I think it was Jimmy Houston said that a chatterbait was better in cold water than a spinnerbait.

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?

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.

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

Crawl the rage blade along the bottom is still working,it has been a warm fall this year still in the upper 60 s.

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.

Yep, I tried both, but we just couldn't find the fish last Saturday.

 

 

 

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'

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 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!

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.

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.