Best Chatterbait? And what is the best value Chatterbait?

[Advantage]

2 minutes ago, Torn Thumb said:

That thought occurred to me but I thought he said he didn't sell them, just made them for himself.

Contact him, he makes jigs, ned heads, swingheads, etc. 

[tcbass]

On 10/28/2016 at 1:34 PM, S. Sass said:

I'm not a big chatterbait person I like my spinner baits but I do use chatterbaits on occasion.

Not all of mine but most are Zman brand. I have had no problems with them. They are available most anywhere and reasonably priced.

For the life of me I don't know how some of you think Zman has bad hooks. The ones I have come with Mustad UltraPoint hooks that have no issues at all with being way above the sharp necessary to hook a fish. It's like arguing Gillete is sharper than Schick. Either one is more than sharp enough to accomplish the job.

 

Do you use a chatterbait in the exact same situations you'd use a spinnerbait?

[ChrisD46]

On ‎10‎/‎25‎/‎2016 at 7:35 PM, RichF said:

Here's a list of all the vibrating jigs I've used: 

1. Phenix vibrator version 3 - my new fav, great vibration at all speeds, hook is a bit small but really good, comes in 3/4 oz

2. Original D&M Piranha - awesome bait, great running, good hook and trailer keeper, good luck finding them!

3. Z-Man project Z - great, tight vibration, good hook and really nice trailer keeper, not enough natural colored blades

4. Picasso shock blade - pretty good, nice hook, don't run great at slow speeds

5. Revenge vibrator - nice looking, nice running, not enough natural colored blades

6. SK pure poison - cheap, decent running, NO trailer keeper (unless they added one in the last few yrs)

7. Z-man original - decent running, crappy hook

8. Booyah boogie bait - least fav, runs really high in the water column

 

1-5 are roughly the same price ($7 to $9).  6-8 are around $5.  

**Seems like there is room for improvement in the bladed jig lure category !!

[Hot Rod Johnson]

I fish the Z Man Original Chatterbait Elite in a 3/8 and 1/2 ounce weights, the colors that I use are Black Blue, Bluegill, Smokey Shad and White. I use Crayfish Colors, Bluegill Colors and Shad Colors as trailers. The 7" Castaic Baits Jerky J's in Albino, Baby Bass, Bluegill and Green Shad work great in super clear water. By changing the bait’s profile, action and color or by using just about any type of trailer that you can imagine makes this lure have great versatility.

[S. Sass]

On 11/24/2016 at 11:08 AM, tcbass said:

 

Do you use a chatterbait in the exact same situations you'd use a spinnerbait?

Pretty much the same. If I just have a day I want to try something different I will use the chatter bait instead of where I would normally use the spinnerbait. Not saying chatterbaits are worse or better I just personally have a much better history with the spinnerbait.

[Bluebasser86]

On 11/24/2016 at 11:08 AM, tcbass said:

 

Do you use a chatterbait in the exact same situations you'd use a spinnerbait?

I don't. To me a spinnerbait is good when I need to fish a bait fast (generally clear water), or it's too snaggy for a bladed jig.

I fish a bladed jig much slower and typically lower in the water column and have much better success on them in stained to muddy water. They're also great at calling fish out of weeds and don't seem to foul as easily as the blades on a spinnerbait do in weeds. 

The rare occasions when I'm fishing both in the same type areas, I've seen them greatly prefer one over the other. 

[primetime]

I had purchased some bladed Jigs from Bluebasser and they are awesome since he made them with Owner Hooks and bigger hooks, all components matched really well.

I then kind of copied his design although he has the capability to make a flat eye bullet head which is my favorite, I have yet to find a brand that I had as much confidence in, although I now make my own and just use my favorite swim Jig, by the blades and then add either a ring, Wire, or take a spinnerbait and cut the arm off, then twist the head into a chatterbait style head, then just add a blade.

I like the colored blades although I just like to use gold, black, white, dark Nickel, I never really use silver but I am sure they work great. I like a black blade with a black and red or black and blue skirt at night.

I find the trailer, bend in blade, weight all give any bladed jig different actions. The safest trailers imo are the Rage Menace, Small Devil Spear, Subwoofer, Salt Craw, 4" Finesse worm, double tail grubs, single tail grubs, or a fluke...I don't do as well with boot tail swimbaits but when I use them the extra thump seems to get bigger bites, but the swim Senko is money all the time most of the time...Hard to go wrong, they are not as easy to fish as people make it seem. It takes practice and chucking and winding works, but I keep learning new little things & still miss more fish than I should. Really an amazing lure that has endless ways to fish it.

I often run them right under the surface & use a 1/4 oz, I even use the 1/8 oz mini size at times, if using Z-Man, just make sure the hook is sharp & snap is secure. I change the snaps out to a better quality or bigger. I do like taking the z-man blades off of old cheap models and add them to strike King Hack attack swim Jigs.

[Senko lover]

Also a fan of Clayton's (Bluebasser's) chatterbaits; they're pretty dope.

[Hez]

3 minutes ago, Senko lover said:

Also a fan of Clayton's (Bluebasser's) chatterbaits; they're pretty dope.

Where do we sign up for the 2017 catalog?

[Senko lover]

10 minutes ago, Hez said:

Where do we sign up for the 2017 catalog?

https://www.facebook.com/CandCcustombaits/

C&C custom baits on FB

[Hez]

1 minute ago, Senko lover said:

https://www.facebook.com/CandCcustombaits/

C&C custom baits on FB

Awesome! Thank you.

[Advantage]

6 hours ago, Hez said:

Awesome! Thank you.

I've known @Bluebasser86 for many years so I know he knows how to fish, and have been fishin his bladed jigs (Bighead Wobblers as they are known by) for @ 3 yrs or better now and they've pretty much become my go to bait most of the time...and by most of the time I mean I probably catch 70% of my fish per year on them! 

[Hez]

14 hours ago, Advantage said:

I've known @Bluebasser86 for many years so I know he knows how to fish, and have been fishin his bladed jigs (Bighead Wobblers as they are known by) for @ 3 yrs or better now and they've pretty much become my go to bait most of the time...and by most of the time I mean I probably catch 70% of my fish per year on them! 

10-4, appreciate the info sir. 

[YoTone]

ebay sellers can offer up some decent vibrating jigs for as little as $4.19  with free shipping.

i bought one a few weeks ago and it seemed to chatter well but i lost it like 10 minutes later so i dont know how well it catches bass.