Chatterbait Tips For Spring Bass Fishing! (Beginner and Advanced)
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 21 ก.พ. 2021
- Chatterbaits are deadly in the Spring! Since its inception, the bladed jig has swept the market and continues to catch bass year after year despite incredible fishing pressure. If you want to be consistent its important to know that all bladed jigs are NOT created equal. Choosing the right bait is just as important as the conditions you choose to throw it in!
Today's video is for both the beginning angler and the advanced tournament pro. Tim covers basics like "what is a chatterbait" but also dives deep into different blade movements, trailer options, colors, and when to throw the different styles. Tim has specific gear for fishing around grass versus open water, and a variety of other tricks he's willing to share to help you catch more and bigger fish.
All of the baits and equipment in today's video are linked in the description below. In addition to the baits, we've included the trailers, exact colors, as well as budget rod and reel options to really dial in your fishing this Spring. All of the links go direct to Tackle Warehouse where you can see detailed photos and descriptions of each item.
Chatterbaits...
-Evergreen Jackhammer: bit.ly/2popvj6
-Z-Man Chatterbait Custom: bit.ly/2Ix71mI
-Z-Man Stealth Blade: bit.ly/30J8L8h
Favorite Colors: Green Pumpkin Shad, Fire Craw, Bluegill, Green Pumpkin
Favorite Weights: 3/8 oz - 1/2 oz
Swimbait Trailers...
-Keitech 4.8" Fat Swing Impact: bit.ly/2ab7s8v
Colors: Copperfield, Green Pumpkin
-Yamamoto Zako: bit.ly/2fKmSRp
Colors: Green Pump White Lam, Zako
-HogFarmer Spunk Shad: bit.ly/2UFkCD7
Colors: Green pump, Tennessee Magic, Crystal Shad
Creature Trailers...
-Rage Menace: bit.ly/2HmX7D0
Colors: Sungill, Crawdaddy, Green pumpkin
-Rage Craw: bit.ly/2uoqsLJ
Colors: Dirty Craw, Green Pumpkin
-Yamamoto Cowboy: bit.ly/2q7AI72
Colors: Green Pumpkin Red Flake, Green Pump Black
Tim's Glass Chatterbait Combo...
Rod- Shimano Expride 7'2" MH Glass: bit.ly/2nTq9FL
Reel- Shimano Curado 70 MGL K (HG): bit.ly/3jdrMqa
Line- Sunline Sniper 17 lb Fluorocarbon: bit.ly/2p7fxju
Tim's Standard Chatterbait Combo...
Rod- Shimano Zodias 7'2" Medium Heavy: bit.ly/3aeQbYW
Reel- Shimano Curado 70 MGL K (HG): bit.ly/3jdrMqa
Line- Power Pro Maxcuatro 50 lb Braid: bit.ly/2clBRiQ
Leader- Maxima Ultragreen 15 lb Mono: bit.ly/2ae97J9
Budget Chatterbait Combo...
Rod- St. Croix Bass X 7'4" Medium heavy: bit.ly/2r0xWAs
Reel- Shimano SLX 70 MGL: bit.ly/3gIUCgJ
Line- Sunline Assassin 15 lb Fluorocarbon: bit.ly/2h4LNjm
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TacticalBassin Apparel and Lure Designs: bit.ly/38YpPIz
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Major Equipment We Use Daily...
Trolling Motor- Minn Kota Ultrex 112: bit.ly/2vFQypW
Electronics- Humminbird Solix 15: bit.ly/35HuPRY
Anchors- Minn Kota Talons: bit.ly/2F0QBSP
Net- Frabill Conservation PLD 2612: bit.ly/3kdZ3kA
Camera- GoPro Hero 9: bit.ly/2KQ0VEI
Favorite Tools and Gear…
Favorite Storage Box: bit.ly/3kngvEG
Favorite sunglasses: bit.ly/2glE3eN
Favorite Pliers: bit.ly/2MpUBEr
Favorite life jacket: bit.ly/2odXXIP
Favorite Scale: bit.ly/2f7QgQ9
Favorite Lure Retriever: bit.ly/2TLTJc6
Favorite Braid Cutters: bit.ly/2NQ2jbH
Favorite Split Ring Pliers: bit.ly/2fT4Qw0
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At 76 I’ve just started B.A.S.S. fishing from the bank and watch your videos and then go and practice what you teach. Thank you!
