Now that its over wasnt the chatterbait craze fun!

[mrbassky]

I got my new BassPro master catalog and their were 0 chatterbait style baits. Amazing people already gave up on them. Companies will still sell them but some will stop is my guess and not many new companies will come out with them. :'(

[MALTESE FALCON]

I never had the success that alot of other guys did with that bait.

Falcon

[Bass Dude]

Same thing will happen with the Sexy Shad craze.  Somebody wins a tourney on a bait and everyone hops on the bandwagon!

I've caught some nice fish on a chatterbait, but it was horrible fishing it in the weeds.  I would rather stick with a spinnerbait.

[Gatorbassman]

Same thing will happen with the Sexy Shad craze. Somebody wins a tourney on a bait and everyone hops on the bandwagon!

That's the great thing about marketing. It's amazing what a little air time does.

As for the chatterbait. I think a caught three fish on one.

[Bassin_Fin@tic]

IMO chatterbaits catch fish but they don't catch well or consistently.In other words how many times do you hear people or even pros say it is the go to bait? Out of all the brands I have never had any better results with one or the other.

[NOVA Angler]

I've actually had pretty good success with the chatterbait in the spring.  I caught a lot of fish early last year and three that helped me win a club tournament on Kerr Lake.  I will say that by late April/early May, I'm pretty much done with it.  I'll keep fishing it until I stop catching them.    

[grimlin]

Nothing of size or numbers ever came from chatterbaits for me either.I gave up on them altogether.

I have one or two stored away for those "just in case" moments.

[MSPbass]

I will continue to use Chatterbaits early in the season as well. I've caught all sizes of bass on them and, I guess, I still think they're fun to fish. In fact, I just got a couple of the Z-Man Pro2 baits for the first time. I like the big, red, eyes and the skirts are extra sharp.

[Branuss04]

Chatterbaits =  

[roadwarrior]

My pond fishing has really slowed down. In the last 10 fishing hours

or past two weeks, I have only caught three largemouth. All three

were on one quick trip, less than 1 1/2 hours. One was a tournament

bass and the other two were 5+. All caught on a white KaRu VibraSpin.

Otherwsie, I have not had a single bite.

8-)

[Wayne P.]

I'm still catching bass with them and they are my primary presentation when a slow horizonal presentation is the pattern. I was fishing in 48-51 degree water last week and caught several bass with the 1/4 oz size. It is a great presentation for drawing bass out of submerged vegetation.

[EastTexasBassin]

I took the skirts off of mine and put Lake Fork Tackle live magic shad soft swimbaits on them.  I still use them this way, its pretty good at covering water when the fish are deep.  I don't use crankbaits so much, so its kinda like my 'cranking' lure.

[Tin]

Same thing will happen with the Sexy Shad craze. Somebody wins a tourney on a bait and everyone hops on the bandwagon.

The Chatterbait craze wasn't even the result of a win. Rick Morris actually finished second in the Classic on Toho and that is what got it going. I was at the 05 Classic and they were selling Chatterbaits there for about $11 a piece and no one was buying them. But they cut the price in half and everyone went nuts for them.

And the Sexy Shad craze won't die until KVD stops winning tournies on them. Plus look at the name of the color..."Sexy Shad"...that is just brilliant imo.

[TheBeast]

And the Sexy Shad craze won't die until KVD stops winning tournies on them. Plus look at the name of the color..."Sexy Shad"...that is just brilliant imo.

Or until they stop catching fish, I pulled more fish on it this summer than any other color and yes I did try other colors it wasn't because it was the only one I used.  I don't care what the name is as long it keeps producing.  Not a bad name anyway even is Mark Zona did come up with it.  

[Bass Dude]

Has anyone else noticed....After watching reruns of last years Elite Series on ESPN.  One of the tournaments where KVD was using the Sexy Shad---they panned down to the rods on his deck and more than one had a Lucky Craft crank on it!  I'm positive he is catching them on the Strike King crank, but he doesn't use it exclusively like he leads you to believe.

[tyrius.]

If I'm fishing at night, I'll have one tied on.  If I'm not, I won't.

[Tokyo Tony]

The Chatterbait is one of my go-to baits. For those of you who haven't had much success with them, IMO you just didn't give them a fair shot. They were my top producer this fall, slow-rolling them along the bottom. They're also great in early spring before there's too much vegetation.

Lastly, they are by far my most productive night fishing lure. Nothing beats the vibration and profile of a black/blue Chatterbait at night.

I thought they were really stupid when I first saw them, and my brother was using them spring of 2007 as I hounded him for using such a stupid lure. Well he caught his PB (6 lbs) that day, along with two other fish over 4 in those two hours. Needless to say, I had one tied on by the end of that short trip, and I've never looked back.

[Tin]

Has anyone else noticed....After watching reruns of last years Elite Series on ESPN. One of the tournaments where KVD was using the Sexy Shad---they panned down to the rods on his deck and more than one had a Lucky Craft crank on it! I'm positive he is catching them on the Strike King crank, but he doesn't use it exclusively like he leads you to believe.

Or in last years Classic....

He said he was catching them on a "Sexy Herring" or something like that. It was a crank that started off with a dark blue/black back that got lighter as it went down the sides. Then they show on one of his rods there is an Aurora Black LC tied on.

[SPAZ]

I caught my personal best Chicago bass on a chatterbait. They work but I don't have the confidence in one as I do say a crankbait or plastics.

[mrbassky]

Fact is most people dont know how to fish a chatterbait. The pros were smart no one talked about it to much detail just "I throw them on this rod" or "throw them around grass or docks". It did win some FLW tournaments by the way. I won a small Gunterville tournament on one, finished in the money in another tournament, and finished 2nd in another 10 boat tournament. Those were the only 3 Gunterville tournaments I have fished. Not bad for a couple Kentucky boys going against the locals almost all done on a chatterbait. And after 1 day of prefishing and we only go there 4 days a year. And by the way I watched a DVR of the Bassmasters of Kentucky lake and KVD they even said several of his key fish came on a fat free shad. Not that it matters everybody has a sexy shad color now. Pros say this bait won the tournament when another bait catches half the fish my guess is sometimes they say something won while they threw a chatterbait alot. Also I know alot of the pros arent convinced it isnt a gimmic.  :-X

[BARON49_Northern NY]

I hope everyone gives up on chatterbait! I love'em and use them in place of a spinnerbait most of the time now. Last year in Florida if I did not catch Bass on them I at least got the bass of come out and show themselves and threw back with some kind of plastic.

Here in NY I have learned to slow roll them along the outside edge of deep weeds with a good deal of success. Have more luck slow rolling then jigging or some of the other ways I have read others use them.

[flatbass]

I haven't caught a lot of fish on a chatterbait in the daytime, but caught quite a few at night. I had a couple of them break when they were hung up, the blade pulled off. I ordered some of the vibrashocks and just wore them out in our night time tournaments. I caught two good keepers before daylight in our club tournament last month. I am fishing a black vibrashock with a black Mann's mosquito hawk trailer.Fishing bluff banks' just throw them out and retreive as slow as possible.

[Other.]

I have done quite well with chatterbaits in the past 2 years. Fished them at sunrise and dusk and they were deadly for me.

[ProCraft Joe]

I have never caught much on my chatterbaits but my nephew has caught them pretty good with a chatter frog including a 6+ lb LM at night.

[Bass XL]

Chatterbaits DO work. I've found out that they work best in dirty water in and around wood cover, and at night.