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Title: Chatterbait
Post by: Duke on April 20, 2006, 09:58:32 AM
Anyone have much success with a Chatterbait yet? I have been using them for 3 weeks now and have had minimal success thus far. I think its a great bait and I anticipate it being great; maybe I haven't got it all figured out yet.

Duke
Title: Re: Chatterbait
Post by: McCarter on April 20, 2006, 10:02:01 AM
The only thing i can say about the chatterbait so far is South Carolina bass dont like them buzzing around there beds.

We will see how the Michigan bass feel about them soon!

PoorBoy himself :-\'
Title: Re: Chatterbait
Post by: Cy on April 20, 2006, 12:27:52 PM
Are there any local retailers selling them yet?  By local I mean West Michigan local.  I thought about ordering some from the web but I haven't yet.  I was thinking I would wait until someone had them local.

Cfruel
Title: Re: Chatterbait
Post by: blakstr1 on April 20, 2006, 12:57:06 PM
its going to take a solid 6 to 8 weeks to get them from the Rad Lures website.  It seems it might be a while to get them up here, they are pretty easy to find down south though.  I brought 3 back from the Bassmaster Classic but them ended up selling them on eBay for $18-20 each. (paid $6.50 at the Classic)..i've got a few on order from radlures, been waiting about a month now.
Title: Re: Chatterbait
Post by: Revtro on April 20, 2006, 01:02:48 PM
Well, I threw the sale papers out, so this info is incomplete but I got sale papers the other day from both Cabela's and BPS.  One of them had a chatterbait imitation from another company.  They claim they are in stock and only 3 bucks and change.  They pretty much look identical.  If you can find whichever sale paper this was, you may have good luck getting these instead of waiting for the originals.

On that note, (Just my opinion) the original is the innovation, but that doesn't mean follow up versions from other companies aren't as good or even better in some cases.  So check them out.  If I figure out which store had them, I'll make another post about it.  Sorry I can't be more specific.
Title: Re: Chatterbait
Post by: bcbasser on April 20, 2006, 01:04:10 PM
I have had some success with them...I have fished them like a jig...and slow. They put a ton of vibration off by just lifting your rod tip and setting it back down!!!
Title: Re: Chatterbait
Post by: blakstr1 on April 20, 2006, 01:06:55 PM
Gambler unveiled their version down at the Classic.  they look almost identical and according to Gambler ::) they are better built, they do seem to use a better hook and the bait itself seemed to be tied together a bit better.  I heard complaints from guys using the original Rad Lures models that they broke rather easy, of course they were hauling 9# Florida bass so who knows.  Rad Lures is definitely the innovator but time will tell who has the best I guess....maybe the price and availability will dictate.
Title: Re: Chatterbait
Post by: bcbasser on April 20, 2006, 01:13:50 PM
I also have the Gambler version but I have not yet used them...they do offer some better colos but all you have to do with any of them is put a skirt on em...The blade on the gambler version is a little heavier and uses a split ring instead of a swivle direct...I do like that better!!! I also think that the gambler has a better hook!!
Title: Re: Chatterbait
Post by: Revtro on April 20, 2006, 01:13:56 PM
Yep, they're from Gambler.  I just found them at BPS.  They are cheaper in the sale paper, but here's the link.
http://www.basspro.com/servlet/catalog.TextId?hvarTextId=78307&hvarTarget=search&cmCat=SearchResults
Title: Re: Chatterbait
Post by: Cheetam on April 20, 2006, 02:09:30 PM
The chatterbait is really a variation of the Eaker Shaker which was introduced in the late 90's (it was actually an ICAST winner if memory serves me).  It can be attached to any lure really, not just jigs.  It was marketed as a way to turn any bait into a crankbait.  If they haven't already, I'm sure these will be fetching some outrageous prices soon...
Title: Re: Chatterbait
Post by: blakstr1 on April 20, 2006, 02:20:27 PM
yeah their sales have went up a bit on eBay...you can virtually turn any bait into a chatterbait type..
Title: Re: Chatterbait
Post by: blakstr1 on April 20, 2006, 07:24:14 PM

lots of new happenings with the Chatterbait!!  This from Bassfan...


Chatterbait to Renosky? 4/20/2006
Indications point to Renosky Lure Inc. as the new owner of the Chatterbait. BassFans may know Renosky through its Bionic Minnow and Boomerang Fishing Pro infomercials, as well as its line of "hybird" baits that combine metal and soft-plastic.

