SIUBASSER Posted December 12, 2018 Report Share Posted December 12, 2018 (edited) Hey guys. I looked through the site but cant seem to find a thread about the issue I am having. I am making vibrating jigs using the Do-It Sparky mold. I am opening the hook eyes up and attaching the blades directly to the eye. The baits look great and run really well at slow speed. The issue is when I reel them faster they blow out and roll over. I am having the issue with both the 3/8 oz and the 1/2 oz. The only thing I can figure is that the eye is too close to the head. However, when I look at other vibrating jigs they don't look any different. As always I appreciate an help you guys can give. Thanks Edited December 12, 2018 by SIUBASSER Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mark poulson Posted December 12, 2018 Report Share Posted December 12, 2018 I found that bending the top of the blade lets me fish a chatterbait faster without blowing out. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
21xdc Posted December 12, 2018 Report Share Posted December 12, 2018 Post a pic. You don't have enough "keel" to keep the it tracking correctly for the blade size. Reduce blade size or lower the center of gravity. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Apdriver Posted December 13, 2018 Report Share Posted December 13, 2018 Bending the blade will probably help. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mark poulson Posted December 13, 2018 Report Share Posted December 13, 2018 19 hours ago, SIUBASSER said: Hey guys. I looked through the site but cant seem to find a thread about the issue I am having. I am making vibrating jigs using the Do-It Sparky mold. I am opening the hook eyes up and attaching the blades directly to the eye. The baits look great and run really well at slow speed. The issue is when I reel them faster they blow out and roll over. I am having the issue with both the 3/8 oz and the 1/2 oz. The only thing I can figure is that the eye is too close to the head. However, when I look at other vibrating jigs they don't look any different. As always I appreciate an help you guys can give. Thanks I had forgotten about this when I replied earlier (CRS). When the chatterbait first came out, I used a split tail as a trailer, and burned it over grass beds. It was so erratic that I had bass chase it down and sometimes miss it, but they would hit at it repeatedly until they got it. So try burning it up on top to see if it will do that, once the water warms up above 55 again. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SIUBASSER Posted December 13, 2018 Author Report Share Posted December 13, 2018 Hey guys. Thanks for the advice. I have attached some pictures for reference. I have bent the top of the blade and that helped a little. I also noticed that the real chatter bait blade is much thinner than the blades I have. I put one on and was able to reel it much faster. The blades I have are .52mm and the originals are .36. I still wonder if the eye is too close to the head. My thought is that the blade doesn't have enough freedom and when its reeled fast it gets stuck. BTW I am not selling these and never will. I am well aware of the Z-Man patents and have no desire to get caught in that mess. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeff Hahn Posted December 13, 2018 Report Share Posted December 13, 2018 You are correct about the original blades being thinner than the blades that you can buy from lure parts suppliers. I've looked for thinner aftermarket blades without success. But, I don't think that's a major problem in terms of running depth. I would think that the shallow running is primarily a result of too much water resistance on the blade or reeling too fast for the depth you want the bait to run. One thing you might do is use a reel with a lower gear ratio to help combat you (and my) tendency to reel too fast. I have recently been using a 6.4:1 reel, but have caught more fish when using a lower gear ratio reel, which I'm going back to this year. Personally, I want the blade as close to the head as I can get it when I reel fast. This makes the blade bang on the head much more and wear grooves in the head. This makes the bait "hunt" and gives it the erratic action that Mark pointed out, above. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SIUBASSER Posted December 13, 2018 Author Report Share Posted December 13, 2018 Hi Jeff. Thanks for the advice. My problem isn't that the bait raises, it is that it rolls over at higher speed. I also like the blade hitting the head. I just wonder if blade position has something to do with the bait wanting to roll over. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
21xdc Posted December 13, 2018 Report Share Posted December 13, 2018 Like I mentioned earlier. It's too much resistance on the blade Bending the blade reduces the resistance, Just like putting too big of a spinner blade on a spinnerbait for it's keel/weight. It's going to roll. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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