Chatterbait first impression

[TX-Deluxe]

First cast.  Hung the bottom and lost lure.

 

The end.

 

 

 

[Jeff H]

LOL!  Great humor?

[bigfruits]

reel a bit faster.

[Catt]

4 hours ago, TX-Deluxe said:

First cast.  Hung the bottom and lost lure.

 

The end.

 

 

 

Never had a bump on a chatterbait!

 

The end.

[riverbasser]

It catches more fish if you call it a bladed jig

[moguy1973]

You don't fish it like a regular jig.

[jr231]

2 minutes ago, moguy1973 said:

You don't fish it like a regular jig.

 

You definitely can !??? I've had much success hopping it off bottom and pulling it though weeds. Lol this notion that you HAVE to use it like a spinner bait makes me chuckle. Even if that was "how it was intended to be fished when it was designed " there's more than one way to skin a cat brother . 

 

Chatterbaits are awesome. I like the "freedom" versions where you can swap hooks . 

 

 

[Raul]

5 hours ago, TX-Deluxe said:

First cast.  Hung the bottom and lost lure.

 

The end.

 

 

 

 

That was fast !

[lmbfisherman]

Sweet!  

[Jtrout]

Great! Now go buy more!

[BassB8Caster]

Better story....DD grabbed it on the fall, wrapped me around a stump and broke me off deep. 

[Dorado]

16 hours ago, Yeajray231 said:

 

You definitely can !??? I've had much success hopping it off bottom and pulling it though weeds. Lol this notion that you HAVE to use it like a spinner bait makes me chuckle. Even if that was "how it was intended to be fished when it was designed " there's more than one way to skin a cat brother . 

 

Chatterbaits are awesome. I like the "freedom" versions where you can swap hooks . 

 

 

Perfectly stated

[Montanaro]

Took me a while to have confidence

 

But then it clicked and now i have it tied on always.

[Bluebasser86]

Good riddance! They don't work anyways!

[Advantage]

2 hours ago, Bluebasser86 said:

Good riddance! They don't work anyways!

I know right! They suck at catching fish! 

[TX-Deluxe]

I never was saying the bait sucked.. All i was saying was i only got to cast once...LOL

 

Unlucky

[Bluebasser86]

4 minutes ago, TX-Deluxe said:

I never was saying the bait sucked.. All i was saying was i only got to cast once...LOL

 

Unlucky

I know, I think it's pretty well known they work, I was just messing with you.

[JustJames]

I only caught one bass with chatterbait, but lost like 2 or three so far. Actually twos but the second jumped and the hook came loose. 

 

Actually 4, 2 bass and 2 catfish.

[TxHawgs]

Haven't caught a fish on one yet. Have fished it a little bit over past yr and a half. I attribute it to not fishing it in the right locations as a co-angler. It's not been like the boater catching them on one but not me.

[fishwizzard]

I want to like them, and have caught a few fish on them, but I seem to have more luck with spinnerbaits and swimjigs.  

[iiTzChunky]

That is odd. It's usually the first thing I throw when  hitting a new body of water. I can cover some ground and typically don't get hung up on anything 

[Bankbeater]

Those brush piles that are 40' out from the bank and just under the surface of the water do me in every time.

[Scarborough817]

4 hours ago, Bankbeater said:

Those brush piles that are 40' out from the bank and just under the surface of the water do me in every time.

try a rage blade they dont get hung up as easily 

[mheichelbech]

4 hours ago, Bankbeater said:

Those brush piles that are 40' out from the bank and just under the surface of the water do me in every time.

The agree with this.  I can fish through anything in a boat and be fine but from the bank and I can get hung up with no hook it seems like!  

 

I wonder if if it isn't the difference in angle.  Fishing from the bank normally had much less angle than a boat.  Not sure why but seems to make a difference.

[BassOnKlinger]

Tied on my first chatterbait in black and blue today. Caught three in 30 minutes with a slow and steady retrieve. Loved it.