BassFans may also remember that owner Joe Renosky was a former member of the Banjo Buddies Inc. (BBI) board of directors. BBI marketed the Banjo Minnow, and later brought a trademark-infringement suit against Joe Renosky for his marketing of the Bionic Minnow. That suit was successful.



Chatterbait sold? 4/20/2006

A reliable source told BassFan that a company has acquired the Chatterbait, and possibly Rad Lures. BassFan was not able to confirm the news with Rad Lures owner Ron Davis, and calls to Rad Lures are now being routed to a call center.

The same source indicated that the new Chatterbait owner plans to market the Chatterbait through an infomercial, and the bait will be exclusive to two large retailers, one of which is believed to be Wal-Mart.

BassFan will continue to report new news as it becomes available.


Title: Re: Chatterbait
Post by: ronhuntfish on April 20, 2006, 08:33:21 PM
QuoteChatterbait sold? 4/20/2006

So, there may be a chance that the order I put in in Feb., and still has not come, may not come at all???

Oh well.
Title: Re: Chatterbait
Post by: fowlmouth on April 20, 2006, 10:37:04 PM
I sure hope they still fill the orders, I ordered late Feb and haven't heard a word. The Ups & Fedex guys must think I'm stalkin' em. I watch em comin' down the road like kids chasing the ice cream truck.
Title: Re: Chatterbait
Post by: djkimmel on April 20, 2006, 11:38:17 PM
Hey fellow anglers - if you do order the Gamblers from BPS online, please consider clicking on the BPS affiliate link (graphic on the right side of the page) on this page to get to BPS online. You'll help GreatLakesBass.com out a little. Thanks.
Title: Re: Chatterbait
Post by: MaizeNBlue on April 21, 2006, 12:39:54 AM
I just got 2 chatterbaits, that I ordered about 2 months ago, really forgot about them, happy to see them, now just need to throw them!!!! Looking at them, seems a lot of talk, for small piece of cut sheet metal, we shall see.
Title: Re: Chatterbait
Post by: blakstr1 on April 21, 2006, 06:57:50 AM
they walk the walk and talk the talk.  ;D  they do have an awesome action.
Title: Re: Chatterbait
Post by: blakstr1 on April 23, 2006, 01:30:49 PM
Chatterbait update 4/21/2006
BassFan received a communication from Rad Lures president Ron Davis that corrected a previous BassFan Dock Talk item. In that item, BassFan speculated that the Rad Lures Chatterbait had been sold to Renosky Lures Inc. Not so, wrote Davis.

Here's the written communication from Davis in its entirety:

"Rad Lures Fishing Products Inc. has not been sold to, or transferred any rights concerning the intellectual property revolving around the Chatterbait, to Renosky Lures. Renosky Lures is, however, being utilized to aid in manufacturing and distribution of the Chatterbait product line.

"Mr. Renosky has been a great asset in not only improving the cosmetics of the Chatterbait, but to help bridge the gap to many large retailers. For the past 3 months, the major goal for Rad Lures has been to secure the needed relationships to efficiently supply the extreme demand for this product line.

"In addition, we're striving for improvement in form as well as function of the Chatterbait in order to supply the serious bass fishermen with new 'tools' designed to perform at the highest levels of competitive bass fishing."


Title: Re: Chatterbait
Post by: djkimmel on April 23, 2006, 03:56:18 PM
Sounds like a smart business man.
Title: Re: Chatterbait
Post by: fowlmouth on April 24, 2006, 03:35:55 PM
Just got an e-mail from Rad lures, says they will ship my order from Feb in next week or so. Also says they have changed the blades and they are now silver or gold plated. I sure hope mass-producing by another manufacturer will not change the effectiveness of it.
Title: Re: Chatterbait
Post by: ronhuntfish on April 25, 2006, 09:42:20 PM
FYI.
The Gambler version from BPS is also on back order if you order from them.  Not sure how long it would take.
Title: Re: Chatterbait
Post by: McCarter on April 26, 2006, 09:06:27 AM
It looks like LandBigFish.com has the Gambler version as well as the new Venom Rattle Shake, another chatterbait imitator in stock.

Use the link on this site to get to the landbigfish.com site and check them out.

PoorBoy himself :-\'
Title: Re: Chatterbait
Post by: chase5004 on April 26, 2006, 10:18:01 AM
Hey guys it been long time since I last posted. Nice to back in the game.

For what it's worth I was strolling through the Lansing Gander Mountain (I-69 and M-43) on Monday, and I located the Chatterbait. The original one from Rad Lures. I only found about 6 or 8, all in 3/8 oz, white with silver blade. They seemed to be in an odd place, because if I really was not paying attention I would not have seen them. Any way thought a few of you guys might like to know that. I would have gotten some however I got mine a long time ago. They were priced at $7.99.

