@@Cotton_Candy_Casting me too but I haven't had any luck using zman as trailer. But those to worms tho have been the deal for me. Try em. It's to bad all are lakes are frozen cabin fever is getting to me. Tight lines & no snags to ya.
Just caught this video and I am so grateful! I definitely know NOTHING about chatters. Your analogy on women vs men with colors CRACKED me up! I'm telling my spouse "The colors don't matter, until they MATTER, sir!"
Thanks B-Lat… I’ve got Asperger’s and get really obsessed over tackle. You’re videos always seem to give me permission to boil things down and keep it simple and just fish.
Good Evening Mr. Brian Latimer, I really ENJOYED your Video's on Don't Complicate Chatterbait Fishing- 2 EASY Combinations, It HELPED me TREMENDIOUSLY in my upcomming purchase of a new rod and reel combo for Chatterbait Fishing. LOL! THANK YOU for ALL your EXPERT ADVISE and WISDOM my FRIEND you are TRUELY an ASSET to this Wonderful Sport! Sincerely, Mr. Carl J. Gwizdala.
9:32 fishing 101 here - never forget this for almost ALL techniques and situations. Can't tell you how many times slowing down has caught me a ton of fish. The irony being that ill be surrounded by people not catching, and I am catching over and over, so everyone speeds up thinking "man how is he getting so many fish so fast" and they get anxious and in a hurry. Slowwwwwwwwwww Downnnnnnnnnnnnn. When i fish a Jig, i spend about 2 full minutes on a single cast.
I have a weird rule of thumb: Either match the hatch exactly (Storm LiveEye swim baits are gold) or throw something whacky like a Houston Legend spinner or a rainbow buzz bait. I haven't had much luck in between, but the "realistic" lures fool the picky ones, and the "goofy" lures slam the hungry ones.
B. Latt thank you for sharing your tips with everyday anglers who want to learn. I appreciate the way you talk in a way that beginning anglers can understand.
We have been making fishing more complicated since ancient fishermen tied a feather to a bone hook with a chunk of meat. Your point is well taken. Fishing in the dark, requires a lot of water displacement from your lure so the fish can feel it. We fish brown trout at night with any big streamer that pushes through the water. Great video!!
Thank you for sharing this video. As someone who cannot seem to catch a fish with a chatterbait, I thank you. This gives me good advice to hopefully catch my first chatterbait fish this season.
I’ve never rigged a paddle tail plastic like you did, with the tail pointing up toward the hook. I’ve seen so many rigged paddle tail swimbaits rigged tail down….I guess either way is effective! I also remember you telling us on a previous chatterbait instructional about taking the skirt off and just rigging a trailer on your chatterbait…that tip really worked well for me at one of my highly pressured lakes! 👍🏼
Excellent! Perfect timing, starting to stock up for the spring and wanted to try throwing chatterbaits more. Watched my son catch fish on them so you know I gotta try
Okay Brain here it is I watched applied and caught a big one at a pond very cold 44 with wind. focused on controlled cast, a steady retrieve. Didn't care about trailer color just grabbed on and WOW Thanks
Hahahaha I literally said oh man I like using a goat trailer, immediately before you said you don't get to use that 😂😂😂😂. Appreciate ya homie and good luck down here in Florida this weekend. Get emmmmmm💪💪💪💪
I was like what? Then I was like, this Ole boy may know what he's talking about! I will sub then when the bass bite I will start liking, you sir have the gift of gab!
I’ve had luck fishing Jackhammers like a “sometimes a jig” bait. 🤷♂️ Early in the spring I just let it fall near where I think they are (I am a bank angler). I just let it fall close to drain pipes and such. I imagine the bass coming over to investigate…then give it a pop up (3-6 vibration) and sometimes I get that bite.
Chatter bait and top water like a whopper plopper work all year round . Top water is so exciting getting that hit on a whopper plopper is unbelievable. I have caught every thing on that bait .
