Most Anglers Don’t Fish A CHATTERBAIT Correctly!! Try These PROVEN Retrieves!
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 20 พ.ค. 2024
- Okay, I admit, the title of this video may be a little misleading, because really there is no “wrong” way to fish a Chatterbait. However, there are certain retrieves that offer a much higher percentage of success, so here are some of my favorites!
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Oh wow. A baitcaster with a left hand retrieve...I was starting to think I was all alone out here
lol I never understood the whole right hand reel thing! Spinning always left unless u switch it. I didn’t get a bait caster for a long time because I thought they only came with right handed reels
I’m right handed but use a lefty also. I like to set the hook with my strong arm
@BassMC101 right? Of all the subtle movements involved in holding your rod. Retrieving it. Hopping it. Spinning the reel is the least taxing of everything. Why would I waste my strong hand on that?
My friends tell me "I'm doing it wrong"
Think they have gaslighted themselves because they bought one with a right hand retrieve and are sucking it up lol
I can’t get any action with rod if I use my left hand on rod.
We lefty’s are in our right minds, lol! Back when I wanted to baitcast you couldn’t get a lefty so spinning was the only way for me!
Finally someone that likes and uses a left-handed baitcaster. Cast and reel, no switching hands.
Me too
As a left-handed fisherman I have always insisted that right handed bass fisherman should actually use left-hand retrieve baitcasters- switching is just so inefficient.
@@gabrielm.4554its insane. Love seeing them pick ip a dpinning rod and it be opposite of their casting reels. Im left habded ax well anx never understood why they made most reels fir me.😂
I’m the same. I’m RH and I’ve never could get used to having to keep switching hands to cast then retrieve, didn’t feel natural to me. I’ve always used LH Baitcast reels
@gabrielm.4554 it really isn't, your not gonna get any more casts in or get your bait moving any faster than I will. I've proved this time and time again
I love a "how to" video in which you actually catch a fish demonstrating that the technique works. Good stuff man!
Lol, it doesn’t always work out that way, but it sure does prove that something actually works!
Great info ! Chatter baits are hard to beat any time of the year. Don't be afraid to put a baby bass color trailer on a white chatter bait or blue/black on green pumpkin and so forth.
Love the chatterbait retrieves and the left hand reel for a right hander. Enjoy these kinds of videos. God Bless
Excellent lucky hits these are some really basics finding the mood of the fish and matching that is what it's really all about and he says that
I just caught my first fish on a chatterbait last week. It was after heavy rain in very murky water in a pond. It was a small bass but I was still glad to finally get one. Spinners work so much better for me.
That’s awesome. I really encourage you to keep trying a chatterbait when you are fishing in murky water situations. I think it will quickly become a confidence bait!
@@SonarFishingit finally has for me. Mow a jig and bladed jig are my go to. Took me long enough though
Hi Miles! Great video, sir. I love the yo-yo in the Spring, the largies just seem to go nuts over it when they're in the creek arms but not on the beds yet. I love that 1/2 oz Big Blade CB for the yo yo it falls slower. I can't believe you didn't mention burning it! Maybe you don't use that technique but its FUN and big largies hit it. I like the 3/4 oz Jackhammer and I reel it almost as fast as I physically can. It stays about 3'-4' under the surface with your tip down. Put a trailer hook (or two) on and HOLD ON to your rod.
Thank you! I agree with everything you mentioned! I honestly think of a burning retrieve as a variation of the straight retrieve but just reeling it ultra fast, but it certainly is very effective sometimes.
Unfortunately, we don't have any black bass here in Switzerland, but I catch a lot of pike with chatter baits.
It works best if you let it sink to the bottom, wait 1-2 seconds, then reel it in with 2-3 turns of the crank and then let it sink to the bottom again. The bites usually come when you start cranking again.
I do a hybird of the yoyo with last retrieves and that works great post spawn, and I also fish it like crankbait.
Keep up the good work!! Love to learn!!!! Stay Safe & God Bless!!!!! 🤠👍
Thank you! Ill keep the videos coming!
Great tips! I have not used the last two you demonstrated and will add them. I have caught several largemouth on both of the Chatterbait CrossEyeZ red/red crawfish trailer and black/blue/blue crawfish trailer bumping (like a jig), small bounces on the bottom.
Glad there were some retrieves you hadn’t used! I hope they catch you some fish.
Thanks for the vid. That last retrieve is new to me, can’t wait to try it! I am new to your channel. Curious about name of channel, with so many FFS haters out there!
