Z-Man Chatterbait Elite EVO Review and Comparison | Elite Evo vs Jackhammer

In this video I take the new Zman Chatterbait Elite EVO out on the water for a full shakedown. I will also be comparing it directly to one of my favorite baits, the Zman Chatterbait Jackhammer.
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[@roadtripangler]

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[@shoxmaster3430]

Great breakdown! I got a chance to use the Elite Evo, and I found that the Elaztech trailers easily slide onto that bait keeper. Also the colored blades are supposed to be chip resistant, so that in itself is a game changer for me; my biggest issue with the Jackhammer is the paint chips off way too easy.

[@roadtripangler]

Thanks! I agree on the bait keeper!! I have several jackhammers that have not pair on the blade and hardly any on the jig, so that will help hopefully!

[@blind_eye_fishing]

The skirt martial is the same silicone skirt material and the jig head paint process is the same. What i do to help prevent chipping and paint lose is cover the jig head in 2 part clear epoxy. Including the eyes so you dont lose them as well.

[@roadtripangler]

Great tip!

[@blind_eye_fishing]

@@roadtripangler thanks, I've been building, upgrading and customizing lures for well over 20 years now lol

[@siryarwammowray3445]

👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻

[@kmw5100]

I haven’t tried the jackhammer, but the evo is definitely a big step up from the original in my opinion, the way it hunts and just swims in general just feels so much better than the original, and I really love the trailer keeper on them. The crazy thing is though. I have a black/blue original that I run in our rivers around me because the water is dirtier, and I don’t have the evo in black and blue yet, and it catches me an absurd amount of fish, more on that one lure than on any other bladed jig I have combined

[@roadtripangler]

I have that color in the both! This past week black and blue was the ticket after some heavy rain dirtied it up! I am continuing to see that the EVO is fishing just as good as the jackhammer! They both just have an amazing hunting action!

[@nasaman23]

I feel like the evo is a more "compact" version of the the OG. I am dying to try mine out paired with a chatterspike

[@roadtripangler]

I am really linking it!

[@joeybraun1400]

What river is this?

[@roadtripangler]

This was on the New River.