Hey man, something I've learned is if your fishing the 1/2 oz around wook and or Rock if you change the trailer from the swimbait style bait to craw style bait such as a rage craw it helps tremendously in helping me stay un snagged. The two arms helps the chatter bait from rolling in its side and keeps the bait running straight. Just my 2 cents worth. Thanks for all the videos. Stay safe out there on and off the water. Semper Fi from an old Marine

I went from 2 seasons ago never catching a fish on a chatterbait, to it being a total confidence bait for me now. I forced myself to use it more late 21 and early 22 and now it's a go to bait for me

7:10 when you said everybody is out.... OMG you are NOT kidding!! The day after the cold front moved out and the temp went back up... It was like a major bass tournament on my lake.. And that was a Thursday! Friday was nuts as was Sunday (Sat was nasty windy and cold). I may be fixing the dock, but I am watching to see what they are using... Then I do something else!! Looks like I need a few minis!

I play mostly BFS, and gotta say the chatterbait flashback mini is one of my favourite baits to throw. Caught my PB peacock on it at 9lbs. For a lure at just 3 grams, that's a double thumbs up in my book!

If I’m fishing around wood then I’m going to use the Z-man crosseyez chatterbait since it’s got the hook guard that keeps it from getting hung up. But I fish a lot of jackhammers down here In FL and the spunk shad is my favorite trailer to use too. Missile baits also makes some dope colors in the spunk shad.

Definitely plan on jigging this in about a week up north. Using the vibration of the blade on the hop to help them find it, and my floating natural chatter trailer to entice them to eat. Gonna have to fish this method too!

Here up north I thought I'd give snapping a mini chatterbait a go (w/ a bootless trailer), the same way we snap tubes. Because of the resistance, it quickly became more of an aggressive double-hop. Easily my favourite way to trigger larger smallmouth bites on the bottom. I can speculate it's because of the larger profile and how much slower the bait falls, but it works. Basically like hopping a slower-moving jig.

I’m up in Minnesota… the way I fish my chatter baits is rolling through the grass, and letting it drop in the pockets. Similar to a jig. Gets mega bites up here.

I picked up a few Mini Chatterbaits last week. Can't wait to give them a rip. I to love fishing Chatterbaits with a Spunk Shad.

I bend that tab on the top back a bit, which helps it push the bait down on a straight retrieve. Really helps keep it down!!

Good chatterbait video thanks I've been using chatterbait's since they came out and I'm not to proud to admit I learned something about the chatterbait today. 👍

Great video Mikey! My favorite was to fish a chatter is in heavy grass and pulling it through like a jerk bait. I’ve had good luck pausing the bait after freeing it though a grass patch.

Hog framer spunk shad are great trailers for The chatterbaits. The action they put off. My number 1 trailer

Jackhammer is my favorite vibrating jig here in TX. Use a DOBYNS 735CB Glass & a 7 speed Shimano Chronarch MGL with 18# Sunline Sniper. The perfect setup in my opinion. Watching this video I guess I will be buying a few Mini’s!

I'm a re-emerging fisherman and I've been going to every pond, lake and stream I can get to. Been loving watching your vids and all of the great content on KZfaq. I had never fished a chatterbait before this year and I picked a couple of the basic chatterbaits and a few of the elites... been wanting to snag the mini max. Regardless, I have caught bass every outing which is AWESOME. The techniques I use are generally letting it sink and then using a low sweeping motion to engage the chatter blade, then letting it drop while I reel the slack in, then I repeat the process. I also will double twitch it and reel fast to pick up the slack. It has been working wonderfully. Thanks for the tips bro!

I am a bank angler with the grandson. Love throwing a chatterbait as a search bait. Covers water and comes through most cover!! Tight lines!!!

Kinda like you had touched on! My favorite reason I toss a chatterbait is because it is a spinnerbait/ crank bait but also a jig. I will cruise around using it as a search bait but I can also flip it as a jig around certain cover and hop it. Love that I don’t have to stop and switch rods or anything.

I fish it like a jig most of the time with a speed craw trailer. If I find fish busting the surface I will burn/stop. Love these baits and I have at least 1 tied on all the time. Great videos.

