chatterbait add ons

bassinbob · 05-11-08, 11:10 PM

Being that I've had no luck with the chatterbait, using the plastic that comes with it I was wondering what a good trailer would be? I was thinking about the new plastic swimbaits. Anybody using anything on theirs with good luck?

Rebbasser · 05-11-08, 11:22 PM

Lake Fork Magic Shad. Well known "secret" here in Texas.

Fish2win · 05-12-08, 09:58 AM

I almost always use a fluke ,having said that If i use a splittail trailor I use a zoom which is a little longer and a little fatter than the ones that come in the pack. I have also had better luck this year with the strike king brand than the original chatterbait. The hook is longer on the Strike King and is attached by a cable which makes it more flexable. The bladeis a little different also. I catch fish on it using it as a jig by power jigging it or by cranking it in grass or weeds. I caught soem Smallmouth tipping it with a zoom chunk on the power jig presentation. It is a very strong reaction strike bait. Fish2win

JB · 05-12-08, 10:05 AM

Thanks for the info fish2win, I've been trying dif brands and trailers, nothing yet this year but soon.....

lizardsrule · 05-13-08, 08:59 AM

I use a 3" grub, and 5" grubs instead of the trailer that comes with it from time to time. I don't mind using a white grub, with a chartreuse bait/skirt, or a chartreuse grub with a white bait/skirt. Or just match white to white, and chartreuse to chartreuse. Actually I always use chartreuse/clear instead of standard chartreuse. I have used flukes also, but have had better success here in Florida with the grubs.

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Jigger · 05-25-08, 09:33 AM

I had good luck yesterday fishing mine with a Zoom Super chunk trailer.

bassinbob · 05-27-08, 06:12 PM

Fished two days this weekend from shore. Tried the Lake Fork Migic Shadf on the chatterbait, nothing. Poor fishing, caught one dink on a spinnerbait. Kept getting hits on the sweet beaver but they must have been dinks or blue gills. Took the tails off the beavers. Nothing on top either.

Hef · 06-03-08, 07:17 AM

You want to see something crazy.....use one of those 3X brand stickbaits (Senko) as a trailer. Haven't caught anything on it yet, but it's the wildest looking thing you have ever seen coming through the water.

05-11-08, 11:10 PM	#1
bassinbob BassFishin.Com Super Veteran Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Pitts. Pa. Posts: 3,801	chatterbait add ons Being that I've had no luck with the chatterbait, using the plastic that comes with it I was wondering what a good trailer would be? I was thinking about the new plastic swimbaits. Anybody using anything on theirs with good luck? __________________ you can have my fishin rod when ya take it from my cold dead hands

05-11-08, 11:22 PM	#2
Rebbasser BassFishin.Com Premier Elite Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: San Antonio, TX Posts: 10,141	Lake Fork Magic Shad. Well known "secret" here in Texas. __________________ It's happened to the best of them: John 21:3

05-12-08, 09:58 AM	#3
Fish2win BassFishin.Com Active Member Join Date: May 2005 Location: Norris Tennessee Posts: 469	I almost always use a fluke ,having said that If i use a splittail trailor I use a zoom which is a little longer and a little fatter than the ones that come in the pack. I have also had better luck this year with the strike king brand than the original chatterbait. The hook is longer on the Strike King and is attached by a cable which makes it more flexable. The bladeis a little different also. I catch fish on it using it as a jig by power jigging it or by cranking it in grass or weeds. I caught soem Smallmouth tipping it with a zoom chunk on the power jig presentation. It is a very strong reaction strike bait. Fish2win __________________ Norris Tennessee set the hook! They dont have hands.

05-13-08, 08:59 AM	#5
lizardsrule BassFishin.Com Premier Elite Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: Saint Augustine, FL Posts: 7,374	I use a 3" grub, and 5" grubs instead of the trailer that comes with it from time to time. I don't mind using a white grub, with a chartreuse bait/skirt, or a chartreuse grub with a white bait/skirt. Or just match white to white, and chartreuse to chartreuse. Actually I always use chartreuse/clear instead of standard chartreuse. I have used flukes also, but have had better success here in Florida with the grubs. Lizards Lizards __________________ There are three types of Snakes I hate 1. Live Snakes 2. Dead Snakes 3. Sticks that look like Snakes. And Gators too!

05-27-08, 06:12 PM	#7
bassinbob BassFishin.Com Super Veteran Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Pitts. Pa. Posts: 3,801	Fished two days this weekend from shore. Tried the Lake Fork Migic Shadf on the chatterbait, nothing. Poor fishing, caught one dink on a spinnerbait. Kept getting hits on the sweet beaver but they must have been dinks or blue gills. Took the tails off the beavers. Nothing on top either. __________________ you can have my fishin rod when ya take it from my cold dead hands

05-12-08, 10:05 AM	#4
JB BassFishin.Com Premier Elite Join Date: Mar 2005 Posts: 8,655	Thanks for the info fish2win, I've been trying dif brands and trailers, nothing yet this year but soon.....

05-25-08, 09:33 AM	#6
Jigger BassFishin.Com Active Member Join Date: Oct 2007 Posts: 490	I had good luck yesterday fishing mine with a Zoom Super chunk trailer.

06-03-08, 07:17 AM	#8
Hef BassFishin.Com Veteran Member Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Pasadena, MD Posts: 565	You want to see something crazy.....use one of those 3X brand stickbaits (Senko) as a trailer. Haven't caught anything on it yet, but it's the wildest looking thing you have ever seen coming through the water. __________________ U.S. Navy "The object of war is not to die for your country, but to make the other bastard die for his" - Gen Patton

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