Swim jig vs. chatterbait

[Fisher0517]

Which one is your favorite. 

[Skunkmaster-k]

Swim jig 100%

[BayouSlide]

Chatterbait, by a muddy-water bayou country mile.

[MickD]

I have found that chatterbaits are really not that effective in most situations.  In spring, for largemouths, fairly shallow water, OK, but not better than spinnerbaits or swimjigs.  Most of the time  I'll go with swim jigs or spinnerbaits, in blacks/blues, trying different trailers, especially boot tail swimbaits.  The boot tail swimbaits are often white.

[Deleted account]

Putter or driver, which is your favorite?

Wrench or screwdriver, which is your favorite?

Scotch or Bourbon, which is your favorite?

 

Oh, wait, not that last one, one of each, neat please....

[BayouSlide]

26 minutes ago, MickD said:

I have found that chatterbaits are really not that effective in most situations.

 

I always have a rod with a chatterbait tied on but sometimes forgo the spinnerbait. Chatterbaits have saved many a skunked day for me. Like throwing chatterbaits so much I just I bought a  Dobyns 736 glass chatterbait rod and on its first outing collected two of the three bass I landed yesterday, on a bluegill patterned Siebert Fogey.

 

 

[MGF]

10 minutes ago, BassWhole! said:

Putter or driver, which is your favorite?

Wrench or screwdriver, which is your favorite?

Scotch or Bourbon, which is your favorite?

 

Oh, wait, not that last one, one of each, neat please....

Scotch.

[Bankbeater]

Around here a chatterbait seems to outproduce a swim jig.

[Mr Swim Jig]

Always have one of each tied on, but I will always pickup the swimjig first...

[NittyGrittyBoy]

Neither, I usually pick up a spinnerbait before either one. I haven't had good success on either in my local rivers. 

 

I did order a bunch of Fogeys to put some time in with em. 

[galyonj]

Swim jig, without question.

[Kdizzle]

I've landed more fish on a swim jig, if that qualifies as a sastisfying answer to this question.

[Russ E]

i use both.

I have caught a lot more fish with a swim jig.

the chatterbait has produced more 4 pound plus fish.

[NavyVet1204]

Spinner baits so far have always put performed the swim jig and chatter bait here for me. No luck on either.

[softwateronly]

So far,

 

8' or less - swim jig

8' or deeper - chatterbait

 

  But been playing around with some 3/4oz swim jigs and think I can make a better presentation in the deeper water.

 

scott

[.ghoti.]

Spinnerbait way more than either. 

[livemusic]

The last two outings I have been using a fluke or a senko and catching them but each time it got slow, I would be thinking I wonder if that black/blue chatterbait with the green curly tail on it would do anything. And each time I have done that, I have caught one almost immediately. Surprised me each time. Happened about four times. One was a big 'un. Between 6 and 8 lbs and I knew I would not keep it, so, I was playing with it and let it jump and sure enough, it threw the bait. Big fish for sure, was fun to let it swim around. Now, I wish I would have just landed it to take a pic and send to my buddies.

 

I guess my point is that I have become a chatterbait fan, it does catch fish.

[DitchPanda]

Spinner bait and swim jig are tied for me..lets say 1a and 1b...chatter baits are a distant 2nd

[Hammer 4]

The one that the bass will bite..?

[ChrisD46]

10 hours ago, BayouSlide said:

 

I always have a rod with a chatterbait tied on but sometimes forgo the spinnerbait. Chatterbaits have saved many a skunked day for me. Like throwing chatterbaits so much I just I bought a  Dobyns 736 glass chatterbait rod and on its first outing collected two of the three bass I landed yesterday, on a bluegill patterned Siebert Fogey.

 

 

*Too many chatterbait success stories from Pro's and Amateurs  alike to ignore the chatterbait ! ... Learn to use it on the right equipment along with right sizes  , colors of chatterbaits then find the retrieve they want that day . 

[Fishin Dad]

Interesting.  I throw a chatter bait all the time and often have 2 tied on my deck.   They have produced more and bigger fish for me than most anything else (maybe behind a Senko for numbers).  This year, however, I am going to try to throw a swim jig before and/or after a chatter bait on the same run and see what happens.  I also throw a spinnerbait at times with success.   The chatter bait has just been so good to me, I have a hard time getting away from it.  

[Ski]

Depends on how thick the cover is. I like a swim jig in grass and a chaterbait around laydowns and stumps.

 

[lynxcat]

16 hours ago, BassFisher517 said:

Which one is your favorite. 

Chatterbait for me albeit I haven’t decided if I prefer the stealth jackhammer or swim jig for cleaner water. 

[galyonj]

5 hours ago, ChrisD46 said:

*Too many chatterbait success stories from Pro's and Amateurs  alike to ignore the chatterbait ! ... Learn to use it on the right equipment along with right sizes  , colors of chatterbaits then find the retrieve they want that day . 

 

I am 100% confident that the presentation works, but it's never worked for me.

 

Last time I tried it the water was cold and bad muddy – maybe an inch or two of visibility. Fishing at a creek mouth and casting into a field of vegetation just off the drop into the main channel. Bright, high sun.

 

I knew there were fish there. With shad being a big prey source – especially in this spot – I tied on a white/chartreuse chatterbait with a chartreuse swimbait trailer.

 

Tried burning it, creeping it just fast enough to get the blade moving, ripping it out of the vegetation and off the bottom then letting it die, swimming it. Everything I knew to do, I tried.

 

Finally I gave up. Tied on a swim jig and got bit on the third or fourth cast.

 

Every time I fish a chatterbait, some other presentation gets the job done after it strikes out.

 

I ain't got enough time to fish to waste it on lures that don't produce.

[Bluebasser86]

On 4/10/2021 at 3:41 PM, MickD said:

I have found that chatterbaits are really not that effective in most situations.  In spring, for largemouths, fairly shallow water, OK, but not better than spinnerbaits or swimjigs.  Most of the time  I'll go with swim jigs or spinnerbaits, in blacks/blues, trying different trailers, especially boot tail swimbaits.  The boot tail swimbaits are often white.

It's the opposite here. I could never fish a swim jig again and not miss them. I'd have a panic attack if you told me I had to go without my bladed jigs though. These fish will not eat spinnerbaits either because I almost always have both tied on and I can throw the spinnerbait and follow up with the bladed jig in the same spot and catch them. Spinnerbait is a whole different flash and vibration than a bladed jig.