My first chatterbait

[Fish the Mitt]

13 hours ago, CroakHunter said:

The most effective way for me is to fish it along and in top of grass/weed lines. Keep it just above the vegetation with as slow of a retrieve as possible. Works well around rocks, bumping them every now and again. Has also been a good deep water bait for me slow rolling it along the bottom just fast enough to feel the vibration

This here is good stuff. I fish mine the same.

 

I'll also add that a bladed jig is my most used nighttime fishing lure as well. I fish it over submerged vegetation but burn it back just under the surface. 

[Bluebasser86]

13 hours ago, SemperBass said:

I'll also add that a bladed jig is my most used nighttime fishing lure as well. 

Same here. The steady vibration and bulky profile is great after dark. 

[Bankbeater]

I pull bladed jigs out of the vegetation the same way I pull regular jigs out.  I take up the slack and give the bait a quick couple of jerks.  It usually pulls right out.

[TnRiver46]

Well 8 months later I finally caught one!! I was snatching it through milfoil, water temp was 66. I will definitely be fishing it more this way, @Bluebasser86 was kind enough to make me some more since I currently only have the 1. I'm hoping to get some bites in spring also when there is no grass 

[Harold Scoggins]

On ‎2‎/‎15‎/‎2018 at 12:31 AM, Bluebasser86 said:

I like a Havoc Pitboss for a trailer on the black and blue ones. Fish it slowly and steady in cold, muddy water.

That's one trailer I haven't tried yet. I've got a bunch of those Pitboss too, come spring I'm going to try pairing them with my chatter baits.

[Harold Scoggins]

On ‎2‎/‎15‎/‎2018 at 8:24 AM, A-Jay said:

 

 

A-Jay

Hmmm, I use the boot tail swim baits as trailers and I catch em. I've also used the Rage Lobster with good results. I wonder why he hates those boot tails?

[scaleface]

I have yet to catch a bass on a chatterbait . Everytime I approach a brush pile or lay down , I   put it away and pickup a spinnerbait .Old habits are hard to break .

[Derek1]

I e only caught fish on a chatterbait at a lake up north from me. I’ve never had a bite at any local ponds or lakes I’ve tried. So weird. 

[2tall79]

I make my own bladed jigs and on roughly 1/3 of them I'll use a jig with a fiber weed guard.  I can't say I have ever missed a fish due to the weed guard.

[bigbassin']

7 hours ago, Harold Scoggins said:

Hmmm, I use the boot tail swim baits as trailers and I catch em. I've also used the Rage Lobster with good results. I wonder why he hates those boot tails?

I've seen some stuff on other sites where folks complain that the roll of the boot tail and the side to side chatterbait motion cancel each other out and prevent either from operating properly.

 

Personally, I've never had this issue and a 3.5" swimbait is my best chatterbait trailer.

[TnRiver46]

New baits came in the mail, looks like I might be busy after work this evening......