just had my dad give me a black and red 1/4 oz chatter bait. what are these things how do i use em haha help?

Just use it like you would a spinnerbait.

you can just use em like a spinnerbait but they are very versatile.  you can slow roll em or burn em with steady retrieves.  I found that a stop and go retrieve seems to work really well and you can vertically jig them and they are pretty effective.  One really good method i found is cast to the shore and burn it in so it is on top of the water like a buzzbait and then let it sink down and then reel her in and a lot of the times if theres a bass in the area they will hit it.