Hey guys! CONGRATULATIONS on your feature in Bass Magazine!
Well deserved.they have the best info on fishing. Straight to the point.
Every pro angler seems to have different advice for how to fish chatterbaits.
I'm rolling with Tactical Bassing because your success is built on the success of your subscribers...👍
How many people on here constantly watch Tacticals video's and relise you've been doing it all wrong for years..? Or realize your doing the right things in the wrong places..? The Knowledge you guys share to all of us for free is Priceless... Thank You for that...
Thank you Tim for what you and Matt do. We love you guys
Tim and Matt, now you guys are LITERALLY IN MY HEAD!!! This is exactly the video topic I was going to search this morning!!! THANKS!!!
Tim- Your passion is contagious. Love the channel and all of the knowledge and tips!!!
Keep it comin’, buddy!
Great tips from the best bass fishermen on the planet. Tim and Matt are fantastic. Thanks from Western Kentucky.
Get to listen going home from stressful nights working in the ICU... thank you!
Thank you for what you do.
We appreciate your hard work. My wife and I have spent plenty of nights in ICU with our children. You guys are amazing!
@@upthecreekyt thank you! Have blessed day!!!
@@tacticalbassin thank you. Hey I wrote you on IG. Have a small thank you present I’d like to send you.
Thank you for what you do.
Finally was about to get mt hands on a few different firecraw chatterbaits a few weeks ago in northern indiana. Can't wait till the snow melts away
Last year I absolutely smashed it using a chatterbait. Thanks for the video and content. 👍👍
im so glad you got into the idea of hopping a chatterbait, i have caught some absolute donkeys in the dead middle of winter with ice forming on the ponds by hopping one with a subtle trailer, or a ragecraw without separating the claws.. they smack the life out of it even when its 30 degress out.
Man I run that same 4" zako on a firecraw jackhammer. I SLAYED the bass in my recent video from a few weeks ago! Big props to tactical bassin for spreading the word on this perfect duo 👏
You guys rock...trying to be better at the fishing game..you all have given a lot of tips..trying a bunch out this weekend
Congrats on 400,000 subscribers. You guys work hard for sure and you have earned it. I am a budget fisherman and I try to keep your equipment recommendations in my mind when I am looking for tackle but sometimes compromises have to be made. Keep up the good work.
Thanks for this, I love chatterbaits and think they are awesome but haven't had a ton of success with them and I think this has shown me a lot of what i've been doing wrong and given me some new things to try!
Love it! Going to give a chatterbait a shot Thursday for the first time. Thanks for the lesson Tim!
i fell in love with them last year. cant beat em
@Tactical Bassin - Tim/Matt, thank you for the ongoing tips & tricks. I threw a chatterbait for the first time-ever on a warm, windy day from the bank in South San Jose (Calero Reservoir). I caught one 2lber in 2hrs which is better than the boats were doing...thanks again! (green pumpkin Zman custom + spunk shad) 🎣👍
Thanks for the information on chatter bait. This was very informative. You answered a lot of my questions for fishing a chatter bait. I was lost on how to fish it.
Really liked the breakdown of info. Thanks Tim
New to bass fishing and this past Sunday got a 3.25 lb largemouth on a chatter bait in the neighborhood pond here in the Tampa area...even with the swim bait on right side up! Just changed the swim bait to upside down per this video and pulled it through the pool and can tell the action is much better. Will throw in the pond in a few hours as it gets closer to dusk...thank you for these great videos! I watch you guys every couple of days, and these videos have been really helpful...I definitely have caught the bass fishing bug!
