How to Make a HOMEMADE Chatterbait (Less than $5) 

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Dude you are an excellent teacher. I do not say that lightly or often. Good job.

I really want to start making my own soft plastics and jigs . I spend way too much money losing lures to trees and stumps. This was really good

Barlows in Richardson (Dallas) TX has a great online parts catalog for lure making...all types of spinnerblade types including the above...I don't like dealing with liquid lead, so their parts selection is awesome...

One trick I found for bait keeper wire is to use a small piece of heat shrink to hold it to the hook then you don't fumble around with it.

Good tutorial. Nice finished product!

Yesssssss, so excited to see this and what's to come, thanks!!!!

Yes brother!! What a great video for do it yourself jackhammers.

Been wanting to get into doing this and pouring my own soft plastics, too. Seeing that street sign in the background convinced me to follow ya. My Brother's a guide up there and I sure miss that GL fish'n.

Ok….. you sold your channel on me. I’ve subscribed. Great job young man!

This is awesome glad I found the channel

You made a nice product and you describe what you’re doing well. Thank You

I don't have the ability to pour my own lead so I just use a D&M custom baits Piranha Swim Jig with a Queens Tackle Switch Blade. Totals about $8 per bait and you get a Gama hook, great colors, and a direct connection to the head. Really solid baits

This is a perfect way to get more use out of my arkie mold, and stock up for snakehead. Great video, thank you!

Can't wait for tomorrow and the SAP ! LOve the VIDEO going to have to get some bait making equiptment. Maybe links to where to buy everything used. thanks!

You using medium or large blade

Thanks for the video just wondering where can I buy the open loop to put on the front of the jig head please

I like the wire trailer keepers. How do you modify the mold to accept them.

do you have the video where you modified your mold to fit the wire bait keeper?

I'm gonna experiment with "Pull Weight", because i did buy the items in the vid, except the hooks, i got the curved eye loop, which i'll experiment with. But i'm curious what the Pull Strength would be for that "Underspin Loop" since it doesn't appear to insert into the eye of the hook you use. I'm used to bending wires, so like i said i'll experiment but really great vid and clear image makes the world of difference. Gonna scope out the red craw vid next :)

another trick is to use a brush and put just a bit more (powder paint) on the head in front of the eye, that way when it bakes it encapsulates the end of the eye really good.

Awesome channel man! I’m in the process of putting together a little “bait laboratory” at my house and look forward to trying my hand at these. I was wondering what modifications you made to your mold to accept that trailer keeper though?

I would like to know how Z Man got the vertical open eye jigs removed from the market place after they came out with the chatter bait.

Just a FYI, the figure 8 connectors from Barlows or Jann's netcraft work better than the underspin wire forms.

Man, your telling my secrets!!!! lol

Great video. We need more bait making videos

Excellent video really enjoyed it thanks keep up the good work 👌

Ben, what's the nomenclature for the blades on Alibaba? I have been trying to find those myself. I have been doing the same as your video for the past 2 years.

I'm having a significant problem after about pouring and power coating about 35 heads. The extra lead under the eye was cleaned with an Ignition Point File. The problem is that after placing the blade on the eye I'm now not able to close the eye far enough to PREVENT the blade from slipping out of the space between the eye wire and the jig body. I tried to close the eye with pliers and that caused the powder coat to show marks from the pliers. I then tried using a small hammer and placing the jig on a wooden table and the eye still is open. I'm quite frustrated and don't know how to close the eye. Any help would be appreciated.

Do you have any problems with the bait blowing out? I tried this with the poison tail mold and it just continues to blow out.

I'm having trouble with the lead covering the shank of the hook. Not sure if its not hot enough? its almost like it gets stopped at the eyelet. Any advice would be appreciated. I am using the same components , pot and mold etc.

Nice video, what do you recommend on the oven temp and for how long do they need to be in there?

Awesome video. Interested in trying to imitate the zMan diezel chatter bait for saltwater. Any input on wether or not this open eye will hold up to a snook or redfish?

