Yesterday, I tried a Chatterfrog for the first time and was very impressed. Three nice bass from places in my favorite pond that are not the preferred places. The wind kept me from my favorite haunts.

I learned one thing, and have a question about another.

The lure has tremendous action which can be felt as a strong vibration or throb, depending on the speed of the retrieve. After several casts, the lure seemed to lose its chatter.

I looked for the usual culprits, such as a bent plate, a bit of grass or weed in a critical area, or, a fouled line, but, none of those were the case. Further careful inspection revealed that the frog leg trailer had slid down the shank of the hook and onto the bend a bit, thus the legs were not in line with the shank and the axis of the lure. When I slid the trailer back up the shank the chatter returned. Apparently the positioning of the trailer is of critical importance.

The positioning of the trailer is not readily apparent because of the full skirt.

Now for the question. The lure comes with a fast lock (BPS name) /double lock snap. See accompanying photo.

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I tied it to the snap on the end which is up in the photo. Normally, that would be the end that goes to the lure. The other end, where the line would normally be tied is down. This kept the concave side of the lure forward. Conversely, if one ties to the snap in the usual place, the convex side of the plate would face forward.

I've retied it to the other end of the snap, and will test it when I get out today.

Will provide an update with the results.

If anyone has experience or input into the proper end of the snap to tie the line to the lure, let us know.

I have the Chatterfrog but have not thrown it to date.

I push the snap up and tie directly to the snap on all Chatterbaits and they work fine.

I have not tied to the underside of the snap and am curious as to your findings.

Please let us know.

Thanks.  

I've used c-baits a few times with some luck but never got a thing on the c-frog.

I tie to the top

the first time I got one I was confused b/c they are unconventional

Here's my report. First what happened surprised me because, I could detect no difference in the feel and visible action of the lure, and there seemed to be no difference in its appeal to the fish.

Yesterday, the line was tied to the snap on the concave side of the lure. Today, on the convex side.

The only difference was that today, the lure fished cleaner. It gathered less vegetation. I suspect that is due entirely to the shape. The concave side has four protuding corners to snag stuff, whereas when tied on the other side, the corners will be more apt to shed the grasses and other growth.

Both felt the same when sliding over rocks.

I cannot tell which, if either ran deeper.

Yesterday, the lure seemed to have a stronger throb or chatter, but I suspect it seemed that way because it was my first experience. Kinda like riding a roller coaster. The first ride is always the most exciting. The more you ride it, the tamer it seems.

All in all, it has become another must have lure for me.

Oh, one other thing. I used super glue to hold the trailer in place. It stayed there for the duration of today's trip, about three hours.

Again, I found it important that the trailer be pushed right up to the jig head, and in line with the shank or axis of the lure. When it is snug to the jig head, the skirt "fingers" cannot get caught up between the head and the trailer.

Good report.

Thanks for the feedback.