Everytime I need to know something there's always a video on TH-cam teaching me how to do it and as always the Flukemaster is always there to teach me. I love this guy, by far the best teacher on TH-cam. THANK YOU SO MUCH, Gene, you're the best!
Gene! I gotta thank you for this one, I didn't believe in chatter bait but got on based on your video and it worked just like you showed it here. I fished the same type of water, rigged it the same way and even used the same action you described and nailed a big one in a part of my favorite lake I never caught fish before..thank you so much for all the help with my new found love of fishing.
Just picked up my first ZMAN Original Chatterbait and am looking forward to giving it a try in our cold, muddy lake. This video really helped. thanks Gene!
You are four minutes from my house and couldn't stop by to say hello Thomas lol I still watch all your old videos over and over just to catch up God bless be safe keep fishing
I just got into watching fishing videos on TH-cam to gain some information on bass fishing. You are the most informative angler on the site. Keep them coming! Thank you for the tips and recommendations.
Man I absolutely love the Zman chatterbait, I keep one tied on one of my rods AT ALL TIMES with a zoom super fluke trailer. I've caught my biggest bass on them
This is going to be my first year using the chatterbait. I always just skipped over it and stayed with things I was more comfortable with that could do the same job. So this year I made myself order two of them and I'm going to try to fish them and use them as another comfort bait. Thank you.
Gene, I have caught 95 percent of my big bas this season with a chatterbait. I have boxes of jigs that never saw the water this year because I was doing so well with it. And I agree about the rod. I use a moderate crankbait rod. I never lose fish and they eat it better. Great video!
I just started fishing this in my local lake. I've been having trouble catching them, with this and a fluke I caught my best yet! Thanks Gene! You da man!
I'm not sure if you read these or not but I really really appreciate your tips on baits! Every time I hear about a new fishing style or something that's hot right now I just hit up TH-cam, and YUP ole Flukemaster has a freakin bangin video on every topic I've ever searched for! Lol seriously you're my #1 resource man thank you!!
I will surely take advantage of some chatterbaits I have now that I see how to best rig and fish them.Thanks for the details.Looking for a Z-Man Custom at Bass Pro asap.
Really enjoy watchin your videos! I am a bass nut and you have taught me some new tactics and ways to approach bass fishing can't wait to try them out when I go to Pickwick and Guntersville this year!
Same here about not wanting to jump on the bandwagon. I bought 3 at $5 a pop (black & blue, white and the brown which you showed). I didn't have any luck with them until I used them like a jig. Bumping the bottom with a little pop here and there and amazingly I caught my biggest trophy bass this year on it (9.2lbs). But it feels good to know that I was fishing it the right way from watching this video. Great video & GO DAWGS!
Love the project z's. you can burn those suckers and it stays under while also working properly or run it low and slow and it still vibrates properly. I don't use any other chatterbait.
I just bought a micro z man, I'm in love after this video. I dont have the ideal setup you mentioned. With a tall light rod and braid I think a lighter hookset will be key.
You must have thought you was on that short boat, you stepped on the invisible trolling motor pedal!!! Lol nice work with the chatter bait, they have come out with some new ones since the video would love to see an updated video!!! Especially with the brass ones!!!
I’m glad I watched this again , must not have been paying attention (think I watched it the year I got married lol) So no wonder I don’t remember , but I had no clue Strike King had a “Rage blade” I was only aware of the thunder cricket .... so I’m gonna have to try the rage blade
Awesome as always. Just tried my luck with a cheap chatterbait I randomly got on sale at bass pro for the first time and had no luck but I'll be heading to get that project z and rage for sure. Thanks again gene!
Excellent video as always Gene!! I'm getting ready to fish in a tournament at Lake of the Ozarks the middle of next month and I was thinking a chatterbait would be a definite piece in the arsenal. Just a great video to get me ready to use one!! Keep up the excellent work
Nice to see you on a Hobbie PA you should do a series of videos out of that boat. I have my bass boat but I love to be on my PA as well. the amount of Yakers it grows amazing!!!! thanks for all the good tips and keep the good job.. best of luck...