By the way I have used the Gambler and Rad Lure versions in Florida this past winter. They both worked good. I did notice the Gambler version tended to run a little higher in the water column. You really had to fish it slow to get it down deeper. Even fishing it extremely slow it gave off great action.

Pat
Title: Re: Chatterbait
Post by: Cheetam on April 26, 2006, 04:39:46 PM
And yet another alternative:

http://www.bayououtdoors.com/ (http://www.bayououtdoors.com/)

It doesn't say they are out of stock, but who knows...
Title: Re: Chatterbait
Post by: Cheetam on April 27, 2006, 03:48:37 PM
Quote from: jcheetam on April 26, 2006, 04:39:46 PM
And yet another alternative:

http://www.bayououtdoors.com/ (http://www.bayououtdoors.com/)

It doesn't say they are out of stock, but who knows...

Just an FYI...I put in an order for three of their "chatter" baits yesterday (utilized my 10% ABA discount btw) and got a shipping confirmation today...looks like their version is in stock and ready to go...
Title: Re: Chatterbait
Post by: fiker on April 27, 2006, 04:48:11 PM
Why can't I just take an old jig, a piece of sheet metal, a Wayne Carpenter tube trailer, a ring, and a snap experient a little and make my own?
Title: Re: Chatterbait
Post by: Cheetam on April 27, 2006, 04:53:32 PM
Quote from: fiker50 on April 27, 2006, 04:48:11 PM
Why can't I just take an old jig, a piece of sheet metal, a Wayne Carpenter tube trailer, a ring, and a snap experient a little and make my own?
There's plenty of people doing that Rick...in fact, I have two at home I made out of an Altoids box...I haven't had a chance to throw them yet, but I can only imagine the looks on people's faces when I tell them I caught all of my fish on a homemade, Mint-scented chatterbait  :D
Title: Re: Chatterbait
Post by: joshimoto son on April 27, 2006, 05:09:52 PM
HA!!!!!

I finally got one that cheetam didn't get to before me.

Try this link also for a chatterbait alternative

http://www.olbigplastics.com/about_us.html

Hey Jeff!!!!

Hi buddy...

Sorry to hear about the new paint job that PB gave your vehicle.
Title: Re: Chatterbait
Post by: bshaner on April 27, 2006, 08:49:32 PM
I just got a Lunker Lure Rattleback with a Gamakatsu hook.  Looks pretty solid, hoping it lives up to this reputation the chatterbaits have.  We'll see how it compares.  [REMOVED - see No Links Policy List (http://www.greatlakesbass.com/forum/index.php?topic=11129.0)] has several of them in stock.

Brian
Title: Re: Chatterbait
Post by: Cheetam on April 27, 2006, 10:00:11 PM
Quote from: joshimoto son on April 27, 2006, 05:09:52 PM

Hey Jeff!!!!

Hi buddy...

Sorry to hear about the new paint job that PB gave your vehicle.
Darn Greek food...rice does that to some people...lol.
Title: Re: Chatterbait
Post by: djkimmel on April 28, 2006, 12:18:03 AM
Wasn't it Mann's that sold the blade separately. I had them for years without trying them almost at all on various lures. Too much Great Lakes smallmouth fishing with other stuff.
Title: Re: Chatterbait
Post by: Cheetam on April 28, 2006, 08:55:09 AM
Quote from: djkimmel on April 28, 2006, 12:18:03 AM
Wasn't it Mann's that sold the blade separately. I had them for years without trying them almost at all on various lures. Too much Great Lakes smallmouth fishing with other stuff.
I'm not sure if it was originally Mann's, but Eagle Claw sells the Eaker Shaker.
Title: Re: Chatterbait
Post by: djkimmel on April 30, 2006, 11:37:10 PM
I think that is the one I'm thinking of. I know that's the one I have a pack of somewhere.
Title: Re: Chatterbait
Post by: Duke on May 01, 2006, 02:59:20 PM
Had a small club tourney Saturday and started catching a few on Chatterbait early on, then my partner starting waxing me with a rat-l-trap so I switched to it and caught more with it than the chatterbait. I thought I was cool at first because I had a bait he didn't ;D then reality kicked in  >:(.

Duke
Title: Re: Chatterbait
Post by: Shayne Cleveland on May 01, 2006, 03:07:50 PM
I was out fishing yesterday and watched 2 guys catch 3 fish on the chatterbait. I was catching fish on what I was throwing so I know it was working as good as what I was using.