Hey, Brian! I've never thrown a Chatterbait, but it seems like a mix of a spinner bait and a jig - more for poking the bottom and cover than waking near the surface. I usually just slow roll a spinner or pull out a swim bait with the bottom treble taken off (you only need the top hook, and it hangs up A LOT less), but I'm gonna have to pick up a couple chatter baits when I run to Bass Pro.
Just caught my first chatterbait fish on the og chatterbait. With a 4" bps swimbait as trailer. Yo yoing it. Got wrecked by a 6lber snd now I'm hooked. Cussed them for years. Wasnt fishing them rmright.
Great tips thanks BLat! I am thinking of using the chatter bait for fishing rivers for smallies especially during high water when the fish are scattered. I’m very interested in the MiniMax one for this application.
What are your thoughts on the Jack Hammer vs all these other models? The vibration on the Jack Hammer is just too good to have any other option unless I want less vibration because the fish want a subtle vibrate.
The Crosseyes in that pond bug color has been a killer for me! I like how quickly the blade starts, and the cost is easier on the wallet. A great option if the jackhammer isn’t in your budget.
Project z chatterbaits kick off fast. Super fast. I fish braid though yo young 99 oercent of tine with a zako trailer. They srmtart up faster with braid and I'm only giving them short hops. Need the quick a tion. Moving so slow I'm not gonna take it away from them because I'm using no stretch braid. Fishing it moving fast I wouldn't run braid. But that's not my thing.
What about for blue gill imitations? That seems to be a primary target for bass in my area. Still use the green and just use a bluegill flash trailer? Thanks for the tips?
Hey Bro. I caught my first bass today on your recommendation in this video. Brown chatterbait wit brown/green swim trailer. 2.57lb large mouth. Wish I could share the photos in this post. Thanks for the info.
Got pretty comfortable throwing out a chatterbait last year, especially pre spawn. Why leave out the flat bodied trailers like the rage bug? When I’m fishing wood I don’t get hung up nearly as much with a rage bug on
This is good beginner chatterbait information. I do have a question though, when does weight matter? Thanks for de-cluttering our minds when it comes to chatterbait fishing.
Yo B.Lat must say bro you made a good frog I have caught some good bass on it up until I lost it on top of a sailboat my silly self was fishing from the bank going with the wind & using my scorpion dc well it flew much father than I intended and caught a sail boat yep the sail boat won 😂🤦🏽♂️🤷🏽♂️
A couple things. 1. Have you associated speed with seasons? That’s not a good idea 2. Speed is relative to many things. Ex. Would be reel ratio, speed of the boat, depth of the water. If I’m fishing in 1ft of water I have to maintain a faster speed to keep the bait out of the muck. If my trolling motor is on 8 I have to maintain a faster retrieve than I do at 4 to keep the bait moving at the same pace. If I’m using a 5:5:1 reel then I need to use a faster retrieve than I do with a 7:5:1 reel to keep the bait moving at the same speed.
Gunna try this and see if it changes my luck lol. Caught a few on chatterbaits and the biggest fish ive caught was on one, I think anyways lol. It slipped outta my hands before I could get it on a scale but easily my second biggest if not. I can't wait to move down south where I can actually get on the water this time of year to fish lol
@@BrianLatimerFishing thanks man! Hope I can meet ya some day and maybe make it to one of your classes! Definitely plan on trying one of your online tournaments next year!
My buddy gave me one last year. It caught nothing but 3+ pounders when I threw it. I went to having zero confidence to having it on everytime I went out! Steady slow reel with random pops did the trick majority of the time
Yo will the zman plastic cook and melt your rubber skirt? Never mix my zman plastics with anything. They go back in their original bags. I caught my PB on a chatter bait so I feel like I know something about them….
The difference between the color of my wife's makeup and the color of my bait is that my wife will always look good to me no matter what color she puts on but the fish might not want my bait!😉
Hey brian ive been watching for a while. Just had a question could u help me find a tournament trail to follow im a freshman and havent fished a tournament yet but have been fishing since i was i dont even know. My school doesnt have a team and i dont know how to make one. I just need to start competing so i can catch up to the other anglers that have been fishin tournaments for years. Thx blat love the vids
Everyons says use a slow reel but i dont run my reel like im beati g eggs. Always ran 7 speed reels and im used to the slow wind. I rel fast after im hooked up. Dont wanna race just to retrieve a lure. Whatever you are used to.
