I'm in the process of tying up jigs & chatterbaits for the swap so I'm just putting this out there trolling for ideas.
Any info you care to share, head style/color/size, skirt colors or little modifications you make would all be helpful.
I wish I had customized spinnerbaits and chatterbaits to my choice.
One thing I want is a crawdad pattern chatterbait. This means the face plate is not silver or gold, but brown, red, etc. A trailer keeper is necessary, something to hold the trailer on good.
For a baitfish pattern I would want bucktail as opposed to rubber skirts. Want durability. Also, a weedguard. I love fishing them for pike and bass in weedy areas, a little more weedlessness is a huge plus.
#1705663 - 01/24/1709:19 AM
Re: Favorite Freshwater Bass Jig & Chatterbait Color Patterns
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onthewater102
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I've played with some options for coloring the blades, getting the final finish to be durable seems to be the trick - spray painting them is certainly the easiest but it wears fairly easily.
Bucktail jigs with a weedguard for pike fishing...now that's an idea.
I'm tying the chatterbaits with a trailer keeper design that I found in a youtube video by Aaron Martens.
I meant spinner baits with bucktail and a weed guard, but a big weed less bucktail jig with a big paddle tail trailer would be good for pike I would think.
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if you have face book check out Bryant's custom jigs and Al Rubosky, both make custom jigs/chatterbaits, spinner baits, under spins etc... They are top of the line, built to last. Also, rocky ledge makes some awesome spinner baits too.
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Well, I have plenty of chatterbaits left over (sizes from 1/4oz -> 1oz variety of colors), and quite a few blue/black arkie jigs in 3/8oz & 1/2oz. I'll ship them out to anyone interested using flat rate boxes in groups of 5 chatterbaits or 8 jigs for $20, $4 per additional chatterbait, $2.50 per additional jig. All chatterbaits use stainless clips, stainless blades, Mustad hooks, hand tied skirts along with a hand tied bait keeper.
#1708510 - 03/02/1710:06 AM
Re: Favorite Freshwater Bass Jig & Chatterbait Color Patterns
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I make them from both football and arkie (boxing glove) jigs in the following sizes & notes as to what I have readily available:
1/4 oz (blue-black only, football heads only) 3/8 oz (lots of colors in football heads, a few arkies) 1/2 oz (even mix of football & arkies left) 3/4 oz (football only) 1 oz (football only)
I have the following patterns left from the swap -
Blue/Black w/ clear scale belly on a blue jighead:
Pearl white/chartreuse with a clear scale belly on a pearl w/silver & black flake jighead:
Craw - Pumpkin w/ red flake & banded brown w/ green flake back with orange accent belly on a watermelon w/red flake head
Golden Shiner - Gold scale back, clear w/ green flake sides & body with orange belly accent on an mottled orange/green head with green flake
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