I throw the spinnerbait 90% of the time. I feel like it gets bigger bites. If the water is "too clear/calm" for the spinnerbait and I have been catching on it, I will run the same areas with a bladed jig. 

Spinnerbait confidence = 90%

Chatterbait confidence = 10%

I've shifted from 90/10 spinner to 90/10 chatterbait over the last couple of years.  That is due in no small part to a couple of factors:

1.  I'm fishing the tidal Potomac a lot and sliding a chatterbait back through that narrow 8-12" window between weed tops and surface is, much of the time, much more effective than any other presentation. 

2.  My early chatterbait experience was with orig zman, and I never once got a good hook-up with them.  Since I've started using @Bluebasser86's chatterbaits, it's a whole new world.

3.  Another big change for me was when @00 modsaid to try SKRT Structure Bug as trailer for my chatterbait (and actually, most generously sent me some.)  That, and the  Culprit-Incredi-Craw are the only trailers I use for bladed jigs anymore.  

 

Spinnerbaits still get thrown, but it is more likely dirtier water, deeper water and choppier water that dictates when.

I will use either, I prefer the chatterbait but the fish don't always.

 

1 hour ago, Choporoz said:

 

2.  My early chatterbait experience was with orig zman, and I never once got a good hook-up with them.  Since I've started using @Bluebasser86's chatterbaits, it's a whole new world.

 

 

So , the reason I havent caught a bass on  a chatterbait is because I've been using Z-Man with the supplied trailer ?  

I've heard 'newer' zman stuff....the Freedom, Custom, Elite, etc are good lures....the Original just didn't do it for me....could well be that I'd already heard it sucked, and thus never fished it with confidence or consistency....I'd get hits, but never could get a hook driven home.  May also have been my rod...or line.....soooo many variables...not the least of which are the ones between my ears

Well this last weekend I chunked a chatterbait quite a bit and caught a couple decent fish on it. I was using the orig chatterbait 3/8 perch color, fluke for a trailer. Not great but it did give me some confidence that I didn't have before. Still caught a lot more on plastics though. I will check out the other brands/suggestions referenced above.