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spoonchucker -> RE: Trout Magnets for real? (3/3/2008 1:13:43 PM)

Huff,

You may very well have success on yellow, but don't base your conclusions on the lmited use of one color.



hufftwnboy1967 -> RE: Trout Magnets for real? (3/3/2008 8:06:11 PM)

The more I think about it I might just get the kit. I know Gander has a small kit for like $10.00 Don't know what Wal-mart's cost are.



fishrmn -> RE: Trout Magnets for real? (3/3/2008 8:32:54 PM)

Trout Magnets work great in small to medium sized streams.  I like to use them on at the LEAST a 9ft light spinning rod, personaly I use 10'6.  I usualy only use them in clear water, no float and no extra wieght...  I like to stay away from the darker colored TM's as they're very hard to see (don't seem to produce very well jigging aswell). 

Here's a brown I landed on a white TM awhile back from the Loyalhanna (2005 I believe)...  Me and a fishing buddy have landed a couple 20in+ trout on these jigs.   

[image]http://inlinethumb51.webshots.com/36274/1306512766059217506S600x600Q85.jpg[/image]

-Tim




FlashDance -> RE: Trout Magnets for real? (3/4/2008 9:46:44 AM)

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ORIGINAL: fishrmn

Trout Magnets work great in small to medium sized streams.  I like to use them on at the LEAST a 9ft light spinning rod, personaly I use 10'6.  I usualy only use them in clear water, no float and no extra wieght...  I like to stay away from the darker colored TM's as they're very hard to see (don't seem to produce very well jigging aswell). 

Here's a brown I landed on a white TM awhile back from the Loyalhanna (2005 I believe)...  Me and a fishing buddy have landed a couple 20in+ trout on these jigs.   

[image]http://inlinethumb51.webshots.com/36274/1306512766059217506S600x600Q85.jpg[/image]

-Tim




LMAO
Can't I have the dark colored ones that you can't see?
I mean, since you can't see them and don't use them.
I'll trade you some light colored ones.



fishrmn -> RE: Trout Magnets for real? (3/4/2008 11:44:52 AM)

What I was implying is that I pretty much use TM's exclusivly for sight fishing... Particularly on freshly stocked trout, or for PA Steelhead.  The colors black and brown are pretty much impossible to see while jigging unless you are fishing over a very light colored streambed...  As I have allready stated, I dont do well with them either.  I'm sure tipped with maggots and fished under a float in a lake they would do well, not my thing though.

As far as trading, whatever floats your boat (although it seems as if your trying to be a smart@zz)...  I'm sure I have dozens of black and brown that I'd trade for white, pink or yellow.

-Tim



griffon -> RE: Trout Magnets for real? (3/4/2008 12:42:20 PM)

Tim,  I think part of the problem you are having actually has to do with your setup.  Catching fish when you can sight fish is an art and some are better at it than others (you seem to have that down).  Fishing when you can't see whats going on (particularly with this type of bait). requires a deft touch.  I think you would find that a short (5'6") stiff and fast ultralight rigged with a 4 or 6 lb. flourocarbon would be more suited to the task.  Keep your rod high (1-2 o'clock), giving short twitches with more time to fall than it took to lift.  On the fall, watch your line on the water.  If it so much as twitches, set the hook (a solid hook set is required to get the hooks home on a slack line).  Most of the strikes do come on the fall and they can be very subtle.  In other posts I have mentioned that I love chasing big browns.  Trout magnets and the techniques used are starting to hit close to home when it comes to my favorite spinning gear and lures. I never tip with maggots or bait. There is no need if the jig is worked properly.  Tight Lines, Griffon



Dream Catcher -> RE: Trout Magnets for real? (3/4/2008 2:58:55 PM)

No, No , No you got it all wrong .... Use the 10&1/2 ft noodle rod . That way you can adjust your float to the depth of the fish .... I catch the majority of my fish from 6 - 12 feet down off my float .... Ask yourself why ... because the 90% of the fishing majority fishing for trout have already wiped the slate clean from 1-5 ft so think outside the box & reel in them deep fish. I will not go in depth to numbers or presentation but it is truely a remarkable lure. Observe how many people trout fish with short set ups next time your on the water & judge for yourself . They either fish 2 foot off the bottom or 4 foot off the top - lots of bruisers in between.



