chatter jig

[bigyella]

Hey guys and gals just purchased a chatter jig a combination of a chatter bait and a swimming jig. never used it before and still haven't had a chance to. some tips on how to fish it would help a ton. thanks and good looking out for your fellow fisherman.

[Jared]

Hey guys and gals just purchased a chatter jig a combination of a chatter bait and a swimming jig. never used it before and still haven't had a chance to. some tips on how to fish it would help a ton. thanks and good looking out for your fellow fisherman.

I thought the chatterbait was a jig/swimming jig? Either way they go the same thing. I don't really fish Chatterbaits anymore but I do fish vibrashocks by KaRu. They are a sponsor here and their vibrashocks really produce some fish. I fish these ways....1) Reeling it really slowly alongside of trees and 2) sort of jigging and swimming at the same time. It really depends on what the fish want. Sometimes they want it as a wakebait and sometimes it's something else. Just find a method that works and stick with it. Good luck. 

Jared

[Ron Fogelson]

All I use in a chatter style lure is the KaRu Vibrashock nothings better.  Here is just one of the posts made about them.  Do a search here on Ultimatebass.com for Vibrashock and you will find more then a few posts on not only how good they are but how to work them.

Ok I posted this hear before sorry for the double post but having a hard time finding it this fast so I pulled it out of my e-mail.  Sorry if it hasn't been spell checked or if there are other mistacks, the wife wants to eat, like right now.  LOL


Over the last year or so I've been fielding a lot of questions on the VibraShock.  I'm happy to do this and I'm available if any of you have questions but I thought posting some of the better tips here would be helpful to those that won't ask.

Here are a few photos to show how to tie it on your line and to show they work very well 







If you look at this photo from right to left you can follow the hook, to the jig head to the split ring to the blade to the line tie and that my friends is where you put your knot.


The best thing in my opinion is you can't work them wrong.  Now this isn't a magic bait that will put fish in your boat no matter what but it is the best over all lure I've ever used and I always have at least one tied on and more often then not 2 or 3 to cover the color selection one any given body of water.

The only time I found a vibrashock to not to work as well as some other lures is when fish are in a funk and just don't want to the vibration this lure puts off.  Just like there are times when a willow leaf spinnerbait will out produce a big old Colorado blade the same holds true here because there is nothing on the market today IMO that will vibrate and call fish in as well as a Vibrashock but sometimes they may want something different.  That is the key to know what the fish want and give it to them rather then force feed them your favorite lure.

My main retrieve style is to slow roll it by casting it out any place you would fish a spinnerbait and real it back in nice and easy.  This can be killer on cypress tree lakes or around any stickups or logs.  I think it acts like a big dumb shad or bluegill out for a swim and as it comes around a cypress tree/log/stickup -- BAM a bass will crush it.

I've also had great success with burning it over grass beds.  Just cast it out and engage the real as soon as the lure hits the water.  You want to raise your rod tip up high reel in the slack line very fast so it won't hang up in the grass.  Once all the slack is taken out hold your rod tip down pointing it at the water and off to one side or the other of the lure. Now reel fast and add some hard rod twitches from time to time will call bass up out of the grass. The strikes will be one of two types, a hard hitting one that tries to pull the rod out of your hand, or the sneak attack where a large fish will come up and eat the whole lure and swim back to the boat with it.  The 1st is a self hooking fish, the second might through you off for a second while you try to figure out if grass got hung up on the blade or if you have a fish.
Increase your retrieve speed and if you feel any weight or the slightest twitch it's a fish and set the hook.  If not, you might have some grass on the blade and to help recover the cast, snap your rod hard a few times to knock it lose.  When doing this, you just might draw a fish in so hold on because the strike will be hard and fast.

Sometimes I mix it up around the wood cover.  I cast past a target and swim it erratically up to a tree/log/dock/grass clump and then kill it, letting it sink for a sec or two and then start a slow steady retrieve back up. If your working a row of trees you can duplicate this over and over, by working it quickly to the 1st tree, kill it, then start out slow and speed it up to the next tree and kill it again, doing this over and over until you get a bite to move on to the next set.

People ask if it is weed less because vibrashocks don't have a weed guard.  Yes they are very resistant to snaps and you shouldn't be afraid to pitch this lure into thick cover.  You know that's where some of the biggest bass live.  You can just let it fall like a jig or cast it up into a clump of trees or brush top letting it sink a few feet and then start your retrieve out of the stuff.  Or you can work it like a normal jig and shack it, or hop it up over sticks and limbs.  Should you ever get hung up, don't panic and try to just pull it out.  Give the bait some slack line and pop your rod tip up a few times and it should come out.  If not then use the bow and arrow trick and snap the lure free.  If it still won't come out continue to use the bow and arrow trick as you move the boat up closer to where you were hung, with your rod tip high pluck the line pulling the bow in an arc and then snap the line lose do this a few times and you will almost always get your lure back.  The only lures I have lost to date have been snagged on a cable to far under a dock to reach.

Docks, well what can I say, pitch or flip way under them as far as you can and hit all the posts on the way out.  Do this a few times and if there is a fish under there it will bite.

Deep water, use it as a jig and pitch it next to a tree or cover and let it fall all the way down, then quickly raise your rod tip feeling the thump, one, two, three feet or so and then let it fall again.  Based on your electronics and the strike of the fish you will soon know how far to lift the lure off the lake floor and how fast to work your retrieve.  This also works well on humps and channel bends.

I use a 6.5 MH or 7 foot MH rod with a 5-1 or 6-1 retrieve reel with 17lbs fluorocarbon or 65lb braid.  I use fluorocarbon for most everything, but if I'm around docks, pad fields or heavy vegetation I'll go with the braid.  You can feel every little thing and the strength of the braid will let you get the fish out fast before it can dig into the grass or wrap you up under a dock.

As of late I have found a few bass shallow on the banks in the clumps of grass, but as the water temps go up the bass will move out deeper and then most of my bits have been coming off cypress trees or docks with deep water near by. 

I'm sure some other folks will chime in and share some info and tips.  Like taking off the skirt and using some sort of soft plastic.  I like to take a 3/8 ounce vibrashock without a skirt and put a 6 or 8 inch lizard on it.  You should see that thing dance and it can be killer in the spring.

I hope this gets you started off in the right direction and other then Fogy Green "my favorite" use the colors you have most confidence in.  If you like a chartreuse and white spinnerbait go ahead and use that in a vibrashock and have fun with it.  Use your past experiences on the water to help you as well.  If you have a good spot that produces for you use one of the KaRu lures and make it work for putting fish in the boat and building your confidence, because at the end of the day without confidence in your equipment you won't be happy with it.

Let me know if you ever have a question and I'll help any way I can.

See you on the water.
Fogy


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Ronald s. Fogelson
MSgt Ronald S. Fogelson
Vehicle Operations Supervisor

[ss454]

I second the Vibrashock.  I never hit the water without one tied on!

[bassinagain]

Last Sunday I pulled in 15 pike and one large mouth. All but 3 of them were on a Vibrashock. The bass and two of the pike wanted a buzzzbait.

[bigyella]

  are these vibra shock available through any retail store or do i have to purchase them some other way.

[Ron Fogelson]

Yo can click the Sponsor link to the right of this screen it's the 4th one down looks like this

Clink the link in my siggy or click the link in my 1st post in this thread and that will bring you right to the Vibrashock page on the KaRu website.

Both Karl and Rudy are members here on Ultimatebass.com and have been for years.  They are available for questions and or just to chat and visit. 

Good guys and a great compnay, if you have any questions just ask.

Fogy