Chatterbait Vs. Spinnerbaits

[Josh.]

So I've had mixed feelings about which one will produce more fish/bigger fish. I fished a junior tournament not to long ago and this guy caught a toad on a chatterbait. I have not fished a chatterbait much at all, but if it will produce good fish then heck yeah I will fish it! I love a good spinnerbait bite and I was just wondering what you guy's would suggest? I fish lakes in the NC area I don't know if the structure has anything to do with all the vibration that chatterbaits produce so anything on these would be appreciated! Thanks everyone!

[jkarol24]

Picking one or the other depends on how tough the bite is as well as water clarity. I'd also group swim jigs into this dilema... In a rough and non scientific outline with many exeptions, an outline would go like this: From tough bite to good bite, it would be swim jig, then chatterbait, and then spinnerbait. From clear water to dingy water, it would go the same way (swim jig, then chatterbait, and then spinnerbait). Another idea would be that if you are fishing a very popular lake, the chatterbait would probably outproduce a spinnerbait as everybody and their brother is throwing the spinnerbait. The chatterbait has all but disapeared in alot of places, but they will still produce.

[dumfish]

Both baits will catch big fish equally,its all about when and where they are used. I use a spinner bait when fishing heavy cover. I use the chatter bait around the cover edges or on flats.I will use a 1/8 oz. blk.& blu. chatter bait with craw trailer, when jigging from the banks.

[msolorio]

chatterbaits r awesome. i found that when the spinnerbait bite dies down, the chatterbait kills em and vice versa. sometimes i only use the chatter bait and it wrecks. you can use it in all the same places you would use a spinnerbait.

[K_Mac]

Chatterbaits have produced some of the biggest fish my wife and I have caught in last couple of years. I was skeptical about them, but no more. I never leave home without a few...

[J Francho]

Chatterbaits work, but they aren't weedless, rockless, and don't deflect off wood very well, so I mainly use them during early spring and prespawn. They are a good change up to a spinnerbait on bright days, or when there's lot's of fishing pressure.

[smalljaw67]

I like both of them and I use both, I let the fish tell me which to use. If I'm throing blades and I get followers or if the fish are hitting the blades I will throw the chatterbait, it has flash but less of and it is a more compact bait and a lot of times the fish will hit that hard when they are just swiping at the spinnerbait. I like throwing the chatterbait around grass and work it similar to a lipless crankbait, I'll burn it through the grass and when that grass finaaly grabs hold of the bait I give it a quick "pop" and it is off running again but usually a second after I pop it free it gets crushed. I love my spinnerbaits but the chatterbait has earned its place in my tackle bag and during the late spring or summer the days are rare that I won't have one tied on.

[McAlpine]

I'm just starting to become more of a jig fisherman. It's just not the type of bait I would normally use but I'm getting better with them. But as I have been getting better with jigs the last couple years I have found that I can replace that jig with a chatter bait at times for working around cover/flipping and it not only works very well but suits my fishing style better. Haven't really made the leap to replace the spinner bait with the chatter bait, so perhaps my thinking is the opposite of some.

however; the chatterbait has worked for me when other baits didn't, it has definitly earned a spot in my boat.

[NCbassmaster4Life]

So I've had mixed feelings about which one will produce more fish/bigger fish. I fished a junior tournament not to long ago and this guy caught a toad on a chatterbait. I have not fished a chatterbait much at all, but if it will produce good fish then heck yeah I will fish it! I love a good spinnerbait bite and I was just wondering what you guy's would suggest? I fish lakes in the NC area I don't know if the structure has anything to do with all the vibration that chatterbaits produce so anything on these would be appreciated! Thanks everyone!

I also fish the lakes in NC, oh yes structure is the main reason for big bass. Chatter baits also have more vibration and can trigger a bass more so than a spinnerbait, then again it's all about preception. Fish both of them one day you're out on the lake then ask yourself the same question.

[Bluebasser86]

They're both another tool to have in your boat. Some days they'll kill one and won't touch the other, some days they won't touch either, some days it doesn't matter which you fish. Personally I tend to fish chatterbaits more around vegetation because even if they catch a little bit they will often keep working where it doesn't take much to bog down a spinnerbaits blades. I also like chatterbaits in dirty water because of the strong vibrations.

[Skeet22]

I have more success with chatterbaits around vegetation. It only takes a little pop to get it free and clean unlike a spinnerbait.

[LVT Bassin]

What brand chatterbaits do you guys suggest?

[matallman09]

I remember when the chatter bait first hit the scene. I fished it with a lot of success but I think in my area it was over fished. I still have success with it, but with all new baits the fish catch on quickly.