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Originally Posted by wordty
When fishing for fish larger than trout but using the famous bison TM, do you all still use the TM hook or a bigger hook?
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I try to use the Trout Magnet head as much as possible. It is only 1/64 and it is the slow fall rate in my opinion that helps make the T M a great lure....plus the T M jig head is made to balance with the T M body and will fall more horizontally instead of vertically. I have no problem hooking and landing 3 to 5 pound Smallies with that hook. I have said it many times that large mouth will hit the T M but they don't go after it like Smallies will. While I have hooked quite a few big large mouth with the T M head it can be difficult to get a good hook set into a large one. I have no problems with the hook on white bass....crappie and spotted bass. I have and am currently testing the Trout Magnet with heads that weigh 1/24...1/16...and 1/8 of an ounce with a #8 hook....which is small...but it is a Steelhead hook and is extremely strong. But so far in my findings the Smallies prefer that slow fall rate of the Trout Magnet head. I have also had some 1/64 heads made with a #4 sickle hook but my catch rate went down so went back to the Trout Magnet hook.
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