Now that its over wasnt the chatterbait craze fun!

[kbkindle]

no i dont think it was fun  i wasted a lot of time with a chatterbait without catching anything but a couple punks   but thats not there fault   just mine for  being dumb enough to buy some  but that is what is called great hype

[jack1]

I got suckered in to the chatterbait craze and to this day I have zero bites on that lure.  People seem to be having some success with it, but I guess I'm not doing something right.

My bro looked through the new BPS catalog and he's going to buy the Sexy Shad kit.  I told him to forget about it and save his money, but the guy is suckered into the whole Sexy Shad craze right now.

[BassFishingMachine]

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

I agree 100%, this guy knows what hes talkin about. Before I found out about this, I hated the chatterbait, and didn't see why I should choose it over a spinnerbait. It is the perfect night time lure.

What do bass use to find forage at night? Vibration. A silhouette color, such as black is a key too, but vibration is a big plus. And lets be honest, a chatterbait gives off incredible vibration. Which makes it a great night time bait.

For any of the guys who says they don't like chatterbaits, or say they don't catch much with them. Do me a favor and get yourself a black/blue chatterbait (not a knockoff), and fish it with a black/blue hulagrub as trailer. Fish it at dusk/night. And then come back and say you still don't like it, if you still can..

[djmax22]

Wow. I guess I'm one of the last guys on the planet catching fish on them. Last year it was my number 1 producer at night and at dawn. My partner and I emptied the whole tackle box one night b/c the bass seemed to have lock jaw. The last thing we tied on was a blk/blue chatterbait. We went down the same bank, pitching them shallow against the bank and hammered them. This pattern produced all summer long when nothing else seemed to work. This out produced my other go to, a 10" berkley power worm which I never had happen before. Some vicious strikes. The only problem I had was the hookup ratio. Switching to a Booyah Boogie with its flexible hook seemed to help. Oh I forgot to add I replace the Booyah trailer with a small SK rage craw. It is now the first lure I start out with at night.

[River Rat316]

I love em in the spring and when theres dirty water, Smallies tear em up, the Walleyes around my area love em to... go figure

[Big Matty L]

what about using them deep  in the winter, in a place where you would slow roll a spinner bait or maybe use a jig and want something that will kinda hit both

[mrbassky]

I havent tried them every way that was mentioned but it is still unbelievable that there werent any in the bass pro shop catalog. With all the stuff in the magazine they didnt have room for 1 chatterbait style lure.

[Handy]

Well I did catch fish on them but not like allot of other guys did. Most guys say that they will just use a normal spinnerbait but they do not catch much for me and have produced only a few fish in about 6 years. So I will stick with the chatterbait and its cousins. Of course I will still throw a normal spinner every now and then. I will admit though that most of my chatters have no skirt and have a fluke or worm on them. To each there own.

Paul

[bighed]

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

Same here, stained water or night fishing.  I was a hard sell on the chatterbait.  After catching a bunch on them I realized I was just hardheaded.

[cart7t]

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

Washington county lake in Illinois is chatterbait central around here and it's load with wood under the surface and is off colored much of the time.  Most guys fishing there have one tied on at the start of the day and it's one of the few lakes I've been on where that bait will catch fish over a regular spinnerbait many times.

Otherwise my results have been mixed.  

[CWB]

I do pretty good with Strike Kings Pure Poison.

Spring thru fall. They actually come thru weeds better than a spinnerbait- a quick yank and they are clean. Great for clear weedy water where all fish see are spinnerbaits.

For me the "craze" will never end, maybe just slow a bit like all the others.

[Buzbait88]

I absolutely kill the fish on Karu lures vibrashocks all year long.  FIshed just like a spinnerbait or a jig.  THe only the thing I can say, is that 1 I fish the river where there is current and fish seem more active throughout the day and 2 the water is muddy to slightly stained.  That being said in the muddy water the fish key in more on sound and vibration where the vibrashock excells.  In very clear water a swimming jig is probably better, but I still catch fish on a vibrashock.  Murky water is clearly better than in clear water though.

[NBR]

When the craze hit you coouldn't find one so I never used one. These many many years of fishing and I finally beat the monkey!

[VekolBass]

I love these kind of threads. One guy loves the lure, the next guy hates it.

My experience is that the chatterbait is a niche bait. Colder water, dirty water are when you want to use it. When the water is clear or warm you are better off going to a spinnerbait or plastic, at least in shallow water.

I became a convert this past spring fishing with my son. I had been with him when he caugh fish with them the previous spring while I was hauling water with every other thing in my tackle box. Finally, I knuckled under last April when he caught two three pounders on back to back casts. I immediately caught several two pounders. It's a big fish bait too.

[christopherjake]

I don't know about everyone else but I love the chatterbait!  In fact, it's my first bait of choice.  I love the vibration and castability, pair it w/ a Loomis MBR782C and a Curado 101D, and bass beware!

[Bass XL]

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

Washington county lake in Illinois is chatterbait central around here and it's load with wood under the surface and is off colored much of the time. Most guys fishing there have one tied on at the start of the day and it's one of the few lakes I've been on where that bait will catch fish over a regular spinnerbait many times.

Otherwise my results have been mixed.

Believe it or not, I have found that to be true with some parts of LOZ. Thats when a white chatterbait is the go-to bait. Did extreamly well down there this year on them. Have yet to fish Washington County Lake, but will have to put that down on my list.

[c17Lat]

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. :'(

Bret Hite won two FLW tour events in a row on this style of bait...nuff said

[djmax22]

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

Washington county lake in Illinois is chatterbait central around here and it's load with wood under the surface and is off colored much of the time. Most guys fishing there have one tied on at the start of the day and it's one of the few lakes I've been on where that bait will catch fish over a regular spinnerbait many times.

Otherwise my results have been mixed.

Believe it or not, I have found that to be true with some parts of LOZ. Thats when a white chatterbait is the go-to bait. Did extreamly well down there this year on them. Have yet to fish Washington County Lake, but will have to put that down on my list.

Yeap, I did most of my damage at LOZ this year at night. See my earlier post.

[Willzx225]

Not trying to offend anyone but I do want to give credit where credit is due.  It was said that Rick Morris started the Chatterbait craze but it was actually started by Brian Thrift who won 3 Strens (2-nonboater/ 1 boater) in a very short period of time with this bait in 2005 and 2006 that really started the bulk of it.  I know I was desperately trying to find them for the BASS Weekend Series National that was held on East Lake Toho one month before the Classic that Rick Morris finished second in with the chatterbait.  

That being said.  I have not thrown that bait style a whole lot but I have only managed to catch one small fish on it.  I will be throwing it more at night after reading the multiple posts stating that it is a great bait at night.