What does a Chatterbait do that a Spinnerbait can't do better?

[Tim Kelly]

Spinnerbaits don't skip well, so a chatterbait can get you much further into trouble, if you need to.

[PhishLI]

14 minutes ago, tcbass said:

 

 

Ah. Ic. 

 

 

How does topwater work there?

They haven't touched a frog since the dragonfly mating ended. But for a while they were very willing on certain days. The trouble is that bending the hooks enough to get a good hookset also means that I'm contantly reeling back grass. Leaving the hooks in a more weedless postion means far fewer hooksets. Like embarrassingly fewer hooksets. Lots of screaming "NOooooo!"..."Whyyyyyy!"....

[tcbass]

1 hour ago, PhishLI said:

They haven't touched a frog since the dragonfly mating ended. But for a while they were very willing on certain days. The trouble is that bending the hooks enough to get a good hookset also means that I'm contantly reeling back grass. Leaving the hooks in a more weedless postion means far fewer hooksets. Like embarrassingly fewer hooksets. Lots of screaming "NOooooo!"..."Whyyyyyy!"....

 

Looks a lot like where we fish. 

 

 

We fish Whopper Frogs (Booyah Padcrashers) and do well. We don't bend hooks out since it might not be as dense as where you fish. You might want to give it a try! The Whopper Frog has just really produced better than the regular hollow body frog for us and doesn't get hung up as much.

[Columbia Craw]

Provide a side to side wobble with a subtle flash.

[primetime]

8 hours ago, PhishLI said:

That's exactly what I meant. I don't believe that dragging a vegetable mop through the area I'm targeting will help my cause. The grass is still so rediculously dense at my primary spots that certain large sections are barely fishable. The picture below is 2 weeks old. It's actually worse now. 

I would be throwing a Zoom Speed worm on top of those weeds and add a light bullet weight to the front maybe 1/16-3/16 to let it fall into some holes after swimming it for a stretch for any followers or to see if they are underneath and not committing. You could swim any plastic like a Paddle tail swimbait, Gambler EZ, Rage Craw, Horny Toad and play around with different profiles or actions until you find where the fish are concentrated. 

 

Once you get some strikes, I would focus on that area and work it slower by pitching a soft bait, Senko, or working a hollow body toad slowly since you can let it soak and sit still. That looks to sloppy for me to be using anything but a weedless plastic of some sort. Just keep the rod high and you don't need a weight on some of the heavier buzzing or swimming plastics so keep the rod high and you will avoid all the slime and accumulation of weeds on line.

 

I like those pockets in the back where you have the green Pads growing well. That looks like most of the marshes and swamps I fish around here. Depending on depth and bottom composition, Pitching a soft bait on heavier weight once you find them even if in the heaviest stuff would be worth it. Find some hard bottom and you should be good to go. Place looks good.

[Koz]

On 9/29/2019 at 1:14 PM, PhishLI said:

That's exactly what I meant. I don't believe that dragging a vegetable mop through the area I'm targeting will help my cause. The grass is still so rediculously dense at my primary spots that certain large sections are barely fishable. The picture below is 2 weeks old. It's actually worse now. 

I'd throw a Booyah frog or a Teckel Sprinker Frog out there.

[moguy1973]

I've found that if it's a really windy day it's a lot easier to throw a chatterbait.  Spinner baits will catch the wind and and can't be thrown as far typically, especially if you are casting into the wind.

 

Catching though, I've caught fish on both and both have their place.

[jr231]

Wow this thread jumped way off track ?. 

 

Chatterbait vs spinnerbait

 

And how I'd attack floating vegetation 

 

What do you guys think goes best on chicken wings ? I think a medium buffalo but sometimes I get conditioned to the heat so I just take a nice honey BBQ. Ya know. Gotta keep me guessin. 

 

 

[MIbassyaker]

On 9/29/2019 at 9:40 PM, primetime said:

I would be throwing a Zoom Speed worm on top of those weeds and add a light bullet weight to the front maybe 1/16-3/16 to let it fall into some holes after swimming it for a stretch for any followers or to see if they are underneath and not committing. You could swim any plastic like a Paddle tail swimbait, Gambler EZ, Rage Craw, Horny Toad and play around with different profiles or actions until you find where the fish are concentrated.

YES. ? ??

[tcbass]

22 hours ago, Yeajray231 said:

Wow this thread jumped way off track ?. 

 

Chatterbait vs spinnerbait

 

And how I'd attack floating vegetation 

 

What do you guys think goes best on chicken wings ? I think a medium buffalo but sometimes I get conditioned to the heat so I just take a nice honey BBQ. Ya know. Gotta keep me guessin. 

 

 

 

They tend to do that sometimes. lol