Swimjig Vs. Chatterbait
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- Опубликовано: 17 окт 2024
- In this video I’ll detail when I prefer to use a Swimjig versus a chatterbait and vice versa.
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Down here in Florida a swim jig is always on my deck and is the first bait I pick up when starting out to find fish 95% of the time. When fishing scattered hydrilla patches on big flats or the edge of canals I’ll use a chatterbait but the swim jig is the GOTO choice most of the time
Very cool! THanks for sharing!
I haven’t thrown a swim jig to much
I’m going to give it more attention
I live in North Central Florida as well
An afternoon video post, what great surprise!!!👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻
Haha! Never know what you are going to get!
... GO ROCKETS...!?!?!? Nice!!
Nice!
You answered my question without me even asking (swim jig thru milfoil). Thank you.
Nice!
Fished a fall derby yesterday and had the same type of choices between the swim jig and chatterbait. Sounds like I was making the right decisions after listening to your video. Good info.
Sounds great!
Thanks for sharing 👍 some knowledge 🙏 Great video🤙💪💪
Any time!
Very helpful. Hope we're still getting the morning video. Can't start my day right anymore without that morning tip! 😉
Well i might be switching to afternoon videos for a little while. Gonna see how it goes.
Yes, Both!!!! Great description of time and place, thanks for the vid.
Thanks!
I didn’t try a bladed jig for quite a while when it came out because I thought it was just a variant of the Spinnerbait. I’ve since found it to be more of a Square Bill that skips and goes through weeds. The swim jig is more Spinnerbait that’s more subtle and goes through a lot of cover better
Id agree with those comparisons
Great video!! One scenario that I’ve found the chatterbait works well on a clear lake that i fish over a swim jig is when theres a good chop. I fan cast the bladed jig with a fast paced retrieve over the sparse grass flats and the big girls like it..
Great tip!
Right on Matt another great video! You truly have the pulse of your subscribers. I also throw my swim jigs in calmer conditions and chatter bait when it’s rougher. Thanks for always replying back to us it shows your connection to your viewers. Have a great 2022 and keep pumping out great videos.
thats a great point. i also prefer chatterbais in rougher water and a swim jig in calmer water
Coming from you , it’s always helpful !
Glad to hear that!
I’ve also noticed that if you want to fish the chatter bait around wood that putting a trailer on similar to what you’d put on a skipping jig - something more flat instead of vertical helps to keep it from rolling over on its side and helps it to not get snagged as essily
Good tip!
Great info Matt! Very helpful tips.
Thanks!
Thanks Matt, great info!
You bet!
Thanks for the tips. Very helpful!
Anytime!
Matt this is one of the most informative video I’ve ever watched !!
Thanks!
as a fellow wisco guy... i pick up a swim jig / chatterbait.. honestly more than anything else... Because i feel like im supposed to, but i rarely have great success. I know their are options that i have more confidence in working that i ignore because i try to figure them out and the success just isn't there. What am i doing wrong? I fish mostly clear natural lakes with a lot of grass... To much straight retrieving?
that would be my first guess. You want to make the baits erratic and rip it out of as much weed as possible
Ok, so I don’t have confidence in the swim jig but maybe I need to spend more time working with it. Thanks for the video.
Good luck!
Great info Matt, I must admit I need to get better with the swim jig but I have so many uses for the CB, I will throw it around some wood but your tip tells me to get that swim jig going and thats what Im gonna do, get better with the swim jig. Thanks.
Glad to help
Great points on both, and I picked up the David Walker Crosseyed Chatterbait, which has the titanium weed guards and it’s been a great Chatterbait for me,especially using a crawfish 🦞 style trailer ( zman goat) has been my #1 trailer with the Crosseyed Chatterbait. I love the DirtyJigs Swimjigs with an Xzone Swammer for a trailer, it seems to stay on well and has a good vibration as well. Thanks Matt😜🔨
All great combos! Thanks for sharing!
Good video. What size of Pit boss you use, for flipping and trailers
I use 3" and 4" for both flipping and trailers
Both have designated combos always tied on, I usually prefer the swimjig. The lake I fish is tons of standing timber and is really clear on the south end, just seems to produce more bites.
more bites for me on a swimjig but on average bigger fish on the chatterbait.
Another good informative video. Been absorbing your content, 👍
Awesome! Thank you!
Hope things go good for this next year bro
Thanks!
Very helpful video!!!👊🏻 Now I can make a better decision as what bait to use in certain situations. Stay Safe & God Bless!!!
Glad it was helpful!
I’d be curious to see if you would enjoy using some of the weedless chatterbait varieties, whether they are EWG hooks like the chatter bait freedom, or just Chatterbaits with a fiber weedguard. I find it’s nice to at least have the option when fishing wood, pads, or fake grass that is snagging my chatter bait more than I would like
Yeah Ive got a couple that i like using
I’ve caught a mess of Bass on the Chatterbait. I’ve never caught a fish on the swim jig. It’s not that I have on confidence in it. The swim jig has so much cred with so many anglers: you for example Matt. Part of what I want to do this fall/winter is to catch some fish on this lure to get me familiar with the feel of fishing it successfully.
You can do it!
