When you decide to use ChatterBait or Spinnerbait

[cowiemi]

Hi Guys,

I have never used a chatterbait but I fish a lot with spinnerbait.

I would like to know when it's better to use chatterbait or spinnerbait and in wich condition.

Tnx in advance and sorry for my English  :-/

[Wayne P.]

I use a Chatterbait when a spinnerbait can't be fished slow enough near the surface for the conditions.

[angler1]

I agree with Wayne P, but I would say I prefer a chatterbait over a spinnerbait. I think you can do more with the overall presentation of a chatterbait espeically when useing a trailer. You can go from using it like a crankbait to using it like a jig, then buzz it like a topwater. A very versital lure. I have even put a plastic swimbait on a chatterbait to change the appearance.

[lightsout]

They seem to work in alot of the same situations. I have noticed in open water spinner baits have treated me better. Depending on the weight/blades/etc. you can burn a spinnerbait a little faster, which is important on the clear flats I often fish.

Either way their both great baits that you can do alot with.

[Needemp]

In clearer water, I use spinnerbaits and never a Chatterbait. In dark water, I use bigger blades on my spinnerbaits, but sometimes I throw a Chatterbait. But if I am fishing a place that has been pounded with a spinnerbait, I will throw a Chatterbait to change it up. Smaller bodies of waters get pounded by bank-beaters armed with spinnerbaits.

[Stasher1]

In clearer water, I use spinnerbaits and never a Chatterbait. In dark water, I use bigger blades on my spinnerbaits, but sometimes I throw a Chatterbait. But if I am fishing a place that has been pounded with a spinnerbait, I will throw a Chatterbait to change it up. Smaller bodies of waters get pounded by bank-beaters armed with spinnerbaits.

x2

This is especially true in the Atlanta area. I can't tell you how many Terminator T2 packages I've found on the banks of my local ponds.  :

[b.Lee]

This is good info, never had enough experience to throw chatters

[Bass XL]

In clearer water, I use spinnerbaits and never a Chatterbait. In dark water, I use bigger blades on my spinnerbaits, but sometimes I throw a Chatterbait. But if I am fishing a place that has been pounded with a spinnerbait, I will throw a Chatterbait to change it up. Smaller bodies of waters get pounded by bank-beaters armed with spinnerbaits.

x2

This is especially true in the Atlanta area. I can't tell you how many Terminator T2 packages I've found on the banks of my local ponds. :

I'll agree once more. In heavily pressured situations.

[Buzbait88]

On the river here, I almost always pick up a chatterbait first and if it doesn't produce I will try a spinnerbait before resorting to other techniques, but the chatterbait is my go to bait.  Maybe its because the water is dirtier than most places.  I have had better luck in crystal clear lakes in MN on a spinnerbait over a chatterbait.  Actually in Crystal Clear lakes I find that a swimjig works wonders when they won't hit the chatter or the spinner.

[A-Rob]

The flat face of the chatterbait always gets me hung up in thicker weeds. So I usually fish a spinnerbait if trying to bring it thru heavier junk.

[SoFl-native]

Hi Guys,

I have never used a chatterbait but I fish a lot with spinnerbait.

I would like to know when it's better to use chatterbait or spinnerbait and in wich condition.

Tnx in advance and sorry for my English :-/

water clarity is the biggest factor for me.

[brushhoggin]

people fish chatter baits when water clarity is hurtin. they are a bit more noisy.

[Hammer 4]

I take a couple of things into consideration..

1 is wind..none to a light breeze and I toss the Chatterbait.

2...Water clarity..Clear, I toss a spinnerbait..it seems to get more bites..slightly stained, to stained..a Chatterbait.

I fish a small pond which has slightly stained water and is heavly fished with spinnerbaits,  yet I catch fish on both baits, but more so with the chatter bait, also get bigger fish..for some reason..

[smbrule]

Chatterbaits are my go to bait for smallies shallow in rocks on Canadian shield lakes when it is really windy. They cast well into the wind and retrieve with less resistance thereby permitting more casts per unit of time.