I watched y’alls chatter bait video last year and went out a bought the jack hammer and the trailers y’all recommended and absolutely smashed some fish with them.
Awesome vid man! Can’t wait o try the tips! Thanks guys
Awesome way to start the morning 😆😁
Thanks fo the information. On how to 🐟 the chatter bait! 🎣👊😎😷
Awesome video as usual Tim! Thanks for the tips! 😁 definitely learned a lot from this video! Can't wait to use these techniques!!!
Great to hear Stefanie! Good luck out there!
I have never fished this type of bait before but, I'm going to. You have earned my subscription! Thank you.
Love your videos, thanks for making them you’ve helped me spend tons of money lol. I’d love to see you guys do an in depth Dark Sleeper video
God is good
Got a few of the picasso bladed jigs a few months back and have really enjoyed them 👍
Dude I love fishing and I always go back to some sage advice to be a better fisherman. Thank you 🙏
I really enjoy watching all your videos as a retired disabled vet and a kayak fisherman I have learned a lot from you guys if you guys are ever in Georgia or northern Florida I would love to hook up and learn more from you thank you for all your videos and all your info
Great tips as always. Thanks Tim.
My favorite type of bass fishing.
Thank you for this video, very informational and helpful.
Great video and really find all the information very helpful.
I went from never having caught a fish on a chatterbait 2 years ago to now having 1 tied on 365 and having 100% confidence in it. But I also throw the spinnerbait just as much and here in OK this time of year throwing both is a must. Any given day one will produce better quality over the other.
Chatterbait is my all time favorite bait! Tbh, it's refreshing to hear you say the original. Everyone else says you have to use the Jackhammer or Thunder Cricket. I just recently got a few thunder crickets, they're nice. I haven't caught anything with one yet but I've crushed them on rage blades and the chatterbait.
Tim thank you for the tip to put the swimbait trailer upside down on the chatterbait! Just got back from a club tournament and crushed it using your tips. Had a 20 pound bag with a 7 lb kicker.
Geez that rod and reel is the exact same setup I use with my chatterbaits. Havent caught a lot of fish with it but the ones I have I have fell in love with the setup
Great tips once again.
Love all the info 👍👍
Very informative...... loved it
Love the video
Also that wall is awesome
Chatterbait has become my new favorite lure. I have it my arsenal for a while but never caught anything on it till this year. I’m have success using it with my Powell 7”11 Heavy crankin rod.
Caught my pb on a white chatterbait. Definitely a huge confidence bait in PA
elite with the hand tied skirt was my first! Backed it with a Zako and caught fish when nobody else was. 12 ft middle of the summer in michigan
i have encountered great success so far this year using a 7'3" heavy composite moderate rod, 7:2 gr reel laced with 30lb power pro to 15lb sunline assassin tied onto the crappiest chatterbait to the best in several colors. wont go anywhere without it.
awesome video! very helpful! i chatterbait fish a lot and i love the fire craw colors! i got a chatterbait elite from z man fire craw color 1/2 ounce chatterbait tied on right now! Its the best!!!
two years ago i had the idea of cutting the tail off of a 4.3 regular swing impact, most insane action along with a bunch of 4lb and 5lb bass, ive also started using picasso's new shock blade, and its the real deal. both picasso and the jackhammer have slayed the bass for me the past two years
great morning video
Haven't fished chatterbaits for a long time just bought some for upcoming season. So that aside ...
I LOVE your map on the wall. Want one
Its about to get going here soon! Last chance for pre fishing preparations
Awesome video! My favorite trailer is a hogfarmer spunk Shad or a Netbait tiny baby paca craw
Good job man!!!!
