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anyone use them on the flats? i found a few in a tackle box in my barn that i forgot i had. several years ago i caught one of the biggest largemouth i've ever seen on one at piney-z. just curious if they work in saltwater too.

i love going through old fishing stuff

It's always worth a try.. You might hookup with that old rouge 30" trout somewhere out there on the flats....

When I was a young un, we fished the salt rarely. An elderly friend of the families told us to just use bass lures and we would catch trout. We caught them on everything, spinnerbaits, topwater, brokeback rapalas, even worm fishing. Ignorance was bliss but we caught fish.

There is actually a saltwater version of the Chatterbait. It has a soft plastic minnow body rather than a skirt. It will catch a red.

mbweimar wrote:anyone use them on the flats? i found a few in a tackle box in my barn that i forgot i had. several years ago i caught one of the biggest largemouth i've ever seen on one at piney-z. just curious if they work in saltwater too.

i love going through old fishing stuff

where do you put in at piney z? where is the best place to get to that lake? ha

I fish chatter bats reagularly for redfish. They work great.

tin can wrote:There is actually a saltwater version of the Chatterbait. It has a soft plastic minnow body rather than a skirt. It will catch a red.

This man speaks truth...
And the freshwater version works just fine too...

Anky fish do not like chatter baits...of any kind! And most especially that BEDONKDONKRATTLEDONKTHATWON"TWALKTHEDOGDONK that everyone was talking about last couple of years. I bought one in the WalMart get rid of these quickly basket for 1.25 and the hooks rusted out on the third cast.

tin can wrote:There is actually a saltwater version of the Chatterbait. It has a soft plastic minnow body rather than a skirt. It will catch a red.

It will catch a lot of reds fished in rocky holes in tidal creeks in the winter time.

For this, any color will work as long as its red or brown.

i think ill take a couple out there with me next time i go. i wish i still had a pic of the bass i caught at piney z. that thing had to be 10+

setty, to answer your question, you have to go in through piney z plantation. its a subdivision near lincoln high school. all the way in the back is the park. its hand launch only, so its tough to get anything but a yak in there. i dont think they allow outboards either. ALSO, there are gators out there that are just as big as my 14ft jon boat...be very careful!

tin can wrote:There is actually a saltwater version of the Chatterbait. It has a soft plastic minnow body rather than a skirt. It will catch a red.

Saw the saltwater Chatterbiats at Walmart on hwy 90 east. Several colors, several weights, 1/8 oz, 1/4 oz and colors. The package indicates the bait is weed-less and when you bend the metal chatter-plate, you can change the depth the bait swims. The package says it the bait has it all, color, flash as wells as vibration. All this for about $6 a shot. This one looks like the fish would easily find it in murky water... The one I saw a Walmart had distinct eyes



Here is the one TC was referring to :

Where is it made ??

mbweimar wrote:setty, to answer your question, you have to go in through piney z plantation. its a subdivision near lincoln high school. all the way in the back is the park. its hand launch only, so its tough to get anything but a yak in there. i dont think they allow outboards either. ALSO, there are gators out there that are just as big as my 14ft jon boat...be very careful!

thanks man, i dont want to risk my life with the gators. any hints on other lakes in town that hold nice bass?

lake hall in maclay gardens holds HUGE bass, catfish, bluegill, ect. i've been fishing that lake for years, and still havent figured out any good patterns. the water is clear and deep, so your forced to use light line.