Never caught a giant on a Chatterbait but I have caught three over 12 on one

I don't know if this coorelates with other people, but throwing this out there to see if the data can be verified. I fish a lake (Grapevine lake) which doesn't have vegetation. It's rocks, with an occasional piece of submerged (brush, log,or concrete block). I have used it during the daytime, and prob caught one fish since I have had them. 99% of my fish are caught at night slowly bumping the bait on hard structure. I have many light colors which i have used on other lakes, which have grass/moss. But it's black/blue, a perch, or pumpkin color scheme at night that connects with fish. When the lake has dropped pretty low below pool, it really does good on rip-rap as I think the crawfish burrowed deep below the rocks get pushed out of their homes. If I see the snakes on the banks, it's on like donkey kong at night. With that said, daytime fishing is a head scratcher for me. I throw it, but i can pull out the spinnerbait and it kicks the chatterbait in the ding ding during the day. I fish both as slow as i can, making sure i am making contact with the nottom with an added (erratic speed change, or pop of the rod while reeling). In the daytime the spinnerbait wins hands down, at night it's 50/50 between the spinnerbait/chatterbait. I tried several inexpensive chatterbaits, and didn't think it would make any difference on the manufacturer. If i get hung up, i will pull up whatever Im hung up on if it's small. Well i found a chatterbait in a orange color scheme, with a yamamoto trailer one day. I started using the damn thing and it flat feickin caught fish, and when it finally was lost I tracked down the manufacturer. It was a thunder cricket chatterbait, and i was shocked at the price. Bought several, and still using them today. Don't know why they seem to work better, and it might all be in my head. Anyhoo, for lakes without grass do any of you have the same results during the daytime? My fishing mentor catches fish all the time with a white chatterbait with a long white trailer during the daytime, but i might just be holding my mouth wrong.

Prosise

Never caught a giant on a Chatterbait but I have caught three over 12 on one

Never caught a giant on a Chatterbait but I have caught three over 12 on one

I’ve got one in black and purple. Probably got an hour plus throwing it, haven’t had anything take a swing at it yet.

I had trouble catching fish on them when they first came out. Then a couple of things changed for me. I was watching Jacob Wheeler dealing out some heartbreak and misery on some bass with it in a tournament he won and saw that his trailer looked just like the Lake Fork Tackle Magic Shad. I had about a hundred of them but had never used them on a Chatterbait. I was also working at Bass Pro and the Chatterbaits I was using all had some really erratic movement to them. With my discount and a sale going on I ended up for some reason buying about 20 of the old ZMan Original series Chatterbaits in 3/8 ounce size. What I found out was they really just came straight back after a cast and when I started slow rolling them back I could really be precise with bringing them right next to dock poles or bushes or any structure and control where I wanted it. I immediately started catching fish on them working them this way and got a ton of confidence and have one tied on year round now and it has become one of my 5 confidence baits.