Great as always Gene...thank you! Have you tried the NuTech crazy jig? from the sounds of it, it's great for getting through brush piles and may track deeper than the rage blade. cheers! Paul
I really like chatterbaits, one of my biggest spots was caught on a chatterbait. I use the lake fork live shad as a trailer allot of the time, rage bugs, and vilecraws are also excellent.
I really love chatterbaits in all different kinds of water types.mive used them in lakes, ponds, rivers really any kind of water and they seem to do well for me. I have a couple of those strike king rage blades, yes they are kind of pricey but man they work and they never get caught up.
Thank you so much for the tips and help! You are the man when it comes in to me not being sure what I should do or use! Thank you! Keep up the good work!
I may have missed it but did you talk about hooksets? Is it more of a sweeping side hookset or a hard vertical hookset that you would do with a jig? Thank you.
Well done, good information. It has been hard to put down my pet spinnerbaits to give these lures a fair trial. I have a few, and will try them now that the water is finally starting to warm up.
Great video in the chatterbait. I don't want to come off as a peta type person but have you thought about using a net on the larger fish. A larger fish especially if its egg laden carries more weight than and causes more damage to a fish we rarely see after release. Please Gene im not trying to be critical of you videos. You provide excellent information and content to help fisherman catch more bass. As a great role model and teacher though please show people that its better to try and land a fish with as least contact with the deck as possible. Just like MAJOR LEAGUE FISHING is promoting now. Anyhow Gene you are a great professor for helping less experienced anglers and greatly appreciated. Keep up the good work.
"Hey guys, this is Gene Jensen!" No, it's a big ass bass! Great video again Gene. If you're saying this things goes well through thick grass, I might just give it a try cause thick grass and lilipads is pretty much the only places we can find largemouths here, almost never in open water.
Hey gene I was wondering when the next hangout would be and would love to be their I haven't been in one in a while and think they are great and give good information too many anglers and draw input from many different regions please let me know when the next one will be thanks a lot -Trentin Williams
Hey flukemaster, loved the video as always! I have got a question I live in a Georgia, Gwinnett county to be exact and I was fishing a jig today with a trailer on a small pond and these bass were ATTACTING IT!!! I mean every cast a bass would bite, but they would always come off. And I know it was a fish but don't know why the bass kept coming off, could you tell me why? Also one more question they seemed to fight a lot harder today is there a reason why?
Another great video! Do you feel like the orignal chatterbaits like the pure posion puts off more vibration / action that the Rage Blade? Thanks again..
Great and thank you. I live in Georgia and I'm a big fan of you, I'm also a beginner bass fishermen and trying to get some pointers. Maybe one day I may run into and would love to fish with you if you're in Georgia, if that's alright with you?
Hey Gene, great informative video. I had a question for you or for anyone who can answer this. Will smallmouth go for these? maybe with a craw trailer or a regular swimbait trailer?? I'm new to fishing and I am just getting into the chatterbaits... :)
Nice video, I never had too much confidence in a chatterbait though, I'm more of a ole spinnerbait kind of guy myself. On the side note, what kind of kayak you got there? Is it a hobie? Later on, it would be cool if you did a review on that too. I've been thinking about making videos on kayak bass/crappie videos since I've won some tournaments with one on Lake Weiss. I would be doing the helpful tip videos like you do but through the perspective of a kayak fisherman i guess. Keep up the good work though
As someone else has said, if you could get some shots of where you are casting to and what the bank looks like if you are fishing the bank in future videos that would be fantastic. Keep it up!
Hey! I'm big into fishing I go almost everyday, I just bought a chatterbait yesterday and this morning I got a 5 pounder on it. I was just wondering, what gear ratio do you fish chatterbaits on?
So ur telling me I need to put my spinner bait down and try a chatter bait... but I've been killin it with the spinnerbait slow rolling it deep. It's cold. You think the chatter bait could have the same results? I'll have more videos up soon, yours are great! Awesome watch!
I've been waiting on this video for a while. I like the chatterbait. I've had pepper tell me it doesn't catch alot of bass but it does catch big ones. It's been totally opposite with me. I catch a lot of nice sized ones and some big ones.
(old video I know) but one of these days, can you review your idea of water clarity? I live in Ocala Fl where I grew up on the Rainbow river and Silver Springs River, and the Withlacoochie, the water goes from 50ft visibility to 0 visibility, and so my perception of clear to muddy with bait color is a bit skewed.