Might have to break down and join the chatterbait team :D

Or maybe I'll just wait till everyone is using one and then follow them with my 1960 crankbait. I can say the fish haven't see that one in a while ;)
Title: Re: Chatterbait
Post by: NEOFISH on May 02, 2006, 11:36:03 AM
You guys are killing me with all this chatterbait talk. :D
It's a piece of tin!!!!!  But it's fun listening to all hysteria!
Title: Re: Chatterbait
Post by: Cheetam on May 04, 2006, 08:48:08 AM
Quote from: NEOFISH on May 02, 2006, 11:36:03 AM
You guys are killing me with all this chatterbait talk. :D
It's a piece of tin!!!!!? But it's fun listening to all hysteria!
I know some guys who get equally as excited talking about the Tin Man from the Wizard of Oz...the bad thing about him though is he rusts when he gets wet and loses most of his action...
Title: Re: Chatterbait
Post by: joshimoto son on May 04, 2006, 09:17:46 AM
I just received two of the Gambler chatterbait style lures yesterday from BPS.

I have not thrown them yet, but I found that the split ring holding the "tin" to the jig was binding in the eye due to the paint from dipping the jig.
I had to clean the paint from the eye and it freed it up a bit.

I'm going to try them out today to make sure it has the same action as the rad Lure version.

I also noticed that the Gamgler blade does not have the edges bent liked the Rad Lure does.

joshimoto son ;D
Title: Re: Chatterbait
Post by: fishon1219 on May 04, 2006, 09:36:59 AM
I probably shoudnt post this, but being the team player I am I want all of you to join in the fun. I was at Dick's sporting goods in novi on tuesday night and they have an end cap with about 200 origanial rad lures chatterbaits on sale for $5.99. They have a limit of 10 per customer. I don't know if all of the stores have them, but the one in novi has a bunch. Good luck.
Title: Re: Chatterbait
Post by: fowlmouth on May 05, 2006, 11:28:15 PM
just got back from saginaw/ bought 3 of the last 5 at Dicks $5.99 each Gander Mountain had them for $7.99, but had more colors in stock. still have not received my order since feb from RAD
Title: Re: Chatterbait
Post by: Cy on May 14, 2006, 09:40:20 PM
On Wednesday I was at the Dick's in Grandville at the Rivertown Crossing Mall, for those you not from the West Side.  They have the Chatterbait as well.  They were $5.99 but I didn't notice a per customer limit.  I bought a couple but haven't had time to use them.

Cy
Title: Re: Chatterbait
Post by: fowlmouth on May 14, 2006, 11:45:59 PM
finally tried the chatterbait this morning, 7 strikes, missed all but one. maybe I was just a liitle over eager, but I might be trying a trailer soon.
Title: Re: Chatterbait
Post by: Duke on May 16, 2006, 09:21:25 AM
I always use a trailer on mine.
Title: Re: Chatterbait
Post by: djkimmel on May 17, 2006, 01:50:07 AM
Dicks Sporting Goods in Lansing doesn't have any and never heard of them... figures. I wanted to try a couple.
Title: Re: Chatterbait
Post by: Grandbass on May 17, 2006, 07:32:42 AM
Dan,

Dicks in Lansing does have them. I just bought a few this past week. They didnt have many left. They are not in a easy spot to find. Just look really hard in the spinnerbait isle....
Title: Re: Chatterbait
Post by: djkimmel on May 17, 2006, 12:57:29 PM
That figures - the guy I asked looked dumbfounded. I looked at the spinnerbait/jig aisle and didn't see them, but if there were ony a handful I probably looked right past them... or maybe they're gone now.

That's what I get for trusting the store 'fishing guy.'

The other possibility is that VinceR went in and bought them, then paid off the guy to be silent about it...
Title: Re: Chatterbait
Post by: Cy on May 17, 2006, 11:47:14 PM
Hey Guys,

For those of you interested, I recieved an email from D&R Sports today and they say they have the Chatterbait.  I think the email said they are getting $7.99 for them.  You can check them out at there online store.

Cy
Title: Re: Chatterbait
Post by: djkimmel on May 23, 2006, 10:45:41 PM
Just click the D & R logo at the right to go to their web site. D & R also ships fast - 800-992-1520. About the fastest way to get something you need in a hurry.
Title: Re: Chatterbait
Post by: HellaBass on July 12, 2006, 01:58:39 PM
Here is a bunch of info on Chatterbaits - http://bassinblog.richlindgren.com/2006/04/12/more-chatterbait-options.aspx