Now that its over wasnt the chatterbait craze fun! 2024
mrbassky reply :
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 reply :
I never had the success that alot of other guys did with that bait.
Falcon
Bass Dude reply :
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 reply :
QuoteSame 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 reply :
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 reply :
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 reply :
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 reply :
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 reply :
Chatterbaits =
roadwarrior reply :
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. reply :
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 reply :
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 reply :
QuoteSame 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 reply :
QuoteAnd 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 reply :
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. reply :
If I'm fishing at night, I'll have one tied on. If I'm not, I won't.
Tokyo Tony reply :
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 reply :
QuoteHas 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 reply :
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 reply :
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 reply :
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 reply :
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. reply :
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 reply :
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 reply :
Chatterbaits DO work. I've found out that they work best in dirty water in and around wood cover, and at night.
kbkindle reply :
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 reply :
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 reply :
QuoteIf 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 reply :
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 reply :
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 reply :
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 reply :
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 reply :
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 reply :
QuoteChatterbaits 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 reply :
QuoteChatterbaits 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 reply :
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 reply :
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 reply :
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!
Vekol reply :
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 reply :
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 reply :
QuoteQuoteChatterbaits 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 reply :
QuoteI 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 reply :
QuoteQuoteQuoteChatterbaits 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 reply :
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.
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