IMHO Chatterbaits ROCK !!! - Page 2

ironman · 10-10-06, 11:43 AM

Do you think a red/black one will work ok in muddy water??

mymomisbecky · 10-10-06, 11:55 AM

absolutely.

lizardsrule · 10-10-06, 12:24 PM

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Originally Posted by CMorg

OK , I know everyone has there oppinions.. I love the Chatterbaits. There my new goto bait. I put it on my line this morning , and nailed 2 , 3+ pounders , and 2 over a pound , in 2 hours. I have been using everything I have for the last month with slow results. I did however miss at least 4 fish on the hookset , I seen it , the bait flew out of its mouth..

Not to rain on your parade, but yopu just tied it on, and now it's your GOTO BAIT rotflmao

How do you know the spinnerbait wouldn't have produced the same results, or even a crank, or perhaps swimming a jig. Don't forget the Lil George too

It could be you hit them at the right time and place, after you have fished them solid for a year, then please let me know how they performed

I have thrown them, and yes they have a rather unique movement, but I definately don't believe them to be the NEXT GREAT BAIT. I'm happy you like them, and glad you will fish them, but I have a hard time understanding the GOTO bait, when you just tied it on

I would keep using them, but next time you are getting fish like that, why not change up, and see if other stuff is working. Many times the bass will hit just about anything, and others they won't hit hardly anything. When they won't hit anything, and then the chatterbait produces, then it should be your goto bait, not when they are pounding most everything. BTW, that's a really great day of 2 hours, congrats

Lizards

dampeoples · 10-10-06, 04:16 PM

Black/Red is great in stained water, my favorite (I hesitate to say goto, thanks for that, Mr. Lizards!) is Black/Blue.

CMorg · 10-10-06, 05:25 PM

Man the nitpickers , Ok Lizards , maybe its not a goto bait yet , however it outproduced everything else I was trying for the past month by far , it has been slow here for me. Anyway , dont try them if you dont want , I thought this was a place to communicate your thoughts with people reguarding bass fishing.Maybe I was wrong.

Vabass22 · 10-10-06, 06:32 PM

Black red would seem to work good to me, as that is my best producing spinnerbait color. Tip it with a black curly tail worm, instead of a trailer. (I cut about an inch off a 4 inch powerworm/renegade.)

thebus71h · 10-10-06, 10:38 PM

Here lately, I've only been having luck with them in muddy water.

lizardsrule · 10-10-06, 11:57 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by CMorg

Man the nitpickers , Ok Lizards , maybe its not a goto bait yet , however it outproduced everything else I was trying for the past month by far , it has been slow here for me. Anyway , dont try them if you dont want , I thought this was a place to communicate your thoughts with people reguarding bass fishing.Maybe I was wrong.

Now IMO you weren't reading what I wrote, just that I disagreed with it being a GOTO bait

You are correct, this is a place to share your thoughts and opinions at. So please understand MY OPINION, is not YOUR OPINION. You started this post with IMHO Chatterbaits rock! I was only responding with MY HONEST OPINION. I don't understand the hard feeling here. I guess I am just too opinionated to post responses

Lizards

thebus71h · 10-11-06, 01:49 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by lizardsrule

Now IMO you weren't reading what I wrote, just that I disagreed with it being a GOTO bait

You are correct, this is a place to share your thoughts and opinions at. So please understand MY OPINION, is not YOUR OPINION. You started this post with IMHO Chatterbaits rock! I was only responding with MY HONEST OPINION. I don't understand the hard feeling here. I guess I am just too opinionated to post responses

Lizards

I'm new, and it's not my post, but who's to say that it can't be his go to bait? If he fished the same spot for the last couple weeks, with little results, ties one on, and starts catching fish, it very well could be. Now if he was catching fish on a t-rigged powerbait worm, and throws a chatter on for kicks, and catching fish, you're absolutely right.

Whenever I find something that works, I keep throwing it, if they quit hitting that, then I'll change. I enjoy catching fish, and each time I go out, it's a totally different deal, never had the same results twice off the same lure.