Im knew to bass fishing but i have been trying to learn how to skip it so im watching your video on how to skip one. Tight lines brother!

Love the chatterbait! I used to retrieve it straight in same speed. I found I get way more bites changing up speed and have a slight twitch now and then. Bites came way more consistent. Love the videos bro!!!

My preferred way to fish a Chatterbait is on a brand new Bass boat with a loveable grey pit Bull and this guy I watch on KZfaq. When I can’t do that, I throw it on a 7”2’ MH mod rod with my Lews ProTi reel. I have dine very well with the Chatterbait in my neighborhood ponds.

I'm new to chatterbaits and a bank fisherman , thanks to the videos like this my learning curve will be much shorter. Now it's off to the baitshop to pick up some mini chatterbaits. Thanks again

I started slow, rolling a chatter bait over rocks a couple of falls ago. I have been doing that with a spinner bait, and thought why not. I had a lot of success because I just don’t think they see it. Thanks for the tips. Always appreciated.

Good advice in this video, thanks. I like to use the mini, but a heavier one with a spinning blade attached on to the bend of the hook. Thos way, I have action down as well as on the retrieve

I have always avoided lay downs with chatterbaits. So, I am glad to hear that there is a chatterbait that is able to go through them. Thanks!

I like throwing the mini max because I can throw it anywhere I want and not be afraid to get snagged because it’s not $20 like a jackhammer! Put a spunk shad on any vibrating jig and it comes to life has some wild darting actions. I’ve caught multiple 5 plus pound fish on it the last few week here in Texas..

Love the crosseyez, they start up almost as fast as the jack hammer and are great in cover

I actually use the z man micro chatterbait for catching big brown trout in my local rivers. I also bend my hooks a little just like you mentioned. Skirtless with a Berkley 2 1/2 inch split tail with a little scent on the tail. They absolutely smash it, some of the best reaction bites I've ever gotten in my life. I prefer the gold blade over the silver but they both work I just wish the blade was just a little heavier a little thicker for a harder chatter but I love them

This is a very comprehensive video. Without a doubt, one of the Very Best on YT. I have been using various Chatterbait models (Jackhammer, Crossezes, Freedom CFL, etc) on the bottom and had a lot of success. The seem to love the red and black/blue Berkley craws on the bottom. GREAT Video. Thanks for sharing

Mikey great video I usually fish a 1/2 Oz Jakehammer on 12lb braid . I will give this mini a try on lighter rod. ST Lawrance smallies will probably love it. Thks.

3/8 mini chatt is my #1 always carry 2 of each color! To me it gives off the exact vibration as the stealth blade! Great vid bro!

I've been doing this with the ChatterBait mini for 2 years now. Good advice

Hey Bog! I noticed you doin’ your yoga spread-eagle while Mikey was casting…lol. I’ve used a 5” grub as a trailer on a mini. Stealth blade is cool too. Just picked up some HogFarmer Spunks for the mini and Stealth.

Mike... these minis went on sale for $5, so I bought a bunch of them and don't feel hesitant to throw them in the thick of things. The amount of bites tossing them in deep cover, versus the edges, a whole different ballgame!

Great video! I haven't tried the mini yet, but my favorite chatterbait is the crosseyez in 3/8. I like the weed guards on it. I use a zoom fluke as my trailer and I fish it like a jig in laydowns and around trees. In open water i like to do a slow roll with erratic jerks like a jerk bait. It catches big fish!

Absolutely love a Chatterbait, and I have one tied on at all times year round. I throw everything from the Originals, to the Jackhammers, Thunder Cricket, and Mini Max. I mainly throw either a 3/8oz or a 1/2oz in 3 colors, Blue Gill, Green Pumpkin, or White. Favorite way to fish them is ripping through grass or bringing them down grass lines.

I'm a huge fan of the new Slobberknocker and have caught some bigs on it. Either a fluke trailer or the Berkley PowerStinger, which was made to be a bladed jig trailer, is about all I use. Limits the drag on the blade and really gives that bait some next level action.

