Spinnerbait Or Chatterbait? 2024
roadwarrior reply :
Water temperature is +/- 50*. Are Chatterbaits affective this time of year?
K_Mac reply :
I have had great success on chatterbaits in +/-50° water temps. I don't really understand the science, but like rattletraps they work well in cold water. Enjoy!
WRB reply :
+/- 50 is that 0 to 100?On 12/5/2015 at 1:07 AM, roadwarrior said:Water temperature is +/- 50*. Are Chatterbaits affective this time of year?
Tom
soopd reply :
Caught 2 over 6 last year on the same trip with temps in upper 40's.
gardnerjigman reply :
I've had luck with the wobbler in local ponds over the last few days reeling painfully slow. Also use the same tactic with the naked rage blade tipped with a smoke shad rage menace rigged vertically.
roadwarrior reply :
On 12/5/2015 at 1:25 AM, WRB said:+/- 50 is that 0 to 100?
Tom
No...
More like 48* - 52*
Wayne P. reply :
When slow horizontal is the pattern, nothing beats a Chatterbait. A couple of years ago I caught a 9# 9oz. and a 10# 7oz bass back to back with a Chatterbait in about 42 degree water.
Around 50 degrees either one works well. Just need to figure out the lure speed part of the pattern.
JDJ reply :
On 12/5/2015 at 1:25 AM, WRB said:+/- 50 is that 0 to 100?
Tom
Now really???
WRB reply :
Twin spins!On 12/5/2015 at 1:42 AM, roadwarrior said:No...
More like 48* - 52*
Catt reply :
On 12/5/2015 at 1:50 AM, Wayne P. said:When slow horizontal is the pattern, nothing beats a Chatterbait. A couple of years ago I caught a 9# 9oz. and a 10# 7oz bass back to back with a Chatterbait in about 42 degree water.
Around 50 degrees either one works well. Just need to figure out the lure speed part of the pattern.
Rage Blade. 
Mike L reply :
Seems that I have better luck in "cooler" water down here with a chatterbait than a spinnerbait for some reason.
I assume it's the minimum flash and a tighter wiggle.
Mike
Paul Roberts reply :
Horizontal speed seems to be the issue in really cold water. Give it a shot, but be ready to go vertical.
Hard vibrators with little horizontal movement seems to be key for me in cold water. Chatters, blades, and lipless, can all do it. I once found a way to catch em with a small spinnerbait but I had to make it myself to get one that worked. I used a 1/16oz jighead, a thick brush of bucktail, a chunky plastic trailer, and an overhead spinner with a good-sized CO blade. I could just c-r-a-w-l that thing and I could catch those bass I knew were there.
Going subtle, hair jigs are good and lately I've been doing well with Float-n-Fly. Forward speed is often the problem in really cold water. I was out yesterday and found my ponds finally iced over. They'll likely thaw in the next few days and I'll be back at it.
ww2farmer reply :
On 12/5/2015 at 1:07 AM, roadwarrior said:Water temperature is +/- 50*. Are Chatterbaits affective this time of year?
Yes..........
kickerfish1 reply :
I use chatterbaits far and away more in cold water anyways. Spring and fall are both great times for them. For trailer I prefer a paddletail style. Generally a slow and steady retrieve to make the blades thump and the tail kick.
MFBAB reply :
To me, especially in cold water where you are usually looking for a slower horizontal movement, the Chatterbait style just fits into that cold water trend of baits that you can move slow but also get good action.
Traps, flat or thin cranks like flat maxx or shad raps, etc.
That chatterbait is going to shimmy 10x as much as a spinnerbait, even at the slowest retrieve you can stand. The blade is giving action to your trailer, even at slow speed.
With a spinnerbait, you really have to give the trailer action through increased horizontal speed at some point, it's just moving to slow to activate the appendages.
And, it's more compact/smaller profile than a hairpin design, so less obvious to the fish at slow speeds.
I think in a lot of ways it's just a better mousetrap for a slow roll.
Bankbeater reply :
Same thing here. I can throw a spinnerbait, and get nothing. I start throwing a bladed jig, and I'm start getting hits on it. Seems like white is working the best.
RoLo reply :
Absolutely!
Although summer baits are typified by faster forward speeds and 'wider' swinging action,
coldwater lures are underscored by slower forward progress and faster, 'tighter' action that seems to break their torpor.
The bladed jig fits that description as do lipless cranks and bladebaits.
Roger
blckshirt98 reply :
The Picasso Shock Blade I think has the best action of a slow-retrieved chatterbait. If you retrieve it fast it actually starts to roll on me so you're forced to not burn it in. It has a nice flutter/vibration as you slow roll it/bounce it back too.
Jon G reply :
Bladed Jigs are hands down my favorite bait to fish. I fish them year round as well. My favorite bladed jig has to be the Picasso Shock Blade. I love this one because it doesn't rise which can be an issue while fishing bladed jigs. They come in sizes from 1/4 oz-2oz so you can truly fish them any where in the water column.