Have you had any experience with the z man project Z weedless chatter bait. If so how weedless are they. Thank you again for your insight
I have and it depends on what you mean by weedless. they are better than an originaal with no weedguard but still definitely get hung
Ok I’m gonna ask the obvious question, which MHX rod for the two? Same or different?
I like the CB907 for the chatterbait and the NMB-873 for swimjigs
Great video,Matt
Thanks!
Swim jigs are one of my favorite baits, 1/4oz most of the time with a menace or rage bug trailer, if i could find the deal that would be my go to bait, which trailer do you prefer, i appreciate it. 🙏
I like the Deal the most. Otherwise I like a little dipper, chunk, and curly tail grub
Swim jigs are killer for me. It's obvious that in the right places chatterbaits kill it. Despite lots of time with it and trying under optimal circumstances, I have never caught a single fish on a chatterbait. Idk why. But it sure doesn't catch fish locally. Like you say, I think they just prefer the more natural presentation. When its muddy and stirred up here, those molting craw colored dirty jig pitching jigs are my go to.
the chatterbait works, but its not always the answer IMO
I've caught alot of fish on both baits both are confidence baits for me... the z man crosseyez chatter is kinda the best if both worlds as it has a weed guard but the snaps are light duty. Good topic! ✌
thanks for sharing!
This is a great comparison, all the times I've caught fish on a chatter bait has been around grass or shallow water I've tried to fish it in deeper water & it rises too quickly it will not stay down & I've never caught one on the jack hammer only on the original chatter bait, so right now in the fall I'm throwing a spinnerbait. I've been reading up on grubs & think I'm going to try them.
Glad it was helpful!
When you fish a jig do you prefer a horizontal or a vertical line tie?$$$
on a swim jig it needs to be parallel to the hook shank IMO
Fantastic
Thanks for watching!
If your keeping score swim jig wins out over the chatter-bait
Great explanation without trying to sell something
I think the swim jig gets more bites but the chatterbaits average size is better
Id like to hear your thoughts on chatter bait vs spinner bait. I personally have more success on the spinner bait but I've been forcing myself to fish the chatter bait to try to build confidence in it
ill put it on my list!
Is there any difference between a. chatterbait vs a bladed jig or are they the same thing?
a chatterbait is a bladed jig
I love fishing a swim jig.
Me too buddy!
I know you build your own rods, what are you using for a Chatterbait rod and what are you using for a swim jig rod? And what about lines?
CB907 for chatterbait and the NMB-873 for swimjig. 100% berkley 15lb fluorocarbon for both
@@MattStefanFishing Alright thanks, I have both of those. I've built a Phenix 7'4" S glass rod for the chatterbait and have been pretty happy but in the last three weeks I've had three fish in the five pound class (all largemouth) pull off at the boat (underwater, not jumping). I have been using 15 fluorocarbon on that set up. I have been kind of scared to use a high modulus blank on swim jigs but I have been using braid. Thanks for the input!
I've found A Zoom speed craw trailer on the chatterbait will cause it to roll with the hook point up and make it hang up less in wood.
Interesting! THanks for sharing!
I need your advice so my go bait is a jig so I have always wanted to get better at a chatter bait so whenever I am trying to learn a bait that is all that I will take out I can remember me taking a chatter bait out for weeks at a time and trying different trailer on it even painting the blade black I can feel fish grab it but I can not hook up I just can not get confidence in that bait I try to yo-yo it I fish it like a regaler jig dragging it I fish it like a lipless making different turns of the handle I don't know what to do
I dont get nearly as many bites on the chatterbait, but the quality is generally very good. my advice would be to just stick with it and give it some serious commitment. if it doesnt work go back to the jig. Confidence is king in this sport.
Good stuff as always Matt Whats your favorite size Dirty swim jig size Thanks Matt from Ohio
3/8 oz is my go to
What water temperature would you use the Chatterbaits?
i like it in upper 40's and higher
i use the chatterbait with the weed guard
thanks for sharing
About time to start dropping that ice jig 😕
NOOOOOOO
The chatterbait is prob the most underutilized bait out deep.
I agree with that!
How does a spinnerbait play into this for you Matt? What situations do you see a spinnerbait win out vs a swim jig or chatterbait?
Im going to do a video on this as well
Ooh, am I about to find out how to actually catch a fish on a chatterbait? I usually throw one when I want all the fish to leave.
I hope so
@@MattStefanFishing Sorry to be glib; chatterbaits are my kryptonite! Thanks for all the great info, your channel is one of the best.
I only throw open naked jigs. For every other situations, there are better options than a chatter or swim jig. Swim jigs are not good in Kalifornisthan bc of the tremendous pressure. Swim jigs have an upright action much like spinnerbaits, which are terribly horrendous. Plus, the weed guard is unnecessary evil. As for chatters, flaws galore. Drag, rising, thumping, little tail action, long hooks...etc. For example, in weeds, all you need is an ewg on a sb or whatever. Simplified. I only fish frogs over mats, never in the open, bc there are better options in the open.....and I hardly ever throw frogs without trailer hooks. Dummies do that. That's why I endorse Evergreen froggies and Renosky. Who the heck am I? I'm coming and I will put this game on glass. I will take this game to the highest level.
I hope you do
Thanks Matt, Great info!
anytime!