My favorite way to fish a chatterbait is to use a half ounce version with a matching paddletail trailer. I would throw it out on flats with hydrilla in 1-8 feet of water, let it fall all the way to the bottom, then slow roll it on the bottom, twitching the rod tip whenever the chatterbait catches on the hydrilla. Night time is also great.

I like slow rolling shallow n giving it a couple quick pops pause let it fall then start reeling it again. Thanks brother

I love slow rolling a chatter bait and waiting for the roof to get pulled out of my hands!!! Your videos have opened my eyes to so many trailers. Ty

Thanks Mikey, I like in the spring using it like a blade bait.

My favorite way to fish a chatterbait is at night. In the spring I will put a 5” black suicide shad on a black/blue jack hammer or original & bomb that sucker across flats with gravel or chunk rock. It’s such a great method at night, nobody talks about it much!

I have been using the smaller profile chatters for a while now and they just seem to be more versatile. I'll pick up about a foot or two off the bottom to a 45 degree then kill it and it just wobbles ever so slightly. Something about that dying effect. The technique works well in that 5-10ft range. Cheers man, great video.

Thanks for the useful tip on the mini. I fish river pools, cut banks and wood where the smaller profile will be handy. Holding a bait in current on or under targets will be easier. Thanks a bunch!!!

My favorite way to fish a chatterbait is jigging it in prespawn. Just counting days here in MI till we get that water temp up on the inland lakes. Thanks for the informative video. Gained a new subscriber today friend. Tight lines and cheers!

I’ve fished the thunder cricket, slobber knocker and the jack hammer and the Thunder cricket is my favorite. I don’t like how aggressive the vibration is on the jack hammer but i gets the job done.

Just started trying a mini,, but my favorite is the OG zman with a fluke!! I’m a pond fisherman and this setup works great for me!!

I love the jackhammer but haven’t tried the mini. The out of the box thinking is what you do best Mikey!!!

Awesome video 👍🏽👍🏽 I’ve been fishing the chatter bait like a jig or a spoon letting it hit bottom then pulling my rod tip up and it vibrates then letting fall back down. Thanks for the tips 🎣💪🏽

I love fishing it around laydowns and early grass.

I know you said you're not a fan of fishing it on 12 lb, but I found with 12 lb fluorocarbon the blade move at a lot slower retrieve. Works really well when I'm pulling along the bottom on the Susquehanna River. 14 lb fluorocarbon doesn't even want to work for it doing that, it's too heavy of a line and I have to move the ChatterBait mini faster

I just picked up a couple mini's for river fishing. I do a lot of river fishing in summer and chatterbait custom was my go to bait. Still experimenting with trailers I really like the Big Bite Baits Swimon but I picked up 6 colors of the Hog Farmer Spunk shad.

The Jackhammer because of its hunting action will roll on its side. Which will hang you up in wood. You can use a flat beaver or craw trailer and it will reduce it. The mini or regular chatter doesn’t hunt as much. So it won’t roll , it tends to run more true. Which reduces its chance of getting snagged in wood. By adding the flat craw trailer it helps even more.

Caught my 1st chatterbait fish last year & been excited to start fishing them more this year. Finally getting nice weather around here to get out. Great video

Hey Mike the mistake I was making with a chatterbaait is using a gear ratio that was to fast. I'm going to get a Lew's 6.8 gear ratio . Man I'll tell you Mike I've been really enjoying your channel. I always hit the like button and I will always support your channel it's just excellent information. There's alot of things you tell me that the other channels don't tell me. Thanks again for teaching me how to become a better angler. GOD bless you and your family and my buddy bogs.

I just recently put a Chatterbait to the test on a drop off grassbed in Florida. Counted down till contact with the beds & reeled in slowly with rod tip pops on grass contact. Caught over 40 for the day with 4 or 5 at 5lbs to 6lbs. Great way to control the sink rate is to switch up between a paddle tail or not & the length of the trailer. Subscribed & liked...looking forward to more classes!

Thanks for the video, my favorite way to fish a chatter bait is bouncing it off the bottom. Pull it up 3' and let it flutter back down. In Michigan we have a lot of natural lakes with tons of weeds, so the chatter bait will get hung up in the weeds. The fish see chatter baits zipping across the tops of the weeds but I don't think they see many down in the weeds bottom bouncing in their face. I do this mostly with a Zako trailer and it seems to work for me.