Have not thought about fishing them like that I’m a straight retrieve guy. Thanks for the advice will be using these soon 🙌
Hope they help! Keep doing what works for you too!
Never seen the last retrieve. I’ll have to try that one in deeper water. God bless your young lady bud. Keeping her in my prayers
It’s one I debated on putting out there, so I bet it works well for you!
Glad to come across this video... The Chatterbait seems to be my kryptonite when it comes to fishing. I can catch fish on rattletraps, jigs, crankbaits, worms, flipping baits, topwater, etc. But never on a Chatterbait... And I know guys and fished with guys who kill them on the chatterbait.
I've had one bite using a chatterbait and the fish got off at my feet. So never officially landed one.
Hello Miles, Chatter is very good in French waters for Pike and Catfish (silurus glanis). YoYo retrieve is my favourite but in a lake near my home with very little grass it doesn't work, and i use other lures. I will try the last retrieve.
Great video.thanks alot
Ty for this…new to fishing…a lot to learn!
Awesome! Thanks for watching! Please don’t hesitate to ask me any questions that you’d like me to do a video on to help you learn. Appreciate you being a viewer
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Thx very much.
Great vid by the way. I watch a lot of fishing vids but most don’t explain the simple stuff. Like how to retrieve different rigs.
Yeah, I sometimes having a hard time remembering to talk about the basics because I’ve been doing it for so long, but when I recently started hunting I started to realize there’s so many basic things that I wanted to know and so I’m trying to do more stuff for beginners as well as advanced anglers looking for a new angle to something. Hope you find future videos on this channel helpful. Reach out to my email: sonar@sonarfishing.com if you have questions you don’t want to post publicly. Thanks
How do you have your GoPro mounted?
Take the skirt off and double your fish
Thread one 4" minnow on and take a second 3" minnow nose hooked works wonders for all species
terrific tips on retrieves, Miles! That last one, I would almost call it, a hair jig retrieve.😂
Yes sir, that is exactly what I call it, but am not sure how many people know how to fish a hair jig.
In my home body of water here in upstate New York, I'm forced to use wire leaders because of the monstrous pike that live alongside the bass in the thick milfoil.
Do you have any pointers as to which of your retrieves might be more suitable for a heavier rig? I'm not sure that the 'Rip-N-Stop' would be the best one, given the cover and the wire leader. 🤔
Yeah, pike are definitely an issue for sure! I would say if you’re forced to use a wire leader, a straight retrieve with some pops of the rod might be a simple and effective retrieve for the situation.
@@SonarFishing Thanks! I learned an expensive lesson a few years back when I lost 9 spinnerbaits and 4 chatterbaits to pike in a single season. The pond I fish at has an outlet to a major river a few miles away; when the water level was high, the pike came in. Once the water receded, the pike were trapped, and have been in competition with the bass for a few seasons now. 😢
Good stuff Miles thanks for sharing. Lets call that one the reel and sweep.Lol
I like it!
Can we get a frog video on waiting on Hookset a min or yanking on them right after the blow up please sir 👊💪 great content thanks alot
Good one
Thanks
Threw my 1st chatterbait last week after trying 50 different baits in clear water for 2 days..nothing.. its the start of winter as well and struggling to get bites.. got struck on the white chatterbait at 11pm at night reeling super slow just a slight vibration. . Super stoked. And then the following day started slaying the bass on a texas rig with a 4 inch yum dinger in guilles suite colour..fishing very very slow. 2 to 3 min retrievals. Popping once or twice and just letting it sit.
I've been dragging my against the rocks with a texas rigged style trailer. Been working for me on nice sized bass
Really cool way to rig it! Thanks for sharing.
Thanks Miles. How do you like the new chatterspike?
I really like it….more than I originally thought. It’s a great subtle trailer, and is great for clear and colder water scenarios specifically.
Hard bottom use it like cray fish pull it with pole up let it drop to bottom keep it close bottom early spring cold weather work it slow
Good tips. You’ve got a new subscriber now , but I’ve never caught a fish on cb yet 😢
I’m honored to have you as a subscriber. It’s going to be my goal to help you get your first Chatterbait bass! Please let me know any and all questions you have with a CB so we can make that happen! Thanks for watching!
The biggest fish I catch come from the rip & stop method with a slight alternative. After casting it out to a target, I let it sink to the bottom and give it a couple of sharp rips with the rod to really get the blade thumping. As I let it back down, hold on. It's like the fish watched it fall into the water and drop to the bottom and once it gets ripped away from them, they can't stand it. Rip it like you're trying to get an inline spinner's blades started. It's like a cat toy, I guess.