Imagine being a fish and then this tiny worm looking thing just tackle your favorite stick and drags it off into the darkness...
Everytime I need to know something there's always a video on TH-cam teaching me how to do it and as always the Flukemaster is always there to teach me. I love this guy, by far the best teacher on TH-cam. THANK YOU SO MUCH, Gene, you're the best!
Gene!
I gotta thank you for this one, I didn't believe in chatter bait but got on based on your video and it worked just like you showed it here.
I fished the same type of water, rigged it the same way and even used the same action you described and nailed a big one in a part of my favorite lake I never caught fish before..thank you so much for all the help with my new found love of fishing.
+detroit hiker That's awesome man
Just picked up my first ZMAN Original Chatterbait and am looking forward to giving it a try in our cold, muddy lake. This video really helped. thanks Gene!
You are four minutes from my house and couldn't stop by to say hello Thomas lol I still watch all your old videos over and over just to catch up God bless be safe keep fishing
I just got into watching fishing videos on TH-cam to gain some information on bass fishing. You are the most informative angler on the site. Keep them coming! Thank you for the tips and recommendations.
Man I absolutely love the Zman chatterbait, I keep one tied on one of my rods AT ALL TIMES with a zoom super fluke trailer. I've caught my biggest bass on them
This is going to be my first year using the chatterbait. I always just skipped over it and stayed with things I was more comfortable with that could do the same job. So this year I made myself order two of them and I'm going to try to fish them and use them as another comfort bait. Thank you.
Gene, I have caught 95 percent of my big bas this season with a chatterbait. I have boxes of jigs that never saw the water this year because I was doing so well with it. And I agree about the rod. I use a moderate crankbait rod. I never lose fish and they eat it better. Great video!
I just started fishing this in my local lake. I've been having trouble catching them, with this and a fluke I caught my best yet! Thanks Gene! You da man!
I'm not sure if you read these or not but I really really appreciate your tips on baits! Every time I hear about a new fishing style or something that's hot right now I just hit up TH-cam, and YUP ole Flukemaster has a freakin bangin video on every topic I've ever searched for! Lol seriously you're my #1 resource man thank you!!
LOL the dreaded stickfish!!! That was hilarious and awesome vids xD
1Rod1ReelFishing Thanks
Northern Stickerel
takes my hopes and dreams every time
Tree pounder
"Man he hit it hard too"
Lmao
I used some of the tips you give here Gene and caught my first chatterbait fish this weekend. Wasn't big, but felt like a victory
I will surely take advantage of some chatterbaits I have now that I see how to best rig and fish them.Thanks for the details.Looking for a Z-Man Custom at Bass Pro asap.
If you haven't tried one yet, get a Jackhammer Chatterbait
Thanks fluke master for all your content. I miss seeing you in a full size boat man. Thanks bud
Thank you Gene. Can't wait to go out with this little bit of confidence and knowledge and learn this new bait.
Really enjoy watchin your videos! I am a bass nut and you have taught me some new tactics and ways to approach bass fishing can't wait to try them out when I go to Pickwick and Guntersville this year!
Zach Wilson Thanks Zach. Those are two of my favorite lakes.
The Chatterbait is a great plug. Thanks Flukemaster as you are 1 of my favorites
Same here about not wanting to jump on the bandwagon. I bought 3 at $5 a pop (black & blue, white and the brown which you showed). I didn't have any luck with them until I used them like a jig. Bumping the bottom with a little pop here and there and amazingly I caught my biggest trophy bass this year on it (9.2lbs). But it feels good to know that I was fishing it the right way from watching this video. Great video & GO DAWGS!
+1nupe1ace Thanks.... Sick-um
Just caught an 8 pounder yesterday on a chatter bait with a plastic worm trailer. I absolutely love fishing a chatter bait.
Just bought my first chatter-bait. Black and blue. Thank you for this video. VERY HELPFUL! Keep it up please
The rage blade and thunder cricket have made me a believer in the chatterbait! I was like you in not believing in it for a long time
Your fishing videos are very informative. I enjoy watching them here in Gadsden Alabama home of the "Coosa River' or "Big Muddy' . Tim.