The baits a staple in the arsenal, as soon as the ice is off the water till summer time. There’s never a bad time to have it tied on

Guess I’ll be grabbing a few minimax and drunk Shad’s before this weekend!! Typically around wood I’m throwing a Crosseye Chatterbait with a beaver style trailer. The flat bottom of the beaver bait really comes over cover great

I use the mini in black and blue with green pumpkin straight tail trailer ... so versatile indeed and catch nice ones pop like a jig and get that little blade flash...BANG! Great vid!

Love fishing chatter baits in grass cover, slays🎣

Love the storage. I want the same tackle storage!

I really enjoy they way you explained How you use your baits. I fish Chatterbaits alot. I usually fish then with a stop n go. If not working this I'll burn it & stop part way Bach.

It’s still not a confidence bait for me, but I’ve been fishing a Jackhammer with either a Hog Farmer Spunk Spunk Shad or a Gambler Komodo trailer. I’ve also used the Big Bite Baits Kamikaze Swimon and the Yamamoto Zako as trailers. Although I have not started my new season up here in the north, I’m committed to being more successful using a bladed jig.

Yes I totally agree yo-yo ing off the bottom is a great way to fish this chatterbait. I hope the come out with more colors in this mini max.

Awesome video … just bought the trailers, already had the mini. I like the mini better than the jackhammer! Love all your videos!

My fav way to catch em on the chatterbait is targeting grass and Lilly pad patches and just running it through the patches.

Great video. I like fishing rivers around big boulders. Smallies hammer the JH.

My favorite way to fish them is rippin through grass. Although I’ll have to try the new crank style sometime

Great video. I have been fishing a chatterbait for several years now using a varying retrieve to provoke a strike. I recently started playing with a yo-yo type retrieve similar to a lipless crank and had some success with it. I simply cast it out out, let it fall to bottom, then give it two (2) quick rod pumps. I imagine a craw on the bottom popping up then swimming off. After the rod pumps I allow the bait to fall on a semi-slack line, rinse and repeat. I use the for craw or green pumpkin colors when doing this. Give it a try and see if it works for ya.

I also like taking a 3/4 oz or bigger and using it deep in places you would throw a deep diving crank and run it along the bottom the 1 1/4 oz works great to keep bottom contact

Oh heck yeah the spunk shad really gives the chatterbait a different dimension,I'm pretty set on the jackhammer I'm that kind of guy "if they stop eating the jackhammer I'm probably just not fishing it the way they want it."😂

I just got my new SLX in the mail today. I hadn't used the older version so I don't have any to really compare it to, but it casts really well on my first trip out. I'm using it for Chatterbaits as well in the 6:3:1. I was using a 7:1:1 reel but my ADHD doesn't let me slow down and I end up missing bites. I'm using 17lb Sunline Assassin but I think I'm go down to 15.

So far I really enjoy the chatterbait draggin it along the bottom and smacking it into cover. I have had the most luck that way. I've manage to land a few swimming it like a crankbait though.

I love the chatterbait! Got one in a Lucky Tackle Box shortly after they came out and had no idea what to think of it lol. A few years later I had been adding it in and bought a few more...in no time my son and I were out and had one of our best days ever bot throwing chatters. I like using a Zako/Razr Shad trailer or the spunk shad style. Being a bank anglermy best results are using a fast/slow alternating cadence with long casts parallel to or about 45 degree to the bank. My biggest fish have all come clipping (casting across) corners in large ponds. Thanks for the the great info as always!

up until 2020 i had no clue what to do with a chatter bait, now I love slingin it over emergent weeds with confidence, I'm just starting to get into trailers with it.

It’s one of my go to baits I like to reel it slow at times I hop it too and it catches fish love the bait

I'm in Florida so I like to fish it in cover. I use to fish the weedless one from zman for awhile. Great videos by the way. What up Bog

A few years ago when the St Johns River here in North Florida had eel grass, the chatterbait was the defining bait for a great bag!! Now that the grass is totally non-existent, wood and docks are my go to places to use the bait. I also have had decent catches around ledges where the river runs in the 4-6’ range and drops off to around the 10-15’ ranges, using it similar to a jig. Thanks for the advice and keep ‘em coming!!!