When the water is cold I still fish them slow but I tend to use a little larger paddle tail swimbait than I would usually use.
deep reply :
On 12/5/2015 at 9:59 AM, Jon G said:Bladed Jigs are hands down my favorite bait to fish. I fish them year round as well. My favorite bladed jig has to be the Picasso Shock Blade. I love this one because it doesn't rise which can be an issue while fishing bladed jigs. They come in sizes from 1/4 oz-2oz so you can truly fish them any where in the water column.
When the water is cold I still fish them slow but I tend to use a little larger paddle tail swimbait than I would usually use.
What size head do you like for 15 FOW? For 30 FOW?
My problem with bladed jigs is that they seem to rise up in the water column; but admittedly I haven't tried these, and will give them a shot.
Thanks,
Jon G reply :
On 12/5/2015 at 10:26 AM, deep said:What size head do you like for 15 FOW? For 30 FOW?
My problem with bladed jigs is that they seem to rise up in the water column; but admittedly I haven't tried these, and will give them a shot.
Thanks,
1/2-3/4 oz for 15 FOW and 1-1.5 oz for 30 FOW
I would recommend fishing them with 14-16lb fluorocarbon. They do have some pretty stout hooks and the fluorocarbon helps keep it down a little more
DCales84 reply :
Anybody having success with the "bubble" bladed baits made by Sieberts? Have considered adding a few to my next order to try out. Im assuming that the 3/8ths OZ would do well for river smallies.
Catt reply :
On 12/5/2015 at 10:26 AM, deep said:What size head do you like for 15 FOW? For 30 FOW?
My problem with bladed jigs is that they seem to rise up in the water column; but admittedly I haven't tried these, and will give them a shot.
Thanks,
Rage Blade stays deeper!
Bluebasser86 reply :
I like a bladed jig in the colder water. Get the right bait and I can crawl it along very slowly and they seem to attract bigger fish that spinnerbaits.
wytstang reply :
http://www.bassresource.com/bass-fishing-forums/topic/165871-new-pb-caught-this-morning/
Ghostshad reply :
I think it was Jimmy Houston said that a chatterbait was better in cold water than a spinnerbait.
ww3869 reply :
So when you guys say you fish the chatterbaits in cold water......Do they work in clear to lightly stained cold water? or are you guys fishing more heavily stained to muddy water? Also, if you are fishing them in clear to lightly stained.....are you still using the white chatterbaits?
Montanaro reply :
Man,ive only caught bass at night with bladed jigs.
One being my personal best!
Any other time forget about it. I used them today in 40 degree muddy water. Slow rolling them and ticking grass in 8fow. No dice. My swimjig had two hits.
I use revenge viberators and they look great and have a screwlock keeper.
Jon G reply :
On 12/7/2015 at 3:48 AM, ww3869 said:So when you guys say you fish the chatterbaits in cold water......Do they work in clear to lightly stained cold water? or are you guys fishing more heavily stained to muddy water? Also, if you are fishing them in clear to lightly stained.....are you still using the white chatterbaits?
In my experience they work in every condition. Actually, this year every time I hit the water I caught at least one fish on a bladed jig
bowhunter63 reply :
Crawl the rage blade along the bottom is still working,it has been a warm fall this year still in the upper 60 s.
Siebert Outdoors reply :
Yes both will work especially if you find a spot that the shad are pushed into a cove or the fish chasing shad. I wouldn't rule either one out this time of year and I would probably throw them both in similar areas.
roadwarrior reply :
Yep, I tried both, but we just couldn't find the fish last Saturday.
BacklashBassin' reply :
From my overall experience in Bass fishing, I've caught a lot more fish on Chatterbaits. I like throwing the original Z-Man chatter bait. In fact I use Chatterbaits year round they are my go to bait, to trigger a reaction bite, when bass want something less finesse. My favorite colors to use are white, and bluegill.
I really suggest you throw chatterbaits more often and see how it works for you. Good luck hope I could help.
-BacklashBassin'
HoosierHawgs reply :
I cold never seem to really get behind the Bladed Jig Craze. I never really did so well on them. I may just need to give myself a day or two this next year to fish just a Bladed Jig and experiment with it, fishing it on different setups and with different trailers, skirt and no skirt, different cadences, ect.
Catt reply :
On 12/8/2015 at 9:14 AM, HoosierHawgs said:I cold never seem to really get behind the Bladed Jig Craze. I never really did so well on them. I may just need to give myself a day or two this next year to fish just a Bladed Jig and experiment with it, fishing it on different setups and with different trailers, skirt and no skirt, different cadences, ect.
I agree, I do more better on a Rage Blade & spinnerbait!
I've thrown chatterbaits in a private pond where I know for a fact the bass have never seen one, not a single bump!
atcoha reply :
Some great info in this post. Going to try my lucky Saturday...lake gets to almost 30 in deepest...20-25 around a large area in the center.
Got some new *** chatterbaits. Going to use them along with ratltraps and underspins...going deep. Might throw the jig awhile...maybe.
a1712 reply :
46 degree water dragging a Rage Blade at the bottom of a drop off in 12'. Letting the Blade settle then just reeling fast enough to keep it shake'n. Brian.
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