For me it's all white or black and blue. What's your preference? Chatterbaits or spinnerbaits? I know you can throw them both in the same places mostly.
I haven't tried a chatter bait yet, but spinners are my all time go to lure - they always seem to work, and can be slow rolled near the bottom or burned and waked near the surface, and when fish bite, they choke em.
You are the perfect person to find if you learning about bass fishing. Like.. I feel more confident after listening to you.
Candy if you don't mind me asking what brand of trailers are you using on your chatterbait?
I have Mostly Keitech,6th sense , zman and googan..
@@Cotton_Candy_Casting me too but I haven't had any luck using zman as trailer. But those to worms tho have been the deal for me. Try em. It's to bad all are lakes are frozen cabin fever is getting to me. Tight lines & no snags to ya.
Im just learning..
He really is great at explaining. Love these vids
Just caught this video and I am so grateful! I definitely know NOTHING about chatters. Your analogy on women vs men with colors CRACKED me up! I'm telling my spouse "The colors don't matter, until they MATTER, sir!"
Brian, this is probably the best/honest PRO tip I've ever heard. Thanks man
Glad it was helpful!
Thanks B-Lat… I’ve got Asperger’s and get really obsessed over tackle. You’re videos always seem to give me permission to boil things down and keep it simple and just fish.
You need a television show! Thanks for all the helpful tips
Tell me you don’t watch my TV show without telling me you don’t watch my show🤣
@@BrianLatimerFishing I didn’t even know you had one! What channel is it on?
Been a cat fish and rock fisherman all my life… you got me catching more largemouth than I ever have!! you are the man please keep making more videos!
I always come back to your videos after going down a “rabbit hole”. I’m so glad we have you to give me/us a reality check. Love your honesty sir.
Good Evening Mr. Brian Latimer, I really ENJOYED your Video's on Don't Complicate Chatterbait Fishing- 2 EASY Combinations, It HELPED me TREMENDIOUSLY in my upcomming purchase of a new rod and reel combo for Chatterbait Fishing. LOL! THANK YOU for ALL your EXPERT ADVISE and WISDOM my FRIEND you are TRUELY an ASSET to this Wonderful Sport! Sincerely, Mr. Carl J. Gwizdala.
Glad you like them!
9:32 fishing 101 here - never forget this for almost ALL techniques and situations. Can't tell you how many times slowing down has caught me a ton of fish. The irony being that ill be surrounded by people not catching, and I am catching over and over, so everyone speeds up thinking "man how is he getting so many fish so fast" and they get anxious and in a hurry.
Slowwwwwwwwwww Downnnnnnnnnnnnn. When i fish a Jig, i spend about 2 full minutes on a single cast.
Simple advice that I have used for years, a light color and a dark color, and that applies for most of my baits.
I have a weird rule of thumb:
Either match the hatch exactly (Storm LiveEye swim baits are gold) or throw something whacky like a Houston Legend spinner or a rainbow buzz bait. I haven't had much luck in between, but the "realistic" lures fool the picky ones, and the "goofy" lures slam the hungry ones.
B. Latt thank you for sharing your tips with everyday anglers who want to learn. I appreciate the way you talk in a way that beginning anglers can understand.
We have been making fishing more complicated since ancient fishermen tied a feather to a bone hook with a chunk of meat. Your point is well taken. Fishing in the dark, requires a lot of water displacement from your lure so the fish can feel it. We fish brown trout at night with any big streamer that pushes through the water. Great video!!
Thank you for sharing this video. As someone who cannot seem to catch a fish with a chatterbait, I thank you. This gives me good advice to hopefully catch my first chatterbait fish this season.
Glad you enjoyed it!
I’ve never rigged a paddle tail plastic like you did, with the tail pointing up toward the hook. I’ve seen so many rigged paddle tail swimbaits rigged tail down….I guess either way is effective! I also remember you telling us on a previous chatterbait instructional about taking the skirt off and just rigging a trailer on your chatterbait…that tip really worked well for me at one of my highly pressured lakes! 👍🏼
It doesn’t matter which way you rig it!
