MOST Anglers Make These 3 MISTAKES While Fishing A CHATTERBAIT!!

Thanks for all the information, makes a difference when the why is explained, keep up the content and hope the little one is doing well.

Thanks Miles. Love the chatter bait. Caught my pb 3.43 smb with it. Black/blue and a 4 inch Zako. ✌️

My experiences: 2 rod setups; Daiwa 7' AirX MHF with 7.3 to 1 Daiwa Tatula reel with 12lb fluoro for open water then a 13Fishing 7'1" MH X-fast 8.3 to 1 Lews KVD with 17lb mono for ripping grass and working thru wood cover in the river. For open water, trailers that match current baitfish but usually straight tails for hunting action. For heavy cover fishing: craws to keep the rig from rolling over and hooking wood. For grass, short sections of stickbaits that can get thru the grass and not lose appendages or tails.

I use a 7’3” MH moderate fast action graphite Favorate rod with my chatter baits, with good catch rate success.

Thanx for this video👍Im in Toronto ,Ontario.Caught my first chatterbait smallie in a 14 ft river, at sundown...black/white skirt with a white 2 curly tail.It was a great bit

Nice tips!

Great video info!! I just saw your video "9 chatterbait tips" on Zman tv ch, so I came over here to your ch. I love fishing chatterbaits. Im a bank angler tho. 2 questions. 1) should I just stick to 3/8 and 1/2 oz sizes? 2) What kind of retrieve should i use for a red fire craw color chatterbait? I was thinking I should not swim it, just yo yo it (would that be more craw fish realistic) and if i am only to yo yo it should i go to bigger size than 1/2? Or what do you recommend for red color chatterbaits?

Great video, Miles! 100% graphite rod, AMEN! It's hard to make a good hookset with those big 5/0 and 6/0 hooks with a slower glass rod... I think they're just too soft to get hook penetration sometimes.

My favorite trailers for a CB are the Spunk Shad and a boot tail.

Ah the chatter bait. Unfortunately for me, the chatter bait has gone the way of the jerkbait for me as in it's become a no confidence bait. I'm thinking the gin clear water is a major part of the problem as you mentioned. My main fishing hole is a 3-6' man dug sand pit with some deeper holes and, the water is gin clear. I did however just obtain a ZMan Mini Max and I have paired it with a Spunk Shad 3.5 trailer in Goby color. I'm going to throw it first tomorrow as we have a cloudy and windy day on tap. I'll probably end up back dragging a small jig with a Baby Goat attached just for bites though. My fish are just getting ready to spawn here in NJ, any suggestions for bed fishing? Thanks!

What about water temperature do you like fishing the Chatterbait?

Could I use a 7'2" med hev mod fast graphite rod

I purchased based on price, zman has several cheap chatterbaits. With that said, the Jack hammer is not only over priced, but from my perspective, the hook is to big. After I placed a trailer on my chatterbait, I follow it up by putting a treble hook on the main hook. This treble hook has almost completely eliminated most of my missed (set the hook) on fishing.

Thats me on the crank bait 😅 yet to ever catch anything on one..

Miles, do you ever fish the big blade? Under what conditions? I've had great luck with it at times, then nothing other times. Thanks

Hit and miss here some days it's on others nothing

Most of this info about fibre glass Soft rods comes from Brett Hite Hardly two Pro s that do it the same Those soft rods are no good ripping a chatter are weeds or getting a fish out Too stiff a rod and you blow the fishes mouth open on the hook set Most say sweep the rod and reel

Why does no one talk about crawls and bat wings as trailers I have great success with this and can bottom drag with these trailers

I use MHMF...fight me.

Do I use braid or fruro ? Clear water.