Opinions are like buttholes, everybody on this board has one, and all of them stink.

dampeoples · 10-11-06, 05:25 PM

I beg to differ, both my opinion holes smell like roses

CMorg · 10-11-06, 07:36 PM

Your right lizards , we all do have opinions , I just had a bad day at work... So no hard feelings. I believe the fish were aggressive that morning , since there was alot of noticable feeding going on ( good sized bluegill leaping out of the water , with a heavy current around them , then silance.. ) maybe that helped the chatterbait out some , with its movement and possible sound it would make , and drew the aggressive strikes ?? who knows , buy my jitterbug , or hulapoper didnt do anygood the 20 minutes I used them before the chatterbait....

Phydiox · 10-14-06, 10:53 PM

gentlemen! please! i cant catch a cold with one but... i'm gonna keep try'n! as for price barlowe tackle sells the blades, so you can make ANYTHING a chatter bait! even works on a swimbait.i imagine with the right o rings you can add a blade to your favorite crankbait!probly put one on a rattle trap and raise the dead with the racket! FISH ON!

CMorg · 10-15-06, 04:29 PM

Put on the chatterbait again today , got a hard bite , but nothing...I am thinking it works best when bass are noticably feeding. Rapalla DT10 Bluegill Crank worked good today....

keithdog · 10-20-06, 09:49 AM

I just bought a white one and tried it yesterday for the first time. Having never used a chatterbait before, I did some experimenting and I gotta say I am really impressed with how veritle it is. Worked slow, med or fast it is capable of doing it all. Reel it in medium speed with small movements of the rod tip and that thing dances around like something that looks very much alive, especailly with a 4 inch trailer on it. Works well around weeds, and so forth. Even pumping it like a jig it looks great. Fishing here has took a nosedive lately. But I'm definately looking foreward to using this bait next year. I have to agree though, the hooks are NOT sharp!!! At least not the one I bought. Time to get the file going.

CMorg · 10-20-06, 09:24 PM

I sharpened mine as well... Hopefully that will help. I noticed Booyah makes a bait similar to the chatter , with flexible VMC ? hook , I might buy one of those as well.. I think strike King made one too.... They must produce or everyone wouldnt be jumping on the bandwagon... I had good luck with mine the first time I used it anyway.

dampeoples · 10-20-06, 09:27 PM

They work, and everyone jumped on the bandwagon because they SELL. I still don't understand it, it took 3rd at the Classic, the Mann's hardnose took 1st, and it's like the worm didn't matter

texasbasser · 10-21-06, 03:40 PM

is there a proper way to put the gold thing on the chatterbait on? or just tie your line and work it?

jasonR · 10-23-06, 10:56 PM

Fished a lake that was really muddy on Saturday and we caught fish with the green pumpkin ones and chart ones in 3/8 oz...fishing parallel to wood and grass. Partner nailed a 5+ cat, too. Ive heard of a lot of goon fish catches on these, so be careful and use strong line. I slow roll mine. They catch fish.
J

thebus71h · 10-25-06, 09:31 PM

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Originally Posted by dampeoples

They work, and everyone jumped on the bandwagon because they SELL. I still don't understand it, it took 3rd at the Classic, the Mann's hardnose took 1st, and it's like the worm didn't matter

At a tourney my father in law fished at the beginning of the year with I think he said 90 or 100 boaters, only 11 people caught fish, and all 11 of them were on Chatterbaits. But he said at the weigh in, all the semi-pro guys wearing all their Berkley and Zoom stuff couldn't wait to talk about how good that Berkley Gulp caught fish this week, when he knew darn good and well every one of them caught them on a Chatterbait. So suffice to say... he had 7 the next tournament at that lake.

And to answer the question I know will be asked... He still didn't catch anything. LMAO

bassintom · 10-26-06, 09:48 AM

i have to agree with lizards..of course you can make it your go to,you can make any bait your go to.but...you will be changing go to bait as often as you change your underwear.it takes years to develop enough confidence in one bait to make it your go to.you would be cheating yourself by choosing one bait you caught fish on one time.
a go to is the one bait you KNOW you will catch fish on when they will bite absolutely nothing else.IMO,a go to is the one bait you would take with you even if you could only fish with one bait for the day.it is the bait you would use when there is a lot of money on the line also.
i would use my go to(everybody knows what that is

)in any situation against anybody when the fishing is tough and i have the utmost confidence i will kick their a** with it.
it is not only the bait but how you fish it.you must learn to be able to switch presentations when the situation calls for it.and you also have to know when it's time to present it differently.for example:fast retrieve,slow,t-rig,weightless,c-rig,swim it,deadstick it,etc.
now..is a chatterbait that versatile to use in so many different situations?i don't know,i've never used one.but IMO a go to would have to be a versatile bait.just trying to help.
what do i know..i only been bassin 20+years.

garry_3000 · 10-26-06, 12:07 PM

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Originally Posted by texasbasser

im just saying, i catch a lot of fish on crankbaits, rttletraps, worm etc. so iu dont really need one.