Stillhead -> RE: Trout Magnets for real? (3/4/2008 3:42:43 PM)

Well I'd say the original question has been answered, just look at all the opinions on how to fish them. They catch fish in many different conditions.   You can sight fish them in clear streams,  float fish them in dirty water and lakes, or ice fish with them.  Everything bites them, especially fish in lakes when the water is frigid. I've caught trout of all varieties stocked,wild,native, and steelhead, coho salmon, king salmon ,crappie,bluegill,smallmouth,largemouth,perch,carp,catfish,sauger,walleye,white bass,rock bass,suckers, and probably something else that I'm forgetting.   If you try them 10 trips for trout or panfish, and don't catch anything on them at least 8 of those trips, it's the angler, not the lure.



griffon -> RE: Trout Magnets for real? (3/4/2008 3:53:24 PM)

Your'e right, most people don't know how to fish deeper waters.  No doubt about it though, that is where the biggest carnivores live.  I generally don't use a float (on occasion I will), because I like to trigger aggressive strikes from even the biggest most lethargic of fish, be they suspended or near the bottom.  Big trout are opportunists and wounded prey is too much to pass up many times.  Floats make the bait look a lot more like it is naturally floating or quivering in the current depending on how you make the float behave.  Working the jig without a float in a snap jig technique will often trigger strikes from fish from a wider distance than a float rig will.  Also, a float limits the areas you can fish to a degree (under cut banks, in and out of the nastiest brushpiles), where a straight jig can be pitched, skipped, dropped or forced through the cover where big trout lie.



crappiefisher -> RE: Trout Magnets for real? (3/4/2008 8:44:51 PM)

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ORIGINAL: crappiefisher

Forgot, they are way over priced. You can buy about 16 - 20 better made jigs for what you would pay for a couple ov magnets.

cRappy


  They have come down in price, 5 jig heads for $1.48 is a little better & are made in the USA. I like 'em for crappie becauce the hooks will straighten before the line will snap when snagged up most times. Still like the ice jigs better 15 for $4.00 from panfish to steel. Bought a 100 pack of Berkley trout worms for a $1.00 at the sportsman's night out on Fri. Cut 'em to any length you want. Another nice thingy about the TM heads is you don't have to clean the paint from the hook.



spoonchucker -> RE: Trout Magnets for real? (3/4/2008 10:44:26 PM)

Just PLEASE don't ever waste your money on white[;)]



crappiefisher -> RE: Trout Magnets for real? (3/5/2008 2:54:29 AM)

  Thanks, now you tell me!!

Just got done fill'n a good sz'd. double sided fly box of jigs for crappie. Over 50% are mostly white. Took awhile too clean the paint outta 'em. Prob. paint 'em brown now plus be fishin muddy waters. I liked after puttin the box together with over 150 jigs & shut off the light to check some out.

Oh well I'll prob. loose it first time out anywaizes/[sm=icon_cry.gif]

  Crappy



rippinlip -> RE: Trout Magnets for real? (3/5/2008 7:57:41 PM)

Yep....and I hope you lose it down at my place!..[:D]..Thanks for helping me the other day...Trader Horn has a neon Trout Magnet kit on sale for $ 9.99 this week



crappiefisher -> RE: Trout Magnets for real? (3/11/2008 10:52:24 PM)

  Thought I already lost it but I hid'it'ed it to good [8|] You still off the last week of the month? Timmy was scoutin the swamps with his bait caster after school today. Prime time is gettin close u /no;:



rippinlip -> RE: Trout Magnets for real? (3/12/2008 8:52:14 PM)

I'll be ready. Got the new place about 90% gutted, should have some time to play soon



hufftwnboy1967 -> RE: Trout Magnets for real? (3/14/2008 2:38:10 PM)

I'm planning on going out on Monday afternoon @ Twin lakes. I was wondering what the proper technique is for the trout magnets. I was planning on one being a attached with a bobber. And one on the bottom. Now the one with the bottom. Do I just cast it out and let it sit? Or do I cast and retrive?

Any and all input is greatly appericated

Mark



Stillhead -> RE: Trout Magnets for real? (3/14/2008 5:54:52 PM)

Lake fishing right now it helps to know how deep the lake is where you are fishing, try fishing it under a float within 3 feet of the bottom to start. Usually this time of year fishing it 7 to 10 feet deep is a good bet.  Tip it with a maggot or wax worm and you can just let it sit, or slowly twitch it in.  Dirty water try all black, chartruese, or black/chartruese.  They'll all work, but that's what I do best with in stained water. Never fished twin lakes, so I don't know, you may be able to find fish shallower than 7 feet. but in most of the lakes I fish, the majority of the fish are at least that deep right now, they should be coming shallower as soon as some bugs start hatching.



creel -> RE: Trout Magnets for real? (3/14/2008 11:14:38 PM)

I thought they were not for real



Stillhead -> RE: Trout Magnets for real? (3/16/2008 7:08:55 AM)

fo' reel duud, fo' reel



albud1962 -> RE: Trout Magnets for real? (3/16/2008 7:26:28 AM)

Tsk tsk. Well I guess the stripers are safe since Spoonie has foregone them in search of pelletheads



albud1962 -> RE: Trout Magnets for real? (3/16/2008 7:49:52 AM)

 There are some side effects.   A condition known as Twicther's Psychosis is often prevalent for those who practice this method. Victims from the disease walk around with Parkinson's like symptoms; twitching uncontrollably when they pass the trout magnet aisle in Walmarts.