Great video bud. Appreciate you taking the time to go back to the beginning for us and keep it simple.🏆🏆🏆
You, Stefan and Icanelli make the best videos
Good view with the difference the way women and men look at colors
Excellent! Perfect timing, starting to stock up for the spring and wanted to try throwing chatterbaits more. Watched my son catch fish on them so you know I gotta try
Okay Brain here it is I watched applied and caught a big one at a pond very cold 44 with wind. focused on controlled cast, a steady retrieve. Didn't care about trailer color just grabbed on and WOW Thanks
The chatterbait is one of my all time favorite baits that can be fished year around.
You, sir Latimer are awesome. I enjoy watching all your videos. Thanks for the tips and keep up the great work/content.
I fish my chatterbaits with the same trailers, for me the rage swimmer, zako and bass pro super shad produced well for me.
Great vid Brian. Can't wait for the ice to clear off so I can get out there and get after 'em!
Here’s the Chatterbaits I mentioned
⭐️ shopblat.com/collections/chatterbaits/products/crosseyez-chatterbait-kit
⭐️ Green Pump Chatterbait
shopblat.com/collections/chatterbaits/products/3-8oz-chatterbait-mini-max-green-pumpkin
⭐️white chatterbait
shopblat.com/collections/chatterbaits/products/3-8oz-chatterbait-mini-max-green-pumpkin
⭐️Chatterbait trailers
shopblat.com/collections/razor-shadz
⭐️ swimbait trailers
shopblat.com/collections/swimbaits
excellent video! appreciate the simplicity!
Thanks Brian, great info delivered concisely and on point.
Glad you enjoyed it!
Hahahaha I literally said oh man I like using a goat trailer, immediately before you said you don't get to use that 😂😂😂😂. Appreciate ya homie and good luck down here in Florida this weekend. Get emmmmmm💪💪💪💪
Good stuff! Thanks Brian. All those videos with pros trimming and modifying them turned me off to them. I'll try one next week!
lol blacking out the humminbird logo has me lmfao 0:01
⭐️ Green Pump Chatterbait
shopblat.com/collections/chatterbaits/products/3-8oz-chatterbait-mini-max-green-pumpkin
⭐️white chatterbait
shopblat.com/collections/chatterbaits/products/3-8oz-chatterbait-mini-max-green-pumpkin
⭐️Chatterbait trailers
shopblat.com/collections/razor-shadz
⭐️ swimbait trailers
shopblat.com/collections/swimbaits
I was like what? Then I was like, this Ole boy may know what he's talking about! I will sub then when the bass bite I will start liking, you sir have the gift of gab!
Great information. You had me at crawdad. Subscribed.
I’ve had luck fishing Jackhammers like a “sometimes a jig” bait. 🤷♂️ Early in the spring I just let it fall near where I think they are (I am a bank angler). I just let it fall close to drain pipes and such. I imagine the bass coming over to investigate…then give it a pop up (3-6 vibration) and sometimes I get that bite.
Thank you so much for making this simple!!!!!!!
Thanks Brian always very informative....
Thanks for watching!
I'm going to try chatterbaits in Costa Rica for giant cichlids and in the saltwater for snook, snapper and rooster fish. I leave Monday. Can't wait.
Appreciate all the tips my guy! Hella helpful
Love you’re videos man! Pumped to see crush it this year🤙🏻
Chatter bait and top water like a whopper plopper work all year round . Top water is so exciting getting that hit on a whopper plopper is unbelievable. I have caught every thing on that bait .
love the pun "help you reel it in"
Good video really appreciated. lot of good information thank you
yeah this was a video for me! appreciate sir, soooo i should toss out my other plastics? except for my SMH plastics of course :) thanks!
Great tips!
Maybe we are excellent with the chatterbait but we jus enjoy watching your videos Mr. Brian Latimer 😀
I appreciate that
Hey, Brian! I've never thrown a Chatterbait, but it seems like a mix of a spinner bait and a jig - more for poking the bottom and cover than waking near the surface. I usually just slow roll a spinner or pull out a swim bait with the bottom treble taken off (you only need the top hook, and it hangs up A LOT less), but I'm gonna have to pick up a couple chatter baits when I run to Bass Pro.