I finally bought some to try this season. I just gotta wait a little bit before I use them. My water in Missouri is still in the 40s
Love the project z's. you can burn those suckers and it stays under while also working properly or run it low and slow and it still vibrates properly. I don't use any other chatterbait.
I just bought a micro z man, I'm in love after this video. I dont have the ideal setup you mentioned. With a tall light rod and braid I think a lighter hookset will be key.
You must have thought you was on that short boat, you stepped on the invisible trolling motor pedal!!! Lol nice work with the chatter bait, they have come out with some new ones since the video would love to see an updated video!!! Especially with the brass ones!!!
I was SUPER excited when i saw u in a kayak. I knew u would come to yak side. Hope to see more videos of u in it. Love fishing in a kayak.
Smoke wolf It's a Hobie PA 14. This was the first day I had it on the water. I'm still rigging it up.
Thanks for the shoutout, Gene!
Salt Life It's was my pleasure.
great video gene! i haven't put in too much time with a chatterbait but it's something that i have been meaning to learn a bit better.
***** Thanks
Flukemaster will it work better if you put a trailer, such as a live magic shad?
JHMiller01 never mind. lol you had one on
Nice video. & Question... when you film with the Gopro are you at 1080 @ 60fps medium? What are your film settings?
Thank you for the vIdeo, I personally believe that the chatterbait is one of the most under rated lures out there!
I’m glad I watched this again , must not have been paying attention (think I watched it the year I got married lol)
So no wonder I don’t remember , but I had no clue Strike King had a “Rage blade” I was only aware of the thunder cricket .... so I’m gonna have to try the rage blade
Caught many stick fish. Have not tried a chatter bait, but there’s always a first. Nice video.
we love u up in Michigan
Second that!
Awesome as always. Just tried my luck with a cheap chatterbait I randomly got on sale at bass pro for the first time and had no luck but I'll be heading to get that project z and rage for sure. Thanks again gene!
Kevin Spaulding Thanks Kevin
Excellent video as always Gene!! I'm getting ready to fish in a tournament at Lake of the Ozarks the middle of next month and I was thinking a chatterbait would be a definite piece in the arsenal. Just a great video to get me ready to use one!! Keep up the excellent work
Chris Beemer Thanks Chris, Good luck
Nice to see you on a Hobbie PA you should do a series of videos out of that boat. I have my bass boat but I love to be on my PA as well. the amount of Yakers it grows amazing!!!! thanks for all the good tips and keep the good job.. best of luck...
Never fished a chatterbait till yesterday after watching your video....Caught 3 pike in like 15 cast...No bass yet!!! Thanks for the info...
Great as always Gene...thank you! Have you tried the NuTech crazy jig? from the sounds of it, it's great for getting through brush piles and may track deeper than the rage blade. cheers! Paul
Paul Layden I have one in my box. I just haven't tried it yet
I really like chatterbaits, one of my biggest spots was caught on a chatterbait. I use the lake fork live shad as a trailer allot of the time, rage bugs, and vilecraws are also excellent.
New2Kendo Cool
that's a quick on the draw hook set Mr. lol...love the tips!
I really love chatterbaits in all different kinds of water types.mive used them in lakes, ponds, rivers really any kind of water and they seem to do well for me. I have a couple of those strike king rage blades, yes they are kind of pricey but man they work and they never get caught up.
Sam Brentwood I couldn't agree more.
Laughs (Jackhammer)
Great video Gene! Kinda funny, went out and threw a chatterbait today for the first time. Caught my pb at 9.4lbs! I think I'm hooked on it
***** That's freaking awesome Chris, congratulations.
Flukemaster Thanks! Love the Vids, I learn so much from them
Informative as always! Thanks for being the bass teacher I never had!
Great Video, Gene! Very informative for me who is just getting into tournament fishing
Thank you so much for the tips and help! You are the man when it comes in to me not being sure what I should do or use! Thank you! Keep up the good work!
+drew giperson Thanks Drew
Great video Gene, very informative!
TackleJunky81 Thanks Jim
Excellent video. You answered a lot of questions I had on the chatterbait!
Would you still use a white colored chatterbait in water that only has sunfish, crappie, and perch for forage or would you change up the color?
