What Trailers Do You Use On Your Chatterbaits 2025
Jtrout reply :
Was wondering what trailers they put on there chatterbait
Wayne P. reply :
Zoom Split-tail trailer, Lake Fork Live Magic Shad, and Zoom Fluke
Sometimes no trailer and use an extended strand skirt which looks like a trailer.
Mike L reply :
Headless skinny dipper, or a super fluke for a smaller profile.
Mike
wnybassman reply :
webertime reply :
Sideways pit boss
Raul reply :
Zoom G tail Worm, LFT Live Magic Shad, Berkley Havoc Subwoofer, RageTail Space Monkey.
AK-Jax86 reply :
Baby brush hog or a swimming senko (I cut them to make em smaller)
Robert Riley reply :
Big Bites Cane thumper, or a Yamamoto double tail.
Jon G reply :
Berkley Havoc Grass Pig or Beat Shad. I've tried using a regular 5 inch senko a couple of times anf have had a lot of good luck with that.
A-Jay reply :
Try a 4.5" or a 5" Gary Yamamoto Custom Baits Swimming Senko -
Seems to work OK for Brett Hite.
http://www.flwoutdoors.com/fishing-articles/155693/the-chatter-that-matters/#.U8iXP02mf8c
A-Jay
CJV reply :
LFT magic shad
RI skinny dipper
Zoom super fluke
Kalins 5" fat grub
BassWhole! reply :
Anything and everything. No plastic is safe...
hubshooter reply :
Strike King Swim'n Caffeine shad, Zoom Fat Albert Grub or Twin tailed grub
CTGalloway21 reply :
I use paddletails. Keitech Fat Impacts, Big Hammer Ring Hammers, Bass Assassin Boss Shiners
Mike L reply :
On 7/18/2014 at 9:27 AM, wnybassman said:
Wyn...What is that trailer please?
I like that!
Mike
NathanW reply :
Almost always a swing impact, beat shad,swim n shiner, or Rockvibe shad. Hands down best action is swing impact but you will be replacing a lot of tails if you are around short striking dinks. Second best is Swin n Shiner, great KVD bait!!
Bassininnh reply :
pit boss
stratoliner92 reply :
Havoc 5" grass pig with 3/4" taken off head, also use on swim jigs
Jay Ell Gee reply :
On 7/19/2014 at 6:13 AM, deadadrift89 said:Havoc 5" grass pig with 3/4" taken off head, also use on swim jigs
x2.
Rage tail grubs work well also.
bkohlman reply :
I have used chigger craws and zoom chunks with great success
Big Fish Rice reply :
Strike King Rage Tail Craw. I fish with them year round! Or a swimming senko!
Balshy Fishing reply :
I just received my first chatterbait to my name in my LTB and it's the 1/8th one with a chartreuse and white skirt.
Needless to say, I'm going to put on my favorite river lure; a yellow twister tail by mister twister.
OntarioFishingGuy reply :
Swimmin super fluke.
Swampstud reply :
No one uses a rage tail grub???
Big-O reply :
Top 3 for me is Rage Craw or 4" Single Tail Grub... and the Eeliminator when a longer profile is needed.
Swampstud reply :
Big O , do you get quite a few tail strikes. Ive been on a good bite burning a custom shad color i made with a white rage grub. I can generate 15-20 hits but seems like 5-10 of em just knock the fire out of that tail. Im tryin to resolve this issue lol
Swampstud reply :
On 7/19/2014 at 6:37 AM, Jay Ell Gee said:x2.
Rage tail grubs work well also.
Whoops looked over this post. You tend to get any short strikes?
Big-O reply :
On 7/20/2014 at 9:29 AM, Swampstud said:Big O , do you get quite a few tail strikes. Ive been on a good bite burning a custom shad color i made with a white rage grub. I can generate 15-20 hits but seems like 5-10 of em just knock the fire out of that tail. Im tryin to resolve this issue lol
Do you have the tail of the grub turned upward the hook?
iabass8 reply :
On 7/20/2014 at 9:29 AM, Swampstud said:Big O , do you get quite a few tail strikes. Ive been on a good bite burning a custom shad color i made with a white rage grub. I can generate 15-20 hits but seems like 5-10 of em just knock the fire out of that tail. Im tryin to resolve this issue lol
I believe Mr. Tom Monsoor himself wrote an article about swim jigs and addressed this specific issue. Generally speaking, without getting in to semantics, you're trailer selection isn't quite right. It can be boiled down into paddle vs swim but, as I'm sure you're aware, it goes much deeper than this. Getting the bite, or swipe in this instance, is the easy part. It's the commitment that can get dicey. When (and I do a lot) throw a swim jig, I'm looking for where and how the fish is hooked and I always tweak the trailer style, length, and profile until the fish are choking it. Easy answer to your specific situation would be if they are nipping at a grub, put a white swimming caffiene shad/skinny dipper on instead.
Swampstud reply :
good ?. Im one of them guys that experiments, tail up is the way it fishes best. When burned on a chatterbait that tail gives it a good side to side erratic action. theyll either crush it or push it 1-2ft. A trailer hook gets in the way of the tail. Only thing ive come up with is a treble hook, one hook hooked into the grub which exposed the remaining hook upwards.On 7/20/2014 at 9:40 AM, Big-O said:Do you have the tail of the grub turned upward the hook?
Swampstud reply :
will definatly keep this in mind, thank youOn 7/20/2014 at 10:06 AM, iabass8 said:I believe Mr. Tom Monsoor himself wrote an article about swim jigs and addressed this specific issue. Generally speaking, without getting in to semantics, you're trailer selection isn't quite right. It can be boiled down into paddle vs swim but, as I'm sure you're aware, it goes much deeper than this. Getting the bite, or swipe in this instance, is the easy part. It's the commitment that can get dicey. When (and I do a lot) throw a swim jig, I'm looking for where and how the fish is hooked and I always tweak the trailer style, length, and profile until the fish are choking it. Easy answer to your specific situation would be if they are nipping at a grub, put a white swimming caffiene shad/skinny dipper on instead.
Big-O reply :
On 7/20/2014 at 10:10 AM, Swampstud said:good ?. Im one of them guys that experiments, tail up is the way it fishes best. When burned on a chatterbait that tail gives it a good side to side erratic action. theyll either crush it or push it 1-2ft. A trailer hook gets in the way of the tail. Only thing ive come up with is a treble hook, one hook hooked into the grub which exposed the remaining hook upwards.
Might want to turn the tail downward opposite the hook direction especially on quicker retrieves. On the retrieve when the tail is turned downward, the tail will ride up directly behind the hook point which makes it harder for the fish to nip the grub tail without getting the hook too. Hope that helps!
Bluebasser86 reply :
Sideways pit boss or Menace, swimming fluke, Zman Turbo Crawz, or 2/3 of a stick worm 
Swampstud reply :
On 7/20/2014 at 12:37 PM, Big-O said:Might want to turn the tail downward opposite the hook direction especially on quicker retrieves. On the retrieve when the tail is turned downward, the tail will ride up directly behind the hook point which makes it harder for the fish to nip the grub tail without getting the hook too. Hope that helps!
Thanks, i tried each direction. Ill be out this week to test it out. I didnt happen to notice if the tail rode up like you said, it just didnt look as good comin threw the water tail down vs. Tail up.
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