I caught it on the 2nd cast,using a speed craw trailer. Color had been watermelon red, but had faded to pumpkin red sparkle, lol.

Finally broke the ice, thanks to @Aaron_H ‘s encouragement to keep trying. Was so pumped I forgot to measure or weigh it. 18-19 inch, I reckon. I feel like this is a fairly big deal for this ole soft plastics man…

Good Job Mike!!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Mike

Congrats.

Well that’s considered 1/2 soft plastic. Time to go full cold turkey and use a hard bait lol

Wow !!! Thank God for the speed craw ?

29 minutes ago, Bird said:

Wow !!! Thank God for the speed craw ?

Haha. I’m sayin’.

 

Congrats, Mike! That's an excellent chatterbait bass. I'm very happy to see you have some success on it finally.

Nice job Mike! I've been using the chatterbaits for about 3 years now. I didn't know the big deal about them until I got my first fish on it! The more and more bites you get on them you'll start to get a groove going! 

Congratulations on the first of many chaturbait bass!

Good job Mike.. 

Congrats, Mike. You give me hope lol. I’m still waiting on my first chatterbait bass. One day it’ll work for me. Maybe   ?

6 hours ago, BrianMDTX said:

Congrats, Mike. You give me hope lol. I’m still waiting on my first chatterbait bass. One day it’ll work for me. Maybe   ?

 Thanks.It’s actually the third hit I’ve had. Just missed the other 2. 

 

1 hour ago, N Florida Mike said:

 Thanks.It’s actually the third hit I’ve had. Just missed the other 2. 

 

 

The lower end Z-man chatterbaits have hooks that need sharpening right out of the package: once I did I stopped losing fish. Or buy Siebert or Jackhammers...better hooks.

Speed craw is great on a chatterbait. Try a black and Blue chatterbait with the blue speed craw. Great with a lift and drop technique.