I probably would but I would more than likely use green pumpkin instead.
Thanks for the quick response, that's what I was thinking as well.
Adam A awesome question
thats what we got in mt everything is usually based on shad
I may have missed it but did you talk about hooksets? Is it more of a sweeping side hookset or a hard vertical hookset that you would do with a jig? Thank you.
lmbo, love that you did not edit out the stick fish, that's real fishin! Thanks for the tips on the different blades.
Harry Timmons Thanks Harry.
Great video dude, I really love fishing the chatterbait. Gave me a couple more tips.
Josh Anthony Thanks Josh
Well done, good information. It has been hard to put down my pet spinnerbaits to give these lures a fair trial. I have a few, and will try them now that the water is finally starting to warm up.
John Pendleton Good luck John and thanks
Great video in the chatterbait. I don't want to come off as a peta type person but have you thought about using a net on the larger fish. A larger fish especially if its egg laden carries more weight than and causes more damage to a fish we rarely see after release. Please Gene im not trying to be critical of you videos. You provide excellent information and content to help fisherman catch more bass. As a great role model and teacher though please show people that its better to try and land a fish with as least contact with the deck as possible. Just like MAJOR LEAGUE FISHING is promoting now. Anyhow Gene you are a great professor for helping less experienced anglers and greatly appreciated. Keep up the good work.
This video was filmed years ago. Before Major League Fishing and before all the emphasis on keeping them off the carpet started.
Yes! I was wondering when you were going to do a Chatterbox video! Can you do a squarebill video this season as well?
"Hey guys, this is Gene Jensen!" No, it's a big ass bass! Great video again Gene. If you're saying this things goes well through thick grass, I might just give it a try cause thick grass and lilipads is pretty much the only places we can find largemouths here, almost never in open water.
Francis Ducharme Lily pads are a little harder than submerged grass.
I'd like to request that you do some reviews on Shell Cracker G2 or Savage Gear 3D Craw. Great gear. Love to hear your review.
thanks Gene your videos really help me and my dad fish
livingwaterfishing 33 Awesome, I"m glad I can help
Nice video. I have never seen a chatterbait used before. Does the blade act like a spoon before the jig?
Hey gene I was wondering when the next hangout would be and would love to be their I haven't been in one in a while and think they are great and give good information too many anglers and draw input from many different regions please let me know when the next one will be thanks a lot -Trentin Williams
Hey flukemaster, loved the video as always! I have got a question I live in a Georgia, Gwinnett county to be exact and I was fishing a jig today with a trailer on a small pond and these bass were ATTACTING IT!!! I mean every cast a bass would bite, but they would always come off. And I know it was a fish but don't know why the bass kept coming off, could you tell me why? Also one more question they seemed to fight a lot harder today is there a reason why?
Great video Gene! Just bought one of the new zman chatterbaits myself and can't wait to try it out! lol
Shakyhead Junky They are my favorite. Good luck.
Another great video!
Do you feel like the orignal chatterbaits like the pure posion puts off more vibration / action that the Rage Blade?
Thanks again..
Jason Smith It feel like it does.
Great and thank you. I live in Georgia and I'm a big fan of you, I'm also a beginner bass fishermen and trying to get some pointers. Maybe one day I may run into and would love to fish with you if you're in Georgia, if that's alright with you?
Hey Gene, great informative video. I had a question for you or for anyone who can answer this. Will smallmouth go for these? maybe with a craw trailer or a regular swimbait trailer?? I'm new to fishing and I am just getting into the chatterbaits... :)
would like to see the banks when u catch a fish. i would like to have seen the point u was fishing.
Shane Deel It wasn't much of a point out of the water. I'm working on a new camera mount that will show the bank though. Look for it in the future.
Flukemaster that sounds great. im always wondering the types of banks you are casting to.
+Flukemaster
You´re the man dude. It´s fun to see you catchin this big baby´s. You have my subscribtion for sure
keep it up^^
+Yur!ca Thanks
I have the same reel. It's nice and smooth.