Would you be willing to tell me how you modified your mold for the bait keeper? I have the same mold and struggle getting a good pour with the bait keeper in place. Thanks

How i fix the blade if i dont make my Jigheads self?I hsd a Fluidbed etc.With splittrings? Merci from Switzerland

Awesome video and channel! Love making my own lures! Can't wait to see what is coming down the pike! What did you use for a filter in your fluid bed?

How/ with what did you modify the mold to take the bait keeper with.

Nice looking jig, do you have a link to where you got the blades.

Good Evening,Ben this is really good

I enjoyed this and found it informative, but I am not going to buy a lead pot, oven, moldes, etc. Was just looking to fix a chatter blade on a weedless swim jig.

whats size vibrating blades did you order?? I see there are a few options.

Keep em coming

How did you modify your mold for the bait keeper....and will an Arkie jig work as well as the Sparkie?

Lol. I know my phone is spying on me. I just turned a Megabass body balance and a strike king squadron into vibrating heads and only told my neighbor via text last night and this video pops up today. Thanks for the video . Hopefully mine will work lol

What was the paint you used and where can I get it.

How do you get by the Zman patent making the jigs with the blade connected directly to the eyelet without a split ring??

Can you leave the plug out, and add a weedguard after poured? Ty

Xlnt Video !!! Under 5 Dollars ? Seeing as you're sourcing your components in bulk, you're probably making the bait for less than $2.00 ! Great job Sir ! Robert Bently George

Do you think there's a way to make a chatter bait for vertically jigging? I fish lake trout using a vertical presentation. Lake Trout often love to chase lures retrieved straight up. I imagine dropping a 2 oz jig 100 feet then straight retrieving it will get them to chase. Any suggestions? Just found your channel....loving it

Thank You What temperature for the oven and how long do you bake it?

Dude!!!! I didn’t know you had your own channel

Have you had any eye tie failures? Wondering how durable that flasher wire form is , serving as a line connector. I've been considering the poison tail jig . Have you tried those?

What size blade is that you use small med or large.

Could you use an EWG hook in this mold? Is there a better mold to do that?

Does the eye ever open up on larger fish? Thank you.

15:07 I took that personally...

Why not find a 5-6Ot 60 degree hook and have the hook connected to the blade before you pour lead?

Great tips great channel

What are your thought on using the JKS-3-AY mold for bladed jigs?

I’ve been making my own chatter bait for at least five years there’s nothing like making your own chatter baits and catching fish I guess I make all my soft plastics and jigs

Beautiful 🤤🤤

Has the lead on one of these ever broken and you lost the fish? Something about the hook and the blade connection only being held together by lead makes me feel uneasy 😬

Where is the swivel or do you use the fastach clip? The regular swivels are challenging to put on. Wish you didn't leave that final step out...

cant see the swimbait blades at the site..help

Awesome!!!!

Pay the man

Can you give us your source for the blades. That doesn’t look like the ones from do-it.

I don’t know if you’ll see this that was cool to see how it’s built but you didn’t put a snap onto the blade?

Share the link for the Blades please !

What size are those blades?

Nice. 2 things. The open eye screw need to be tested, how much pulling can hold before opens and let the blade goes. 8 lb, 10 lb, maybe less. Second, the keeper is useless, I do cut all of them and use crazy glue, the soft plastic will stay forever in place.

Where did you get the blades?

Would you sell these?

Does anyone make a mold thats made to do what your doing .

LGRW !!!!

Can't close my jigs eye without leaving a mark from my pliers after powder coating

Let’s see you try to get a snap on it for line tie. Impossible

This would be worth it if it had a brush guard. I stopped buying bladed jigs due to getting hung up in submerged cover.

Them aren’t channel locks LOL! Regular pliers

At $5,how much does all the other equipment cost,LOL.

You should sell these

Why not sell them? Lol

Lol saying newfound dedication and then not upload in 4months 🤣 cool video though

Hey if ur from Michigan can I get ur email