pete mustfish Loc: Oregon

I will be fishing for largemouth bass in a lake in southern Oregon and wish any advice on how to fish chatterbaits. The lake is no deeper that 20 feet anywhere. Someone mentioned adding a trailer- does that mean a soft plastic, swimbait or trailer hook? thanks, pmf

saw1 Loc: nor cal Windsor

Usually they mean a soft plastic trailer. Either a swimbait or curly tail grub.

DeeJay Loc: Southwest Virginia

If you are fishing around deep cover, cast the bait out let it sink to the bottom, take up all slack, jerk the rod until you feel the blade vibrate, let it fall again on semi tight line while taking in slack line, when the bait touches the bottom, jerk again and follow the same routine. If you are targeting suspended fish,, count it down to the depth you want, and use the same routine , keeping the bait in the desired depth. If the bait stops on the fall jerk, possible hit. Sometimes I'll use a creature bait as a trailer. They usually have 2 long trailers on the end. If you use a large, long bait you may need to bite (cut) the head off to shorten it some. I use it shallow water also, just move it a little faster, yoyo it in around cover, trees, brush. All lakes are different in what triggers a hit, experiment with different retrieves to find a pattern. Keep fishing, DEEJAY

pete mustfish Loc: Oregon

Thank you folks- good advice.

Jer Loc: N. Illinois 🇺🇸

This video was posted yesterday by Tactical Bassin. Shows several baits and trailers. I hope this helps.
https://youtu.be/V9lJ960e1YI

pete mustfish Loc: Oregon

Many thanks friend.

HenryG Loc: Falmouth Cape Cod Massachusetts

Flukes(soft jerkbaits work well) swimbaits you want to put with the paddle tail facing up( upside down) so it moves with the chatter and not against it hindering the action of the rig

pete mustfish Loc: Oregon

interesting-thanks a lot

saw1 Loc: nor cal Windsor

That's right Henry. Good point.