That might be true, but as an turny fisherman I have found two ways to work the bait to produce fish when nothing else is working.
1. add an twin tail grub to an black/blue or greenpumkin and let the bait fall to the bottom
jerk up off the bottom and let it flutter back down
the bass will hit on the fall.

2. woke it around structure aka baot docks, stumps,
grass, ect. Work the bait just under the surface and
then kill it when you get close to the main peace of
the cover let it flutter down about two feet then reel
up about thee feet and kill it again.

fishinfortune · 10-26-06, 05:53 PM

do you have to attach the brass piece to something or do you just ty it on

CMorg · 10-26-06, 08:43 PM

By brass piece do you mean the snap that comes installed on the blade ? If so I did tie my line onto the snap , i would say if you dont the blade will surely cut your line..

texasbasser · 10-26-06, 08:52 PM

i asked the same question. he does mean the blade that in attached on the lure close to the place where you tie your knot.

10-10-06, 04:16 PM	#29
dampeoples BassFishin.Com Veteran Member Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Raleigh, NC Posts: 826	Black/Red is great in stained water, my favorite (I hesitate to say goto, thanks for that, Mr. Lizards!) is Black/Blue. __________________ The Jon Boat Fishing Club and Fishing with Sterling Peoples

10-10-06, 10:38 PM	#32
thebus71h BassFishin.Com Active Member Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Liberty, IN Posts: 135	Here lately, I've only been having luck with them in muddy water. __________________ Billy Rowlee #71h

10-11-06, 05:25 PM	#35
dampeoples BassFishin.Com Veteran Member Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Raleigh, NC Posts: 826	I beg to differ, both my opinion holes smell like roses __________________ The Jon Boat Fishing Club and Fishing with Sterling Peoples

10-20-06, 09:27 PM	#41
dampeoples BassFishin.Com Veteran Member Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Raleigh, NC Posts: 826	They work, and everyone jumped on the bandwagon because they SELL. I still don't understand it, it took 3rd at the Classic, the Mann's hardnose took 1st, and it's like the worm didn't matter __________________ The Jon Boat Fishing Club and Fishing with Sterling Peoples

10-23-06, 10:56 PM	#43
jasonR BassFishin.Com Member Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Sumter, SC Posts: 20	Fished a lake that was really muddy on Saturday and we caught fish with the green pumpkin ones and chart ones in 3/8 oz...fishing parallel to wood and grass. Partner nailed a 5+ cat, too. Ive heard of a lot of goon fish catches on these, so be careful and use strong line. I slow roll mine. They catch fish. J __________________ Sometimes the fish win. It sucks.

10-10-06, 11:43 AM	#26
ironman BassFishin.Com Veteran Member Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: palm coast florida Posts: 879	Do you think a red/black one will work ok in muddy water??

10-10-06, 11:55 AM	#27
mymomisbecky BassFishin.Com Active Member Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Des MOines, IA Posts: 336	absolutely.

10-10-06, 05:25 PM	#30
CMorg BassFishin.Com Super Veteran Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Southern , IN Posts: 1,832	Man the nitpickers , Ok Lizards , maybe its not a goto bait yet , however it outproduced everything else I was trying for the past month by far , it has been slow here for me. Anyway , dont try them if you dont want , I thought this was a place to communicate your thoughts with people reguarding bass fishing.Maybe I was wrong.

10-10-06, 06:32 PM	#31
Vabass22 BassFishin.Com Super Veteran Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Northern Va Posts: 1,120	Black red would seem to work good to me, as that is my best producing spinnerbait color. Tip it with a black curly tail worm, instead of a trailer. (I cut about an inch off a 4 inch powerworm/renegade.)

