Everyone who is boosting the effectiveness of JH's needs to quit posting about them. There's a reason all the pros are dropping thousands of dollars on them and If you aren't on the bandwagon already it might be too late

I dont believe ANYONE is dropping thousands on them.... Thats called marketing. And it seems to be working if you pay attention to how often this comes up on here.

Well I sipped the Kool-Aid and am eating my own words. Friend of mine posted some Jackhammers for sale and he gut hooked me. Gave $150 for 13 of them, 2 of which are the TG version.
I gotta quit shopping when I'm drunk.

If Airforcefishin would chime in, he can give a real life experience on the difference between the original and the jackhammer.

There�s no doubt at certain times in December on Sam Rayburn the JH will outfish the original about 10 to 0.

Have 6 or 7 JH's and about the same number of Thumpers. I've gotten to where I don't look at the blade when I grab a new bait, and really can't tell a marked difference in catching. So for me the Thumper is a great bait and value.

I will tell you right now bigfishtx did what he always does to me.... that is catch way more fish and show me the difference in buying quality baits.

We were fishing a derby on rayburn running down a bank and he was throwing the JH and I was throwing the original in pretty much the same set up..... I could not get a bite and he was wearing them out. I finally asked for one and we went back down the same bank and it was on. No doubt in my mind they are worth the money and a better bait.

Well I finally got to toss one of the Jackhammers I bought the other day. Have to admit it seems to have a more erratic action compared to the original chatterbait. Went out for a few hours this afternoon after the rain passed and managed to catch 4 keepers.

Had the same old.original chatterbait on this weekend when I saw a nice fish in 3 ft of water with a smaller fish. I cast the chatterbait past her about 20 ft and reeled it about 2 ft from her and she turned and hammered it.

A buddy and I just bought about $5k worth of gear from another buddy that is moving to Alaska for $2k and there is about $300 worth of Jackhammers in the box. Will tie one on next trip and fish side by side to see if they bite one better than the other, although my chatterbait bait bite is likely winding down.

So after reading all the posts I'm going to pick up 1($$ for me!) jackhammer and try it out just to see. And also ordered a few Finch nasty baits to see how they work. I do like the idea of a EWG hook with the finch bait.

I have used the basic Zman for years and really like them. Cheap and they can catch some damn fish! I think last season almost 80% of my fish came off of them. The club guy wouldn't even ask what I caught my fish on for the article we put out he would just write "chatterbait"! I skip em, flip em, slow roll them deep, ones with different trailers to see what action they prefer, and carry dozens of extra skirts cus its super easy to change em out. Sometimes the hooks don't hold up as well but its usually a trash fish that wrecks them not a bass. On the "new" originals that have recently been changed I "don't" like-
the line tie from the clip to a twist. wasn't broke before and I think it changes the action. And have noticed that on some of the more expensive models they have gone back to the clip over the twist.
the subdued skirts. for me part of the action was seeing the skirt flare as it went along and with any extra rod twitch.

They are worth the money.