Find out what color Trout Magnet to use!

With over 200 Trout Magnet color combinations to pick from, how do you know which one to use? Jeff Smith explains his strategy when he hits the river and Weldon Ehlert shows the process in real time on the Elk River.
See where they were fishing via @TroutRoutes
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[@FishingWithDamon]

Love trout fishing so much I actually started a series on my KZbin channel catching all species I haven’t and I travelled too catch my first rainbow trout and more recently a brown trout it was quite an experience and met lots of great trout anglers and seen many waterfalls and rivers! I can’t believe kids my age vape and drink when they could see and experience the great outdoors!

[@creativeexperience6388]

I have a great new trout magnet product people would love. A micro wacky rig worm. I've caught alot of trout using micro worms rigged wacky rig so a actual micro wacky rig worm would be awesome

[@hal5699]

Same! I hook them right on one of the legs where it splits and you get so many panfish, crappie, bass, hell I even caught a catfish once 😂

[@earthsciteach]

Here in central PA the answer to that question is always rootbeer color on a black head. White on a black head is close second.

[@lelandslures]

Thanks for the feedback!

[@josephsummers5659]

I have caught a couple nice brown trout, including one that was 8.5 lbs., just upstream of there on trout magnets.

[@davidarwood6264]

That's impressive for using light line. I've never used over 6 lb when using trout magnets.

[@josephsummers5659]

@@davidarwood6264 2 lbs sos with a 2 lbs phantom fluorocarbon leader. I was in a canoe. It is the fish in my profile pic.

[@travisbruno5964]

Bubblegum is the best with a silver jighead for crappie and trout " my experienced opinion" i caught 100 plus 1-2lb crappie in 2 hours my first time fishing in 15yrs

[@maxelam9823]

Trout magnet is the best, I caught a 33 inch long nose gar on white Trout magnet last week

[@davidarwood6264]

Wow....that trumps the bass I've caught. All were over 3 lbs on 4 lb line. What kind of line did you catch the gar on ?

[@stevedupree525]

What rod,reel and line would you recommend?

[@cute_animalsanddrawingvideos]

I recommend a quantum ultralight and 4 lb test bps Excel

[@cute_animalsanddrawingvideos]

4lb bps Excel and a johnny Morris ultralight combo

[@user-rs5yc5uo1k]

What color do you recommend on the little red river?

[@carlihart_3405]

I love trout magnets

[@thomashead656]

Just opinion, but 3 "catchin'est" lures of all time: The trout magnet. The marabou jig. And the classic minnow style crank.

[@davidarwood6264]

Sometimes only a Roostertail will work. I threw everything at a small hole in the mountains one time and the first cast that big ol rainbow slammed it. I was about to walk away but this young lady assured me that there was a big one in there. She was right. 😅 The magnets seem to work better in the fall. I swear by it.

[@thomashead656]

@@davidarwood6264 yeah I forgot that one!

[@seanconley9784]

@troutmagnet. How much do you think the jig head color come in to play? I completely get the body color changes to water conditions and such.

[@lelandslures]

We've seen it make a difference. A lot of days it makes little to no difference but there are days it is the difference in a great day and an ok day. We had a day on the White this year where a chartreuse head and white body was being outfished 5 to 1 by a silver head and a white body.

[@seanconley9784]

@@lelandslures good to know. We will be fishing deep creek and the Tuck in West NC later this month. Hope to post some success pics!

[@johnrosas2606]

I love trout magnet but I hate hate the case it comes with. The plastic is terrible and distorts to becoming totally useless ! I have bought a few kits and every one of the cases distorts. I ended up carrying the lures in another case, but they’re bigger. I’m still searching for a smaller case. Such a good lure that I love but the case is a total failure.

[@howard7997]

I believe they have fixed or are working to fix this issue on newer kit boxes. It was a plastic issue with the company that makes their kit boxes. Especially on the thinner ones like the neon kit, never had any issue on the TM Big Kit or their Boat Box kits, I toss mine in those and they work great!

[@patricksingr]

Trout Magnet DID NOT work for me after 6 hours of fishing at Hagg Lake (Oregon) -April 28, 2024

[@lelandslures]

What size line were you using? The Trout Magnet is apart of a system. Light line (2 or 4lb), fluorocarbon leader, right depth, right technique, right color. Most people who don't catch fish with it are simply using the wrong size line.

[@escapetherace1943]

trout magnets do work but of course they don't really beat live worms