Mysteries of a Chatter Bait

The Mysteries of a Chatter bait

It’s no secret that the renown bladed jig or chatter bait have been unlocked over the past several years; the keys to this are many but nothing has been more rewarding than utilizing speed, as it has been one of the keys to making this bait work for you! Speed and the changing of speed during a retrieve has been the secret behind working a chatter bait especially in flat areas where the grass or stumps lie in crowded flats packed with your choice of many types of structure like weeds, grass, lay downs and more.

Flats are ideal areas for fish to be feeding and structure holds their food source so they can hide from the feeding bass. As bass roaming the flats for food highlights a chatter bait as it becomes the ideal bait to entice feeding and when you are changing speeds and letting the bait drop in the holes between the structure or ditches within it and becomes irresistible for bass! It has become for many the big fish bait of choice as it moves, vibrates and emulates bait throughout its movement back to you during the retrieve of the bait. No bait has proven to be more deadly in grass lakes than the chatter bait, as it has become the bass catcher of choice for many pros and weekend anglers in lakes like Guntersville and more that are covered in grass.

It’s also bait that has proven its worth when the bass are bedding on the edges of the banks that are full of laydowns that have fallen along the shoreline from natural erosion. The way it’s designed allows the chatter bait to work over and through the branches scattered about the fallen trees, making it ideal to work around the structure. This is also an ideal place to drop and pop this bait as its design allows you to be creative with the retrieve and force reaction bites by popping it up and down within the branches.

Remember speed is everything while fishing a chatter bait, so vary your speed to change the presentation and force the bait to become seen and hence become a reaction bait for bass to attack.