Awesome! I think you’re right with the cat toy analogy. Having kept many bass in an aquarium, they share many qualities with cats, although I never really thought of it in those terms until now!
I always let my chatter sink all the way to the bottom without touching it before I do my retrieve. I get more bites on the fall than any other retrieve I do. Time of year dependent of course.
In my waters in Poland, you could do well and catch many zanders and perch. Certain techniques work all over the world.
So glad to have you viewing from Poland! It is true, there are many techniques that are universally successful! Dziękuję bardzo za obejrzenie mojego kanału!
Nice tips Miles. I’m really enjoying your channel. Keep it up.
Thanks Jon, that means a lot. Ill keep the videos coming!
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love the rip and stop use it all the time. using it two weeks ago catching smallmouth in 38 degree water
Awesome way to catch them for sure!
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Awesome video. Just picked up 5 new colors of chatters. A video detailing how to determine hard rocky bottom or weed bottom on graph would be epic. Im a new boat owner as of a few weeks ago.
That would be a great video idea! Ill get on that one and hopefully can get it up in a few weeks! Thanks for watching!
I'm aright hander but real lefty. It makes sense to me
I’m about to start learning to fish a chatterbait once they come in.
What are your thoughts on fluorocarbon or monofilament line for Chatterbait fishing?
That’s a great question. I prefer Fluoro because it has less stretch than Mono but more than braid. I actually just did a video on this topic that I go into more detail, and I’ll be posting it soon.
I also get alot bites yoyoing the chatterbait green pumpkin skirt with a red craw trailer. It catches biggans
Awesome!
Last retrieve technique shown i practiced when I first threw a original chatterbait, 2003, Falls Lake Lake NC, and multiple 6 and 5lbs bass caught making it one of my most memorable days on the water.
I regularly slow roll for a few yards then use a jerk up and a quick 2nd pull to imitate a crawdad squirting away.
Nice! I like it!
Well what if you fish old school without a fish finder to see all that
Jigging it works
So what I got out of this, is there isn't a wrong way to fish this bait. You just do what you want with this bait
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Just got a bunch of the Evo type, what type of line should i use? Can i use braid?
Another Pro telling another pro you are doing it all wrong! I am doing all right! This is funny!
I littler can’t get bit on a chatter bait! I truly don’t understand the problem. I’ve seen my son catch them fishing behind me in the boat and nothing on my end! I’ll stay with my jigs lol about the only way I can stay close to my son!
I’m going to make it my goal in life to get you a chatterbait fish!! Please don’t hesitate to ask for specific questions that might help you.
@@SonarFishing ok lmao, let’s give it a go…..I’m headed out to lake fork here in Texas later this morning. It’s been rainy with a cold snap the last couple days, lows in the mid 30’s at night with high 40’s to low 50’s in the afternoons…..Until this snap the water temps on the upper end was 61 to 64 and fish in full spawn. Fish, I’ve been catching are in the back of coves with small arms laying east or west with fish coming off the south side….. most of the bigger fish coming off of Green Punkin pepper flake trick worms thrown literally in the dirt, and pulled about a foot off the bank into the water….. I noticed some brim moving around just before this cold snap….. the weather this afternoon is partly cloudy with temps moving back in to the 70’s….. I know my fish are going to be scattered and moving, I’ll figure that out when I get on the water. With all that said what color would you throw? Will the weight of the chatter bait make a difference? My son has a few of these baits in the back of the boat, so I may have a limited selection, I live about 10 minutes from the lake so I’ll also pass a nice size bait store on my way.
Don’t ask me how but I can’t catch a fish on a chatterbait. I’ve tried everything from retrieving it different to trailers and different bladed jigs. Like a jackhammer or a mini max. Somehow someway I’ve never gotten a bite. It really sucks though because I’ve heard how magical CB fishing can be.
Go with the original chatterbait. Work on your retrieve. my biggest bass have been caught on chatterbaits. And on my mini original chatterbait with no skirt iv cought multiple fish around or over 5 lbs
If you already have some Jackhammers, start with a green pumpkin chatterbait and trailer and keep things simple in terms of retrieve. Once you start getting bites with that and gain confidence, you can branch out to getting more complex with your arsenal. Just like everything else, sometimes it takes time for the lightbulb to go off and you to gain confidence. Ill do whatever I can to help you start catching fish on one!