Thanks for the tip about using a swim bait upside-down 👍 been using chatterbait lures for years my mistake was using the white too much but it Really worked great when it first came out shout out to Larry Dalburg 👏 my favorite color is now the spot remover.
it was 20 degrees in Louisiana 2 days ago. Today close to 70. water temp at toledo bend 57
Congrats you two!!!!! What I don’t understand is why you aren’t at 700k. I don’t need Bass U, I’ve always have what I’m looking for on your archives!!!!!
Awesome thanks!!!!
Here in Oregon we have a reservoir called craine prairie and the water visibility is usually between 15-25 feet and the white chatter bait is dynamite. Not sure why but I'm guessing it has something to do with the hatch they are feeding on. There's catfish, bluegill, stickle backs, and trout. Just goes to show, don't limit yourself to specific colors in certain water clarity.
I love the techy side of the fishing . Next time y'all are in north fla(tally) hit me up will show y'all some fire ponds
I just wanted to say thank you for all the great information you guys put out each week. I live in Louisville Kentucky and on New Year’s Day this year I caught my PB of 8.6 pounds. I was able to catch the bass because of the knowledge I gained watching you guys 3 times a week. I caught it from a subdivision pond so it just goes to show that all the things you teach work wherever you fish. Thank you again
sweet map wall!
I started using them when they came out. A lot of people tried them and didn’t like them. The first models were better than the recent models. Bigger blade and more thump. They also made an oversized model that was killer in deeper water in the winter.
Love the video Matt as always great presentation 👍🏿. I do have one suggestion for anglers do not use a craw style presentation with the stealth blade its not meant for that the craw does not move well with it. The stealth blade isn't meant for the hard thumping action and kick its a Suttle approach best craw style profile I have used is a OSP action trailer works really well and mimics both bait fish and craw.
I got a white zman custom, just picked up a black blue and bluegill zman elite for this season, lets go
Congratulations on 400k🤙🎣. You guys gotta try carp fishing👍🐡! Like always keep up the hard work and tight linZ 🤙🎣!
I like fishing those type of the words I have a feeling by myself and they're pretty sweet on the water
A 4.8 Kytec in black cherry matches the red strands on the firecraw really well.
Got introduced to the spunk shad at the fishing expo in Knoxville Tennessee last year. Love using them on the chatter bait.
Great to hear!
what size do you recommend
@@calebsimpson1837 the 3.5 or 4.5s but mainly I use the 4.5 on chatter baits.
YAY I LOVE UR VIDS :)
I have a tackle box full of chatterbaits but they've never been fished because I have zero confidence in them. This is the year where I throw the crap out of them and see what I've been missing.
Thanks for the tips!
Thanks for the excellent explanation!!! I will try his lures for some fish I’m Brazil like traíras and peacock bass!!!! If Spinner baits works, Chatter-baits will works too!!!!
I’m super glad you put this out I have been wanting to get into chatterbait fishing for a while. great video! You should check out the reaction tackle tungsten chatterbaits there really nice and have a great selection of colors. There on Amazon
the custom is the only one i use it vibrates as soon as you start to reel and vibrates very good and stays down in water column well , have variety of colors and sizes for the money it's worth $7 verses $16 for the jack hammer , thank you guys for all the informative vids
Thanks for sharing Cam! The custom is a great option
Love the videos as always! Huge fan of the channel. My boy @arcasting did this as well!
Awesome! Thank you!
Love the video God bless be safe and keep fishing a
Thanks, you too!
I needed to up to chatterbait game! Great info!
It seems like you always comment on these videos! 😂
@Catch1 nothing wrong with that!
@@catch1390 LOVE TacticalBassin! Thier game is hella strong! Haha need to learn and get better!
@@tacticalbassin Learn so much from you guys!
Great video
Glad you enjoyed it
i wanna see you guys do an ice fishing trip next year!!
The Fire craw has been slaying them here in georgia! Good tips guys
What part of Georgia I'm here in middle Georgia
Another MidGa guy here
I'm in Tifton
I'm in Lizella
Slaying so good you used five...
