Chatterbait, Shakey Head & A Rod

[Balshy Fishing]

First, I got one of those 1/8 Z-Man Chatterbaits about a month ago and I have not a clue how to retrieve it. Do I just pop it and reel? 

 

Second, is fishing shakey heads in a current a dumb thing to do? 

 

Third, I just purchased a 6'6 Sojourn Medium Fast Action Rod and I have a Quantum Reel with a 5:2:1 ratio -- what lures would that be best with? 

 

Thank ya'll! 

[Weld's Largemouth]

First, I got one of those 1/8 Z-Man Chatterbaits about a month ago and I have not a clue how to retrieve it. Do I just pop it and reel?

Second, is fishing shakey heads in a current a dumb thing to do?

Third, I just purchased a 6'6 Sojourn Medium Fast Action Rod and I have a Quantum Reel with a 5:2:1 ratio -- what lures would that be best with?

Thank ya'll!

1) work it like a spinnerbait if fish are active ( cast and reel) or like a jig if they are slow

2) no

3) any lure

[Balshy Fishing]

I was just asking about the shakey head because I checked my hook and it was laying completely on it's side. I used the spot stalkers but I also have the mega strike ones and didn't use 'em cause it's really rocky.

 

If I bring in the chatterbait like a spinnerbait, It comes to the surface and rides the top. 

[OntarioFishingGuy]

I was just asking about the shakey head because I checked my hook and it was laying completely on it's side. I used the spot stalkers but I also have the mega strike ones and didn't use 'em cause it's really rocky.

 

If I bring in the chatterbait like a spinnerbait, It comes to the surface and rides the top. 

Shaky heads work great in current. To keep the buzzbaits down, point your rod tip towards the water.

[Weld's Largemouth]

I was just asking about the shakey head because I checked my hook and it was laying completely on it's side. I used the spot stalkers but I also have the mega strike ones and didn't use 'em cause it's really rocky.

If I bring in the chatterbait like a spinnerbait, It comes to the surface and rides the top.

Mega strikes are much better use them.

Let it sink and hold your rod tip down

[ThatZX14Fella]

Chatterbait I retrieve like a spinnerbait. I point the rod down, reel two or three turns, then pop it twice. I do that the whole retrieve.

[Raul]

I was just asking about the shakey head because I checked my hook and it was laying completely on it's side. I used the spot stalkers but I also have the mega strike ones and didn't use 'em cause it's really rocky.

 

If I bring in the chatterbait like a spinnerbait, It comes to the surface and rides the top.

Nowhere is written that a shakeyhead rigged bait should stand up.

[Balshy Fishing]

See, I thought they were. 

[Raul]

I'm not going to say I invented shakeyheading, for me is just a way to rig a bait weedless on a jighead and a shakeyhead is just a jighead with an oversized hook, I've been pouring my own shakey jigheads for more than a couple of decades and have caught literally thousands of fish with them, so, apparently fish don't care if the bait stands up.

[L a r r y]

if you are having issue with the 1/8oz chatterbait....try moving up to a 1/2 ZMAN Elite.......don't be afraid of the larger size, it will catch fish

[Balshy Fishing]

Thank ya'll for the answers. 

 

I've realized that wherever I go, I can only catch fish on senko's...I don't get it. 

[Raul]

Really doesn't matter with what you are catching as long as you are catching, my friend Rigoberto can't catch even a cold with any T-rigged bait.