10-11-06, 07:36 PM	#36
CMorg BassFishin.Com Super Veteran Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Southern , IN Posts: 1,832	Your right lizards , we all do have opinions , I just had a bad day at work... So no hard feelings. I believe the fish were aggressive that morning , since there was alot of noticable feeding going on ( good sized bluegill leaping out of the water , with a heavy current around them , then silance.. ) maybe that helped the chatterbait out some , with its movement and possible sound it would make , and drew the aggressive strikes ?? who knows , buy my jitterbug , or hulapoper didnt do anygood the 20 minutes I used them before the chatterbait....

10-14-06, 10:53 PM	#37
Phydiox BassFishin.Com Member Join Date: May 2006 Location: smyrna sc Posts: 26	gentlemen! please! i cant catch a cold with one but... i'm gonna keep try'n! as for price barlowe tackle sells the blades, so you can make ANYTHING a chatter bait! even works on a swimbait.i imagine with the right o rings you can add a blade to your favorite crankbait!probly put one on a rattle trap and raise the dead with the racket! FISH ON!

10-15-06, 04:29 PM	#38
CMorg BassFishin.Com Super Veteran Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Southern , IN Posts: 1,832	Put on the chatterbait again today , got a hard bite , but nothing...I am thinking it works best when bass are noticably feeding. Rapalla DT10 Bluegill Crank worked good today....

10-20-06, 09:49 AM	#39
keithdog BassFishin.Com Premier Elite Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: IN Posts: 8,308	I just bought a white one and tried it yesterday for the first time. Having never used a chatterbait before, I did some experimenting and I gotta say I am really impressed with how veritle it is. Worked slow, med or fast it is capable of doing it all. Reel it in medium speed with small movements of the rod tip and that thing dances around like something that looks very much alive, especailly with a 4 inch trailer on it. Works well around weeds, and so forth. Even pumping it like a jig it looks great. Fishing here has took a nosedive lately. But I'm definately looking foreward to using this bait next year. I have to agree though, the hooks are NOT sharp!!! At least not the one I bought. Time to get the file going.

10-20-06, 09:24 PM	#40
CMorg BassFishin.Com Super Veteran Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Southern , IN Posts: 1,832	I sharpened mine as well... Hopefully that will help. I noticed Booyah makes a bait similar to the chatter , with flexible VMC ? hook , I might buy one of those as well.. I think strike King made one too.... They must produce or everyone wouldnt be jumping on the bandwagon... I had good luck with mine the first time I used it anyway.

10-21-06, 03:40 PM	#42
texasbasser BassFishin.Com Super Veteran Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: San Antonio, Tx Posts: 2,301	is there a proper way to put the gold thing on the chatterbait on? or just tie your line and work it?

10-26-06, 09:48 AM	#45
bassintom BassFishin.Com Super Veteran Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: washington(northwest) N.J. Posts: 3,958	i have to agree with lizards..of course you can make it your go to,you can make any bait your go to.but...you will be changing go to bait as often as you change your underwear.it takes years to develop enough confidence in one bait to make it your go to.you would be cheating yourself by choosing one bait you caught fish on one time. a go to is the one bait you KNOW you will catch fish on when they will bite absolutely nothing else.IMO,a go to is the one bait you would take with you even if you could only fish with one bait for the day.it is the bait you would use when there is a lot of money on the line also. i would use my go to(everybody knows what that is )in any situation against anybody when the fishing is tough and i have the utmost confidence i will kick their a** with it. it is not only the bait but how you fish it.you must learn to be able to switch presentations when the situation calls for it.and you also have to know when it's time to present it differently.for example:fast retrieve,slow,t-rig,weightless,c-rig,swim it,deadstick it,etc. now..is a chatterbait that versatile to use in so many different situations?i don't know,i've never used one.but IMO a go to would have to be a versatile bait.just trying to help. what do i know..i only been bassin 20+years. __________________ A man's gotta believe in something...I believe I'll go fishing.

10-26-06, 05:53 PM	#47
fishinfortune BassFishin.Com Active Member Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: texas Posts: 109	do you have to attach the brass piece to something or do you just ty it on

10-26-06, 08:43 PM	#48
CMorg BassFishin.Com Super Veteran Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Southern , IN Posts: 1,832	By brass piece do you mean the snap that comes installed on the blade ? If so I did tie my line onto the snap , i would say if you dont the blade will surely cut your line..

10-26-06, 08:52 PM	#49
texasbasser BassFishin.Com Super Veteran Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: San Antonio, Tx Posts: 2,301	i asked the same question. he does mean the blade that in attached on the lure close to the place where you tie your knot.

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