On the trailers I like the craw on there vertical in stead of horizontal it works try it plus it keeps it down deeper
Got a tx coming up. Still early spring. Going with the zman chatter in orange/black with a havoc pit boss trailer!
Oh Wow! I may have to get me a Chatterbait. 😁
It is so much fun!
Brett hite always throws it on the flouro carbon and moderate action heavy glass rod. Whether he’s fishing deep or shallow it’s the same. I like the heavy glass rod with braid. I rarely fish a chatterbait in water clear enough to need flouro but when I do I put on a 6’ 20lbs flouro leader.
It never fails....you have no problem finding colors like Fire craw....the second these guys mention it in a video and now everyone is out of stock.
back to 60s in Texas......can't wait to get the boat out again
Thats great news!
Strike King KVD Perfect Plastics Blade Minnow is great for a trailer as well.
That's what I use too. Love em
I reference your channel to my team on a regular
I was all about the jackhammers until I discovered the H2O bladed jigs from Academy. Have the price and a lot more action to me. Paired with the Rage Tail Rage Menace.
I can’t remember the last time I saw water that wasn’t in the form of ice or snow here in Illinois 😂
Champaign county is the same. Where are you from?
Its a waiting game it sucks we just gotta stick it out:((
same here in NW indiana
Warm and Sunny down here in Central Florida, was 83 yesterday. You guys are missing out.
@@nateriley4067 don’t tell me that 😭😂
Hey Tim, could you do a video on best baits for prespawn bank fishing? My 4.5 & 7 yo love watching you guys! Thanks for all you do!
Great suggestion! We will see what we can do. That is AWESOME! Please tell them Matt and I say Hello
I second this! Would love to see that video
I third it! Would be awesome
I too am a bank fisherman and I think you could put a little spin on the video and mention again that those ponds and darker water smaller bodies of water warm up faster and if guys don’t want to wait for the reservoir to warm up they can throw their money and see man and Crash the gated community with the perfect pond fishing
8:20 this is why this bait is in my top 3 as a bank angler. It is the most productive bait I think I've ever used and it works from March to October. A lipless crank and a jig-head swimbait are great too, but the chatterbait can catch them in any body of water in almost any condition, if they're active.
Edit: one tip on the retrieve topic, don't just chuck and wind, give it rod twitches and do it sporadically. Reel for a couple seconds, twitch, reel for a few more, 2 subtle twitches. And change directions when reeling it in. All those things really trigger fish to bite when they're following and being iffy about eating it.
The chatter bait is my favorite bait year round
I can't believe you didn't mention me and Matt's fav trailer the old yamamoto cowboy hands down king of chatterbait trailers. It's all good tho Tim keep preaching that fish knowledge my dude I'm listening
Hey Tim, it’s going to be 75 degrees today on Clear Lake! 😂🤣😂👍🏼. Sorry, couldn’t resist. Thanks for the great info.
Yea but eww Cali...
@@FishYourHeartOut Yeah, I was raised here but in very very rural CA. The politics suck but I don't have to deal with all that up in the Northern MTS. Just great hunting and fishing without the crowds. 😊👍
@@danham3344 Not that many crowds by you? I hear people saying It’s packed all the time down there.
@@anonymous108 - Down where?
Guess I'm going to break down and get a jack hammer zman does start late I fish lakes in NJ that is mostly wood cover missed alot of fish last year ! Zman file your hook helped me alot to catch short bites
Also Matt Allen has spoke highly about the Z-man project Z. Its vibrates like a jackhammer, but 1/2 the price.
Good stuff Tim! 👊🏼💯🇺🇸
Thanks for the tips my friend!
I needed this..
Tim, Soddy Custom Tackle in soddy daisy makes chatterbaits and I feel they are as good as the jackhammer. They start vibrating immediately.
Don’t be giving away our Soddy National Treasures my man! Lol They are incredible!
@@The_Bass_Stunters ha ha. Gotta represent our locals.
Thanks for sharing, which three months do you NOT use these?