STEELYS MANFISH -> RE: Trout Magnets for real? (3/16/2008 7:12:25 PM)

I believe in the magnets. Took them with on a trip to new hamp. after purchasing these colored beauties at the local wal-mart in butt town. That 10 dollar kit drew me in. Was fishing with various things unsuccessfully. Had never used the magnet until this day. Even though I wasnt really sure how to fish these initially I ended up catching many that day.What a day. I wasnt sure if the magnet was something new to these fish or not and that was why I did so well. Have not tried them on our own trout waters yet. Am also looking forward to throwing these on mini-foos and hooking up with a manistee strain of steelie on the ohio streams this spring. If anyone has tried this would love to know. Am curious to know if they like these better than mini-foos tipped with maggots.



fubu2005 -> RE: Trout Magnets for real? (3/27/2008 9:50:34 AM)

Well, I just got back from a trip to Pine Creek and boy did those TM's do well. I used hus lures for the most part and got nothing...After I changed up to a white TM...the Bows were hitting it like crazy...I gotta say they are pretty damn good!!



hufftwnboy1967 -> RE: Trout Magnets for real? (3/27/2008 11:29:44 AM)

Did you tip the hook with anything, or did you leave it plain? I'm going out Sat to Twin Lakes, and plan on usuing my TM for the first time.



spoonchucker -> RE: Trout Magnets for real? (3/27/2008 11:53:38 AM)

Huff,

You CAN tip it with a maggot/waxworm, but don't need to. Tipping will get the "light biters" to hold on a little longer.



fubu2005 -> RE: Trout Magnets for real? (3/27/2008 12:06:21 PM)

I was using it in the DH section of Pine creek...so I couldn't use bait...I was just letting it do its own work and the trout were loving it. I would tip it on a lake and jig it a little...I love Twin lakes but I am hearing stories about people catching a ton of trout on paste baits and I have not gotten one on that kind of bait. Please let me know where you fished and how you did on the TW's...I hear the the depths really matter when using the TW's...I don't know how I will cast 6 feet of line out and jig it in!!



Carphead -> RE: Trout Magnets for real? (3/27/2008 7:32:33 PM)

Fubu, use a longer rod. You should have no problem casting out a jigging bobber with 6 feet of line, or 12 feet of line for that matter, between it and your jig. Practice, and when you are done, practice some more.



Tacklebuster -> RE: Trout Magnets for real? (3/30/2008 11:42:11 PM)

Ihave caught numerous fish with them over the past couple years when nothing else seemed to work so i would have to say that they are for real. i haven't used them alot on lakes but in streams and rivers they work great for the stockies.



juddthejudge -> RE: Trout Magnets for real? (4/3/2008 11:17:27 PM)

You know if yins got some extra crap laying round you can make your own trout magnets.. Just get a small jig head and put a chunk of a plastic bait that you have and cut it up the middle a bit... there you go homemade trout magnet... come on people thats all they are... thus is why some people have luck and some dont..most people dont try to jig for trout so thats why it works when nothing else does its nothing special besides a good marketing idea..



Cold -> RE: Trout Magnets for real? (4/5/2008 7:35:28 PM)

I gotta say, I had my doubts about them, but after reading this thread, I decided to try em for the first time.  Now, I'm not a very diverse fisherman, sticking to spinners and bait on the bottom almost exclusively, and always at a lake, so the whole twitching thing (and creek thing) was something I wasnt sure if I could do correctly.  I took a pack each of gold, white, and black to the DHALO section of the Loyalhanna and within 10 minutes, an 18" brownie assured me I pretty much had the hang of it.  A little ways upstream, a smaller brookie agreed, both hitting hard and never letting go. :)

With an ultralight rod and 2# fluorocarbon line, almost any fish feels like a monster, but believe me, when that brownie hit, I originally thought I'd hit a snag. ;)

Suffice to say that for me at least, trout magnets are definitely for real. :)



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