Great advice
Same here bs if you ask me he is in a stocked pond that u can catch anything of worm lizard spinnerbait
Letting the jackhammer hit bottom before starting my retrieve has constantly produced some of my biggest bites.
Nice! That’s a great way to catch them indeed!
I’m with you! If I could only have one bait the chatter bait would be it! Thanks for another great vid👍
Thanks for watching!
Hahahahaha
Same techniques you use with a spinner bait, swim jig, crank bait or any other horizonal bait.
To a certain extent, that is true.
Sonar is for the birds try using the skills you should have learned as a child. 0:00
I don’t know that I’ve ever seen someone catch a fish when showing people how to fish…
Lol. How would you know if it actually works! I’ve got a few videos like that so hopefully you’ll like those too. Thanks
Haha, shouldn't the title of this video be called, there's no wrong way to fish a ChatterBait?
Yes, it definitely should….but then nobody would watch! Lol. Thanks
@@SonarFishing “Well, hell, at least you're honest. I can respect that part.” 🤝🏼
@@Real_Talk411 I really try to be. To be honest, it’s really frustrating how click-baity you have to make titles these days for the TH-cam algorithm to get your videos put out there. My content hopefully speaks for itself once people watch. That being said, as I’ve told other viewers, I will never throw any individual under the bus on my videos or titles to get views. That’s a line I strive never to cross on this channel. Thanks for watching man!
how can you fish it "wrong"? lol
A lil rant. I hate fishing vidoes the are call "what you're doing wrong" "mistskes everyone makes" not gonna watch those.
Try this for a title " help with your chatter bait" " get better with your chatter bait" ill eaych those.
Im in sales. People dont respond well when they are told they are wrong or that they are making a mistake , ever had a kid ? Tell people ypu want to help , , tell people you want to make them better . The ole flys with honey thang
Thank you for the feedback. It is of course not my intention to make it seem as though individual viewers don’t know what they’re doing, and I honestly would prefer to leave a title more neutral myself. Unfortunately the responses to more neutral titles don’t work consistently enough to drive people to click on the video in most cases. I for one would never intentionally put down someone and what I assume they know, or don’t know, on a topic, but I do work very hard on the content that I put out on a daily basis, and I believe it will help people catch more fish and so I want to use a title that can do well from an algorithm standpoint. That being said, a line I will never cross on this channel is picking on any single individual- because in the end I am not to say what you specifically do or do not know. Thank you for watching and your feedback, and I just want you to know that I always strive to be respectful to every person on this channel.
In mid to late summer. With a 1/4oz mini max. Fishing close to the bank. I'll cast it into cover and let it fall. Then give it a pop and let it fall again. After the second pop I'll burn it back to the boat and recast into cover. I caught a lot of good fish this way.
Love it! Glad you’ve found a retrieve that works for you!
The one and only way to fish. Makes absolutely no sense to use a Right Hand reel ecxept you are a left handed Person.
I'm a lefty, I throw a ball with the left, I cast with my left. A right hand reel makes the best sense. What's weird is right handed people casting with their left. Just doesn't seem right.
Another guy thinking his way is the best.Not a professional.
These so called fishermen are in pre/post spawn times when you can throw anything out there and you’ll catch tons and yet this dude is getting 1 out of 20 casts . Sorry but this is extremely a poor video. Try doing a video in the middle of summer with this chatterbait and it will even be worse. Don’t quit your day job.
This is my day-job. I hope you find another one of my videos more helpful.
@@SonarFishing I realize how tough this can be because I ran the tournament circuit up here in Canada. All the best in 2024 .
@@jimboyko2854Sure you did 😮
Not sure if that statement was a negative one or not . Don’t really care . But I’ll give you the benefit of the doubt. Did the “OV “ up around the Ottawa/ Kingston area (those are around the Toronto Ontario Canada) .Did the Southwest Bass Association in southern Ontario. Did the Red Man Tournament in Ohio( USA) . That was back in the ‘80s & ‘90s . I’m 75 now ,no tournament, but still fish a lot in Lake St. Clair and the Detroit river system. Hope that will suffice your mind .
Yeah…. Well you’re still a Canadian so there’s that
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I'm right handed and fish my bait caster left handed!
Same here! I think it’s the best way! At least for me anyways lol
I need to try it that way look easier
@@SonarFishing since we have so much in common if you ever need a co-angler I'm here 😂
Ditto
Yup