What is the Best Chatterbait? - Chatterbait Comparison (Underwater Fishing Lures)

Chatterbaits or bladed jigs are popular bass fishing baits. The Z-man Original has been around for a long time and does the job well. Z-man has released many other versions of chatterbaits, and other manufacturers have begun building bladed jigs now as well. Here we offer chatterbait tips and review the features of a variety of chatterbaits/bladed jigs to help you understand the differences, and we test them all underwater with slow-motion cameras so you can see how those differences in their components cause them to act differently underwater.

We tested these chatterbaits and trailers:

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[kayakfishingtactics]

This is awesome content. Lot of hard work filming the baits in action, and I'm sure it took a great deal of time on the editing side too. Amazing job.

[timdarnell]

The original ZMan is all you need. It's a proven fish catcher and affordable.

[TheCrapcakes]

Fantastic! I'm headed to restock my bass lures this week and this video was much appreciated!

[JohnWilliams-qxvk]

I have watched a few of your videos, I find them very informative, and greatly appreciate your no nonsense approach. Great job !

[dantwaites]

Just a tip, the best trailer for a chatterbait to keep its action is a spunk shad trailer

[joefernandezhorsemanship]

Very good content here, I just started using chatterbaits. Thank you.

[tonyfloro]

Underwater footage from guys like you & John Costello @My Lure Box have UPPED my game heeeaps. Knowledge has LVL UP.🤙🏽
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[adam]

Awesome video! Hard to tell if I really prefer the elite, or if that color combo is just a stunner!

[DrSlick]

Really good advice. I subscribed immediately, but, I can’t help notice that we have preferences about how the lures look. But what is more important is the preference lies with the fish.

[funkymojo]

New sub., thanks for making this video. I know it was a lot of work. I bought an og chatter yrs ago and didn't even get bites on it. It got stuck in a tree and I left it there😡. 3 yrs ago I purchased 6 new chatters on special and dedicated several trips to learning how to use them. My collection has grown to 15 since our local lake was drained down last yr. I found 1 that I had lost and many more that got snagged in between the rocks to their watery tombs. Still use some times but find spring-summer with a little green vegetation works best.

[DONT.BUY.MAJOR.CRAFT-BAD.RODS.]

The elite is my favotite. Great video.

[williampulley]

I've caught my biggest bass using the Original. Haven't tried the others yet but I'll likely give the Stealth a shot at some point.

[pointbreak]

The Zman Stealth Blade is excellent for super tough conditions when bass are sensitive to flashing things

[charlesfitzgerald]

Awesome video, after watching the underwater footage, I didn’t see a really drastic difference, to me, the original looked the best, but I didn’t like the hook being high, the elite was great, but the skirt didn’t move like the original, so I’m torn, but I don’t think I’ll be buying the expensive ones now because the cheap ones looked great. Thanks for the video.

[nickgentry]

Really enjoyed this video and definitely loved the underwater action footage and provided analysis. This is the type of video content I wish was more available for several different baits and/or techniques because it helps you see the action of the different models or competitor’s model allowing me to take notes on a lot of different aspects. Was not aware of all the subtle differences between each model Chatterbait.
Now I may start buying more of the Project Z’s than the Jackhammers. Keep up the great video content!

[gillesacremant]

Je ne parle pas bien l'anglais,
mais qu'importe, vos images sont magnifiques et très parlantes !

[yaksa_y]

Fantastic video! Im looking for some chatterbait instruction recently, and this is absolutely what im looking for! Also your knot videos are really helpful! Keep going bro! Only few things i'd like to know, does chatterbait work on walleye or other species? I assume 3.3 inch is the best size for the trailer on Z-man Elite? and I feel pearl or white color works very well, what do you think of color?

[hectormauriciomelendezalvi]

What its better? Without trailer or with trailer?? Thanks

[hamiddrazza]

Can we use chatterbait without trailer for snakehead fishing?

[calmck]

Long curly tale trailer on the chatterbait