody.Quote:
Originally Posted by Alphahawk
As I said to Ketchn I certainly accept from an accomplished fisherman that TMs don’t work for him or Chaunc, but I just wonder why. Maybe the local forage just doesn’t match up well, don’t know. I have a very good friend that bought some on my recommendation that also has not had much success with them, and he is a good fisherman. I tried the TMs last year after reading what Randy had to say, and they have been nothing short of a killer bait on my warmwater creek. I know they don’t look like much, but for me they work. I read from someone on here that confidence in the lure you’re using is a factor in your success with it. That might sound a little strange but I think there is some truth to it. At the end of the day, fish what works for you and don’t look back.
Bob
I started using trout magnets to catch gills and had excellent results, also catch cats, crappie, drum, bass, etc. I use TM jigs and sickle jigs tipped with a nibble or a tiny worm chunk. I use 1/32 or 1/16 pink sickle jigs with a chartreuse TM body for crappie. I fish Kansas lakes.Attachment 380315Attachment 380316Attachment 380317Attachment 380318
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In other words, they look like a Beetle Spin, one of the most successful baits in history. ;)Quote:
Originally Posted by Schmoopie
The TM is a finesse bait. Finesse baits aren't known for their "schtick". Look at the Ned Rig, one of the hottest bass baits of the last few years. It's just a short chunk of plastic on a small jig head.Quote:
Originally Posted by Schmoopie
TM's definitely work for me.
Maybe it's because people see the "trout" in the name and think, "Well, I don't fish for trout."Quote:
Originally Posted by Ketchn
My local Walmart doesn't even carry TM's, even though they're deadly in my local waters.
Try the TM with a small piece of nibble or Randy's Berkley worm cut into pieces all the way down the hook to force the legs open.
Jeff Smith, the owner of Leland's has commented previously on this in videos, saying it may resemble an egg sack.
He has also commented on the crappie jig cross barb forcing the legs open on the crappie magnets as the key to their sucess.
I assumed, (yes, I know), that the smaller size and shape of the Leland's crappie nibbles were to help maintain the TM's open legged stance.
Or, I could be wrong.
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I have had good luck with TM baits. There is nothing fancy about them but they do work. I use them as more of a all around bait when I just casting and retrieving. Sometime crappie want a small simple bait and this is when I tie on the TM. They are not my favorite baits but they do have a place in my tacklebox.
I actually said that I had success with the Panfish magnets.Quote:
Originally Posted by Alphahawk
I'm not sponsored by anyone and I haven't let my opinion be bought by anyone.
But one thing I sure won't do is start belittling people who don't use baits that I'm compensated to promote
I also won't force my opinions on others as if there is only one way to do things.
I never said your pet bait didn't work. I said that they don't have a "schtick" to catch fishermen.
Yep, only considerably different than a beetle spin. It doesn't have a spinner, the split tail is longer and softer. It has more traditional "bass" colors, IMHO.Quote:
Originally Posted by deathb4disco
There is plenty of proof that TMs work. I've not had an actual tm. I've got the crappie magnets (which are a bit big for bluegills. I have some panfish magnets. I want to know if the TMs are bigger or smaller than the PMs
Trout Magnet and Panfish Magnet bodies are identical. I’m not compensated by anyone for anything.Quote:
Originally Posted by Schmoopie
Regards
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I for one have had good success on the Trout Magnets. I keep one on my ultra lite just about all the time.Bluegill s love them and I've caught my fair share of bass and white bass on them too. Thank you Alphahawk for recommend ing them several years ago.
To each their own. Use whatever works best for you. Confidence, success and most important fun is all that matters. On my warmwater Creek yesterday I had a smallie/crappie/pan day with the TM. Others mileage may vary greatly. Use what works - let the rest go.....
Bob
Alphahawk is guilty of getting me started with trout magnets. I got TM kits and body 50 packs. Thanks Randy!Attachment 380407Attachment 380408
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Thank you. I wish I'd known that before. I guess they were trying to promote them for other species. Do you typically use the CMs or just stay with TMs year round?Quote:
Originally Posted by Alphahawk
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Originally Posted by Schmoopie
The TM was designed at the time to catch one thing...trout...LOL. But as time went by a lot of people were having a lot of success using them for bluegill. So they came out with the Panfish name as many folks see the name Trout Magnet and think it is just for trout. I fished the Crappie Magnet for a lot of years off the bank on the lock side below Pickwick Dam and caught a ton of crappie with it. I soon figured out the way I fish for crappie the TM worked just as well so I quit using them...one less lure to have to lug around. I know a lot of crappie guys use them for spider rigging....trolling or long lining.....not sure of all the terminology for that type of fishing as I have never done it. I also know some who use it for bluegill....but I never really tried it on bluegill.
Regards
They work fine for bluegills on warm water streams. Big bullies to dinks. Most days I catch many more blues than crappies. I don’t get much opportunities to fish large bodies of water.
Bob
Nice cooler of fish