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fubu2005 -> Trout Magnets for real? (2/26/2008 8:15:21 AM)

Any of you use the Trout Magnets? I have been seeing them everywhere and there seems to be a lot of evidence that it works but I always get this feeling that it is tooo good to be true!! I have a case of them with bobbers/streak indicators. I guess i'm just hoping the streak indicators work for bait as well so it won't be a total waste!!



Ax -> RE: Trout Magnets for real? (2/26/2008 9:16:48 AM)

They work.  I have seen guys do well on them.  I dont like them personally but that is just me.



lazyboatingdaze -> RE: Trout Magnets for real? (2/26/2008 10:13:58 AM)

I was fly fishing last year and my friend was using a magnet and he was crushing fish all day....



rsquared -> RE: Trout Magnets for real? (2/26/2008 11:42:21 AM)

If you're using them in a lake with a high concentration of panfish, be prepared for a lot of incidental catches too. 

Used some last year, in both lakes & streams, and they work pretty well.  Don't know why, since they don't seem all that new or different from a lot of other jig type baits, but they do. 



spoonchucker -> RE: Trout Magnets for real? (2/26/2008 12:09:44 PM)

Trout magnets do not work, nope not all. Don't even waste your time, especially if you are fishing near me.[:D]

Trout worms too. PLEASE don't bother with them.



gonefishin -> RE: Trout Magnets for real? (2/26/2008 12:14:51 PM)

One of the best little artificial inventions in recent years.   They are not my top artificial, but they are near the top and are always with me.  



bert34200 -> RE: Trout Magnets for real? (2/26/2008 12:55:48 PM)

almost everyone i've seen using them have had decent luck on them.  i personally don't like using them but i know that people swear by em.  black grub tipped with maggots is what my buddies use.



crappiefisher -> RE: Trout Magnets for real? (2/26/2008 1:52:20 PM)

  I like the minnie ice jigs much better. The trout mag. are good for panfish but the hooks are too cheap for anything bigger. Not sayin you can't catch big fish on 'em but there are alot better made jigs in that sz. range than that.


  • hook  &  HOLD BIG fish !



    • crappiefisher -> RE: Trout Magnets for real? (2/26/2008 1:58:21 PM)

     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



    justinl8688 -> RE: Trout Magnets for real? (2/26/2008 5:42:27 PM)

    I love them.... but buy the jigs and and get any plastic and cut the two tails... works great. they are a bit pricey though



    mugz -> RE: Trout Magnets for real? (2/26/2008 6:13:24 PM)

    ummmmm well, i guess they are average at best. LOL



    mugz -> RE: Trout Magnets for real? (2/26/2008 6:17:50 PM)

    good one spoon,
    i swear i never seen you guys using either of the 2 baits at herford manor.




    FisHMaNning -> RE: Trout Magnets for real? (2/26/2008 6:56:06 PM)

    ive only caught fish on them when it seemed like nothing else was working lol, and then if all else fails i tip the trout magnet with a power worm



    mugz -> RE: Trout Magnets for real? (2/26/2008 7:45:46 PM)

    i only caught 700 or so trout on them last spring. very average year, i guess they don't work!!![;)]



    avidangler -> RE: Trout Magnets for real? (2/26/2008 7:56:35 PM)

    I laughed at my buddy 3 years ago when he pulled them out.  I thought he was fishing for creek chubs until he started to catch 2 fish to my one fish fly fishing.  Trout seem to like them, im unsure if they would outfish live bait.  If so i'll take that challenge..



    Kokanee Killer -> RE: Trout Magnets for real? (2/26/2008 8:39:31 PM)

    yeah they work confidence in any lure is half the fight![;)]



    HardCore Fisher -> RE: Trout Magnets for real? (2/26/2008 10:21:01 PM)

    I bought the big fat box of trout magnets that walmart has and i have yet to catch a fish or even have them take interest in them or even look at them, definately a waste of money, i can't even cast them unless i tie 1 onto the fly rod an roll cast it.

    Ronnie



    pheasant tail 2 -> RE: Trout Magnets for real? (2/26/2008 10:28:50 PM)

    I love em. Never really tried them for trout, but they are great for gills and crappies.