Just caught my first chatterbait fish on the og chatterbait. With a 4" bps swimbait as trailer. Yo yoing it. Got wrecked by a 6lber snd now I'm hooked. Cussed them for years. Wasnt fishing them rmright.
Give thanks for the information. Last year was my first time fishing a chatterbait. Lost the fish, and it was a big one
Sorry to hear that
The chatterbait is my go to but I haven’t used trailers too much on them.
What weight do you use with a trailer?
Great tips thanks BLat! I am thinking of using the chatter bait for fishing rivers for smallies especially during high water when the fish are scattered. I’m very interested in the MiniMax one for this application.
What are your thoughts on the Jack Hammer vs all these other models? The vibration on the Jack Hammer is just too good to have any other option unless I want less vibration because the fish want a subtle vibrate.
The Crosseyes in that pond bug color has been a killer for me! I like how quickly the blade starts, and the cost is easier on the wallet. A great option if the jackhammer isn’t in your budget.
I love the cross-eyes because of the weed guard that green pumpkin with a matching hatch is killer! Dude is giving out free sauce!
Project z chatterbaits kick off fast. Super fast. I fish braid though yo young 99 oercent of tine with a zako trailer. They srmtart up faster with braid and I'm only giving them short hops. Need the quick a tion. Moving so slow I'm not gonna take it away from them because I'm using no stretch braid. Fishing it moving fast I wouldn't run braid. But that's not my thing.
Great video and channel.
Thank you very much!
I like that, keep it simple, never mind all the "chatter", Haha.
What about for blue gill imitations? That seems to be a primary target for bass in my area. Still use the green and just use a bluegill flash trailer? Thanks for the tips?
i feel like your video was cut short. is there a 2nd part? lol. anyway, I'm gonna order your chatter bait kit!
Hey Bro. I caught my first bass today on your recommendation in this video. Brown chatterbait wit brown/green swim trailer. 2.57lb large mouth. Wish I could share the photos in this post. Thanks for the info.
Took your advice on Zman Chatterbaits last year and caught 5 bass. Promptly proceeded to order 8,000 of them 😂
I see you reeling that fast before the bite, I still have never caught a bass on the chatter bait. I dont know if it's the trailer, the speed 😅😂
Great video bro!
Crosseyez with a minnowz or goat. Can’t be beat and can be thrown pretty much anywhere.
Got pretty comfortable throwing out a chatterbait last year, especially pre spawn. Why leave out the flat bodied trailers like the rage bug? When I’m fishing wood I don’t get hung up nearly as much with a rage bug on
You are on fire boss!
What line weight do you recommend fishing deep 15+, from bank and clear water?
I gotta try slower now! I’ve been throwing on a 8:1 so I could burn it. It’s been successful, but I’m always willing to try something new.
Did you rig the paddle tail upside down? I’ve seen this done, just wondering if you do that also. I might have been mistaken.
This is good beginner chatterbait information. I do have a question though, when does weight matter? Thanks for de-cluttering our minds when it comes to chatterbait fishing.
Good question! It matters when you can’t effectively present the bait.
I got to tell you that red z-man ChatterBait I've been hammering them on that
When is the right time to use the green vs using the white?
Yo B.Lat must say bro you made a good frog I have caught some good bass on it up until I lost it on top of a sailboat my silly self was fishing from the bank going with the wind & using my scorpion dc well it flew much father than I intended and caught a sail boat yep the sail boat won 😂🤦🏽♂️🤷🏽♂️
Looks like spot remover and bluegill colors correct??
Great video. Thanks
Thanks brother appreciate your channel!
Great video love fishing chatterbaits thanks for the tips not come back Clarks Hill and do a video lol God bless be safe keep fishing
Thanks 👍
You really burn that thing that fast durinf the winter months?! Geeeezus. 👌👍
A couple things.
