Charlie Brewer 1” vs Trout Magnet

Did a short early morning trip today. Caught approx. 30 fish - mostly crappie with some shellcracker, bass, and small catfish mixed in.

Observed that all bites came twitching the Trout Magnet close to the bottom. Had recently purchased Charlie Brewer 1” sliders but got zero bites on it. Retrieve was a slow roll, and some times slow roll + twitching. It is supposed to be a good bait. So I am not sure what I was doing wrong.

How did you y’all fish the Charlie Brewer 1” sliders?

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Need a more limber rod though.


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Gotta love the ol’ trout magnet. One of my go to baits.

My thoughts are that sometimes fish want activity or flash but others not a bit. My sliders usually come back without a tail at some point.

njones: the TM has become my confidence bait. I’ve caught everything in my local waters on it.

Tim: I guess I got to keep trying the Charlie Brewer. One day I’ll get bit on it.


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I've caught fish using both and last weekend it was the Charlie Brewers with chartreuse tail catching. My buddy had the tail bit off on his black/chartreuse Charlie Brewer. They like the paddle tails especially when swimming or on the fall.

The Slider used to be my number one plastic bait and I still use them but other bait companies have come out with small offerings including Trout Magnet and Bobby Garland .
I take some of each with me in a my favorite colors because you never know what the fish are going to want .
My favorite Slider has always been the 1 1/2” smoke glitter , which I trim the first couple of rings off the front to make it 1” .
I did this for years before the 1” version came out . I also color the tail chartreuse.
The Slider bodies weigh a little more than the others which can add a little more distance to your casts .

Nice catches

Yesterday I fished the Slider 1" Grub on a modified beetle spin setup. No bluegill, but just about everything else. I had bluegill follow the Slider Grub and nip at the tail, but no commitments from any of them! Below are a few of the pictures from the 1" grub.
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Just fyi, and not hijacking, but while we’re talking about 1” offerings I wanted to mention that southern pro baits makes 1” tubes that are in the right colors and not expensive. Look em up if they might fit the bill for ya.

Gill

What do you use to color the tail chartreuse ?

Thanks.

Kevin

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Gill

What do you use to color the tail chartreuse ?

Thanks.

Kevin

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Zoom marker pen with Garlic smell . I don’t think it’s available any other way .
I am a fan of adding a little chartreuse to my lures . Especially the tail .

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Yesterday I fished the Slider 1" Grub on a modified beetle spin setup. No bluegill, but just about everything else. I had bluegill follow the Slider Grub and nip at the tail, but no commitments from any of them! Below are a few of the pictures from the 1" grub.
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Nice catches! I’ll try it on the smallest beetle spin I have. Thank you!


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Just fyi, and not hijacking, but while we’re talking about 1� offerings I wanted to mention that southern pro baits makes 1� tubes that are in the right colors and not expensive. Look em up if they might fit the bill for ya.

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Thanks Tim!


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Well as you have seen I use them both. Which is better? That is a question I can't honestly answer, because I do so good on both of them. They both have their place and they both continually produce for me. In my opinion the Panfish Magnet is more of a slow it down finesse fishing bait. The Slider can be cast and retrieved at a faster pace. Tonight was a Leeland only lure night for me and I really did well. Two days ago was a Slider only night and I really did well. They are both winners in my book!

Still having Leland days. But caught a couple on Charlie brewer yesterday. It was ‘one after another’ action on Trout Magnet and Itty Bitty Slab H’ntr (trying for the first time). Haven’t found a bite like that since spring. So, I’m pretty happy heading into the new week.


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About dying the tails, I use spike it dye with garlic scent. Also comes in red, blue and other colors. DO NOT spill it on the boat carpet. Please don’t ask me why. Bass guys use the spike it stuff, I kinda robbed it from them��

My new method is to throw the Slider 1" Grub on a 1/32 or 1/16 jig head with the modified Beetle Spin spinner. If the panfish are aggressive they will smack this every time. If they follow, peck, or nip at the tail, I pick up my second rod with a Panfish Magnet and hammer them. This has worked almost perfectly for me the past three days. Sometimes they need that slow finesse from the Panfish Magnet. If they don't need that, I would rather use the 1" Slider Grub. Either way both are effective. I also found that if you want to finesse the Slider 1" Grub, the 1/64 Trout Magnet jig heads are a perfect fit. Note, Trout Magnet jig heads, NOT Panfish Magnet jig heads. The hoods on the Panfish Magnet jig heads are too long for the 1" grub.

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About dying the tails, I use spike it dye with garlic scent. Also comes in red, blue and other colors. DO NOT spill it on the boat carpet. Please don’t ask me why. Bass guys use the spike it stuff, I kinda robbed it from them��

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I've been using the spike it too, Left over from Bass fishing tricks, the spots love chartreuse:yikes, as for the sliders, I have had my best day with them on an old road bed in 6-8' FOW and dragging them as painstakingly slow as humanly possible, but every one of them ate it before it made the trip into deeper water 12', but as my Buddy said, "don't stick a dirty toe in the water today if you don't want to get bit" but the only way they would eat it was SLOW SLOW SLOW:dono

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I've been using the spike it too, Left over from Bass fishing tricks, the spots love chartreuse:yikes, as for the sliders, I have had my best day with them on an old road bed in 6-8' FOW and dragging them as painstakingly slow as humanly possible, but every one of them ate it before it made the trip into deeper water 12', but as my Buddy said, "don't stick a dirty toe in the water today if you don't want to get bit" but the only way they would eat it was SLOW SLOW SLOW:dono

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That slow retrieve is key for me lately also. Some of the beds I visit are in water over 4’ and a steady retrieve just doesn’t work near as well. But let it drop to the bottom and hop it once or twice and shake the rod tip and I get the thump we all live for.

I catch about the same on the 1 inch sliders (use black only )and mainly on a underspin of sorts . I have better luck on crappie magnets casting with or without a float .