    Take care

    PT



    eye-c-man -> RE: Trout Magnets for real? (2/26/2008 11:57:58 PM)

    Is there a favorite color to use or doesn't it matter. They come in so many colors



    griffon -> RE: Trout Magnets for real? (2/27/2008 7:17:20 AM)

    quote:

    ORIGINAL: HardCore Fisher

    I bought the big fat box of trout magnets that walmart has and i have yet to catch a fish or even have them take interest in them or even look at them, definately a waste of money, i can't even cast them unless i tie 1 onto the fly rod an roll cast it.

    Ronnie

    It seems that most here have used them with a lot of success when other presentations have stopped producing.  You would not want to fish behind the Lelands on any trout stream when they break these out.  It seems as if they catch every fish out of every pool.  They seem to work very well on heavily pressured fish that have seen everything.  All of the people I have seen using them, use them on spinning tackle without a problem. 

    Perhaps it is time to stop blaming the arrows for not doing their job and blame the Indian for not learning to shoot well...  Your screen name says Hardcore Fisher.  To truly be that, you need to learn to adapt and overcome, rather than blaming failures on your equipment. 


    eye-c-man  I have most of the colors and have probably done best on the black or the gold mealworm colors. 



    chauncy -> RE: Trout Magnets for real? (2/27/2008 8:48:44 AM)

    I've done best with the white, tipped with a nibble, for panfish. Haven't tried them for their namesake.



    luvinbluegills -> RE: Trout Magnets for real? (2/27/2008 1:54:32 PM)

    After using both for a while, Case's Trout Worms have produced better for me on panfish and trout. (I'm not affiliated)



    boli -> RE: Trout Magnets for real? (2/27/2008 10:35:33 PM)

    I never had too much luck using them, caught a few here and there but one of my friends slammed them at Linden one day we were there.



    panthr -> RE: Trout Magnets for real? (2/28/2008 12:50:49 PM)

    I don't use them but my buddy swears by them. We both fly fish, and the trout magnet is his go-to "fly". There wasn't a day we fished that he didn't use the magnet. We both have caught a lot of trout last year and I would say that 80% of his catches were on those magnets. He even caught steelhead on them but I think he was putting the magnet on another hook, not using the jig. So, they do work well. The only reason I don't use them is because I enjoy catching trout on flies that I tie myself.



    ROCKHARD -> RE: Trout Magnets for real? (2/29/2008 1:23:15 AM)

    I COULD VERIFY THEM 700 TROUT LAST SPRING ON MAGNETS ,MUGZ.  I WAS THERE THE 1 DAY U DID OVER A HUNDRED IN ABOUT 4 HOURS AT HEREFORD MANNER



    Loomis -> RE: Trout Magnets for real? (2/29/2008 9:37:21 AM)

    lol don't ya love days like that?  stocked trout are so fun I dont care what anyone says.  It will never get old to me. 



    startinout -> RE: Trout Magnets for real? (2/29/2008 9:39:26 AM)

    If I didn't see them at work with my own two eyes at Herford, I would never believe how many fish they catch.  Seems like you have to be real specific in your presentation, but when you get it down it was literally every cast was a fish, the few times my buddy had me use them.  Unbelieveable. 



    sidescan -> RE: Trout Magnets for real? (3/1/2008 9:50:46 PM)

    [:'(] Two years ago I purchased a "glow in the dark kit" of trout magnets at their booth at the Expomart February Sportsman's Show.  I checked them when I got home and only one of the four colors glowed in the dark.  I emailed then twice during the week hoping they would correct the problem.  I am still awaiting a reply from these hooftie deceivers. 

    Their other jigs are overpriced subpar performers.  Use regular jigs with Berkley Power Worms (or pieces of a Power Worm which gives you more baits) and tip them with a maggot.  These also work great for crappie below a float through early summer along lake weedbeds.  The maggot much increases the catch rate!



    mxdad66 -> RE: Trout Magnets for real? (3/1/2008 10:57:23 PM)

    Mugz had someone in the lake with scuba gear putting those fish on his hook.



    hufftwnboy1967 -> RE: Trout Magnets for real? (3/2/2008 2:42:18 PM)

    I went and got my license today & trout magnets just one package. If it works I'll get more if not I only wasted 97 cents. I got mine in yellow





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