1. Have you associated speed with seasons? That’s not a good idea
2. Speed is relative to many things. Ex. Would be reel ratio, speed of the boat, depth of the water. If I’m fishing in 1ft of water I have to maintain a faster speed to keep the bait out of the muck. If my trolling motor is on 8 I have to maintain a faster retrieve than I do at 4 to keep the bait moving at the same pace. If I’m using a 5:5:1 reel then I need to use a faster retrieve than I do with a 7:5:1 reel to keep the bait moving at the same speed.
Gunna try this and see if it changes my luck lol. Caught a few on chatterbaits and the biggest fish ive caught was on one, I think anyways lol. It slipped outta my hands before I could get it on a scale but easily my second biggest if not. I can't wait to move down south where I can actually get on the water this time of year to fish lol
Good luck!
@@BrianLatimerFishing thanks man! Hope I can meet ya some day and maybe make it to one of your classes! Definitely plan on trying one of your online tournaments next year!
My buddy gave me one last year. It caught nothing but 3+ pounders when I threw it. I went to having zero confidence to having it on everytime I went out! Steady slow reel with random pops did the trick majority of the time
Yo will the zman plastic cook and melt your rubber skirt? Never mix my zman plastics with anything. They go back in their original bags. I caught my PB on a chatter bait so I feel like I know something about them….
I’ve been seeing a lot of twin tails on the back people say it keeps it from rolling over
That looks like my fishing spot on the Potomac.
The difference between the color of my wife's makeup and the color of my bait is that my wife will always look good to me no matter what color she puts on but the fish might not want my bait!😉
I put a blue tail worm on my black and blue chatter bait about 4 to 5” could that work or is that dum to do ?
Hey Brian! I was wondering what your opinion was on micro guides ... especially on heavy cover frog/punching rods??
I don’t have any rods with those!
@@BrianLatimerFishing input appreciated
Hey brian ive been watching for a while. Just had a question could u help me find a tournament trail to follow im a freshman and havent fished a tournament yet but have been fishing since i was i dont even know. My school doesnt have a team and i dont know how to make one. I just need to start competing so i can catch up to the other anglers that have been fishin tournaments for years. Thx blat love the vids
Hey Brian, awesome video great content as usual what rod size and power do you recommend and what line size?
CC is calling it a “chaturbate”, I thought this was a fishing video 😂
Geezzz dont be giving out that secret underrated Crosseyez lol
Thanks sir!! I fish Guntersville, pretty much exclusively. What is your POV on the "go to size" 3.8 or 1/2? As always Brian, get content. Thank you!
You need them all!
Thank you for sharing!
My pleasure!
Thank you for this video
It makes sense now 😎
Glad to hear it!
Another great video. I bet everyone goes and gets a goat since u said not to. Lol
Great video, thanks!
Glad you liked it!
Any recommendations on a good all around size to use?
You need them all
When chatterbait fishing, is it always a constant reel or do you ever pause the retrieve like with a crankbait?
All the above. Watch me reeling in the chatterbait video listed in the description.
I like my spinning rod, can I throw a chatter bait effectively on a spinning setup?
If you fee like you’re hitting your marks then go for it!
Bruh……..I don’t even like bass fishing, yet here I am…….lol ❤
My favorite bait aside from a drop shot
Everyons says use a slow reel but i dont run my reel like im beati g eggs. Always ran 7 speed reels and im used to the slow wind. I rel fast after im hooked up. Dont wanna race just to retrieve a lure. Whatever you are used to.
For me it's all white or black and blue. What's your preference? Chatterbaits or spinnerbaits? I know you can throw them both in the same places mostly.
I haven't tried a chatter bait yet, but spinners are my all time go to lure - they always seem to work, and can be slow rolled near the bottom or burned and waked near the surface, and when fish bite, they choke em.
Love the video
I rarely catch anything on chatterbaits. I’ve tried everything but I keep watching these videos trying to figure out what I’m missing.
Same, i cant catch anything on chatter baits or spinner baits, ive tried all the different retrieves. Dont know what im doing wrong
Flounder love cb’s so do reds
What length and what string rod do you use