Chatterbaits
are king in spring!
By
Luigi De Rose
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| Brett Hite with the new JackHammer. (Photo: James Overstreet) |
The
chatterbait has now claimed its second Bass Elite victory in a row and doesn't
seem to be losing any steam. Any vibrating jig sporting a coffin shaped blade
has been filing livewells across the south for over two months. When bass swim
shallow its chatterbait time.
One
angler who has built a career on the back of a vibrating jig has been Arizona
angler Brett Hite. Hite needed to learn how to compete on grass lakes so he
decided to learn the chatterbait. This investment had claimed both his FLW
wins and another two victories on the BASS Elite Tour. Brett almost grabbed
another win this past weekend at Winyah Bay but was edged out by Britt Myers
who also fished a chatterbait to claim his first BASS trophy.
In
the courts, Z-Man lures has received the rights to manufacture the
Chatterbait and has laid claim to any versions of this popular
lure. Choices have become very limited. Elite pro Brett Hite has turned to
Japanese based Evergreen International, one of his sponsors, to craft his own
version called the Jackhammer. We know almost nothing about this bait. All that
has been released is that Morizo Shimizu and Brett Hite teamed up to create it
and for many that is all that is needed to give it a seal of approval.
Don’t expect to find the
JackHammer at your local bait shop. This is a web only purchase for now. If you like
fishing something new or different than this is a great springtime purchase.