Great Video. Good information. Going to grab a few chatter baits now. Thanks again
Great video Gene thanks for all the tips learned a lot from this video
Great video man. I watch all of yours. What I wouldn't get to fish with you
Nice video, I never had too much confidence in a chatterbait though, I'm more of a ole spinnerbait kind of guy myself. On the side note, what kind of kayak you got there? Is it a hobie? Later on, it would be cool if you did a review on that too. I've been thinking about making videos on kayak bass/crappie videos since I've won some tournaments with one on Lake Weiss. I would be doing the helpful tip videos like you do but through the perspective of a kayak fisherman i guess. Keep up the good work though
As someone else has said, if you could get some shots of where you are casting to and what the bank looks like if you are fishing the bank in future videos that would be fantastic. Keep it up!
aj06bolt12r I"m working on that. I'm just waiting on the new boat to rig up my new camera mount.
Gene - would it be beneficial to use fluorocarbon do that way it'll sink and stay more on the bottom? Awesome vids! Keep'em coming!
Karnage You can use any line you like. I just think the mono gives me the best chance at hooking the fish.
I would think you would want a medium/heavy with a fast action with the Z-man chatterbait hook being thick, needing to drive that thicker hook more.
Video came out just in time. I was planning on learning how to fish the chatterbait
Landon Lambert Good I'm glad I could help you out Landon
Hey! I'm big into fishing I go almost everyday, I just bought a chatterbait yesterday and this morning I got a 5 pounder on it. I was just wondering, what gear ratio do you fish chatterbaits on?
So ur telling me I need to put my spinner bait down and try a chatter bait... but I've been killin it with the spinnerbait slow rolling it deep. It's cold. You think the chatter bait could have the same results? I'll have more videos up soon, yours are great! Awesome watch!
Have you used the Jackhammer yet? I'm sure you've at least tried it. But what do you think about it, and how do YOU compare it to others?
Thanks i just caught my pb bass on a z man chatterbait with a white fluke. 7lb large mouth.
Great video. I love chatterbaits. Think I'm gonna get that rod you were using I need two more to be ready for spring.
Robert Grasso A Med Hvy crankbait rod is the best for it.
Hello Flukemaster! I wanted to see if you would recommend using fluorocarbon as well?
Way to show in all the videos I've seen you actually cought one on the bait I love to use thanks
I've been waiting on this video for a while. I like the chatterbait. I've had pepper tell me it doesn't catch alot of bass but it does catch big ones. It's been totally opposite with me. I catch a lot of nice sized ones and some big ones.
Justin Wilkerson It's a great bait that will catch any bass.
Ah yes thank you for doing this, these are my kind of videos! I love chatterbaits
Chala Bone Thanks
Awesome video Gene. Thanks for the knowledge.
Vinny Brennan Thanks Vinny
Stickfish are good to eat, but terrible to clean.
Great vid!
+BeginnerBudgetBass I always burn them when I cook them over the fire.
Great video, one of my new favorite baits
What is your home lake? You ever make your way into Alabama to fish G'ville, Wheeler, Wilson, Pickwick?
What baits would u recommend for spring (prespawn)? Around 45 degree water
Hey gene, I live on lake oconee, Georgia, and I was wonder what your favorite bait for large mouth is on this lake?
just bought my first chatterbait, can't wait to use it.
chewls1133 Good luck
Good stuff! Going to try to fish a chatterbait more this year
+Conner May Cool. Tanks for watching
Chatterbaits are great and I personally have found the Z-man Chatterfrog is even better for luring out the bigger fish.
GO DAWGS!! SIC EM!! Do you fish the Chatterbait in the summer time? Do you ever flip it and roll it out of timber?
Great to know the rage blade goes through wood better than the chatter bait.
Finally! Lol. I have been hoping you'd post this video for over a year. Awesome dude! you using the 3/8 or 1/2 oz model?
AxE21685 I screwed one up a year ago. I'm glad I was able to finally do a good one. I use 1/2 oz.
+Flukemaster Assuming you vary your weight. What do you recommend for weight and the various depths you would fish them?
Great video Gene
(old video I know) but one of these days, can you review your idea of water clarity? I live in Ocala Fl where I grew up on the Rainbow river and Silver Springs River, and the Withlacoochie, the water goes from 50ft visibility to 0 visibility, and so my perception of clear to muddy with bait color is a bit skewed.