Chatter bait is 1 of my go to's. I love that and a spinner bait. I like to twitch the chatterbox as I reel it back to me. Or sometimes I will just kill it and let it sink. And that's usually when I get the hook up. It's usually on the fall when I kill it. Again one of my favorite baits. And probably my most confident baits in my eyes. Chartreuse and white. Love the video Mikey

I discovered slowrolling it at the bottom towards the end of the year last year and i love pulling a big from the depths with a donk.

I love fishing it around Lilly pad steams. Thanks for the great information.

One lake I fish in Georgia has a lot of docks and I like fishing a jackhammer chatterbait right by the dock posts to catch bass.

I had the pelican getaway pedal kayak for about a year and it is thinner material then most hdpe yaks but it's still stout. I beached it in rocks all the time and it had scratches but it held up well. The rails are just riveted on but they're on good. I loved my pelican but ended up getting a prop drive perception crank for 1k so I couldn't pass it up. Awesome yak you got there and I'm looking forward to seeing it in action.

Best trailer I ever found was the Yoto Worm. Karl's Baits - I think it's a proprietary brand for his "Club". It's pretty basic but it will work when nothing else seems to do it for them. The whippy little tail doesn't last long though.

Great video as always. You spoil us. Love the mini with the 3.5 Spunk Shad. I have yet to try throwing these into wood. Oh, well! Missile is also making Spunk Shads so some different colors but I think only in the bigger sizes.

Great content, I normally use the jack hammer in South FL canals hitting rocks with it. Definitely, I need to try this mini. Thanks for the info 👍

Thank you! Between a weightless senko setup and this chatterbait setup I think I can find a perfect balance. I’ve been needing a new combo, and now I know what I’m looking for.

Kinda new to fishing. But go every chance I can. Definitely going to get one

Here's one to try for you. Couple falls ago I picked up a heavy jackhammer, 3/4 oz and a 1.25 oz with a spunk shad, got in some deeper water 10 -12 ft on a migration route and burned it (Upper Mississippi River guy). Lots of guys catch fish burning crankbaits, but this is another tool to try. My biggest fish of the day all came on this technique. I would also think this could work on the ledges as well, but I don't live down there to try it.

The new mini max has been working well for me also. I have been doing like you and fishing it like a crank bait. Thanks for the tips

Right now I’m just trying all the ways to fish the chatterbait. Just picked up a mini. I’m going to see close it works in ponds.

Thanks for the 411. I use the Z-Man mini max, Jack Hammer, Stealth and the Big Blade. I pair all of them with hogfarmer spunk shad, sometimes with Yamamoto Cowboy and Zako.

AWESOME VIDEO BROTHER, the chatter bait has became one of my high confidence Lures, I have ordered several of the mini max and can’t wait to put them to use but up till then I have use the crosseyes mainly and like it a lot especially around wood

Living in central Florida I have good luck ticking the grass and getting reaction strikes. As always, very informative and innovative ideas coming from Mike. Love the channel

I fish highland reservoirs, so bouncing off rocks and limbs is the ticket. I sure wish this video had come out last week before our derby 🤷🏼‍♂️ Great tips and I am going to be putting em to use 👊😎

I didnt have much confidence in the chatter bait until i caught my PB on it like 3 days ago. It was 6 pounds 9 oz. I can say my confidence in it has tripled

Great video, Mr Balzz! Favorite Chatterbait technique would be slow rolling a 3/4 Oz off deep (10' in FL) hydrilla lines. Give it a reel rip every now and then. Hold on!

I made a commitment to use the chatterbait more this year. I have only caught one bass on one, but I never threw them much. Last year, I was determined to catch more jig and spinnerbait fish, which I did. This year is all about the chatterbait.

I fish predominantly ponds and do have some luck. Thank you for these ideas. Looks like I just need to keep experimenting more with chatter baits. Appreciate the video.