Darter that is. LOL I have been using these new Salmo Chubby Darters for the last week and I love them. out fished the Jig and Minnow and the sonar today.
attached is a photo of a nice walleye we caught today on a shad Chubby Darter.
I will be doing a Product Review on these new lures this next week.
talk to you later
Nate Cadwell
Buddy… after the title of your post I was a bit hesitent to open the attached photo…lol
What size darter you using? I assume the 13’s.. the larger size but just wanted to be sure.
Hey James that is very kind of you to Guess that I have a 13” Chubby. lol but no I was using the #5 I have found that the fish want a more aggressive bait right now and the #5 has more vibration than the bigger ones. but don’t get me wrong the bigger ones will have there time and place that is for sure. I did have a # 5 Chubby Darter in the fishes mouth but the sun hit the fish just right and you can’t see the shad darter in the white of the fish!!
but yes this weekend I will be trying some of the bigger ones with a little different presentation, to see what works best before I do my product review.
talk to you later
Nate Cadwell
for those of you who have not seen the Chubby Darters and are wondering what they are. Here is the Web address.
http://salmo.24.pl/modules.php?name=Content&pa=showpage&pid=66
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I just checked out the Salmo web page and my first thought when I saw the chubby was,I’ll bet they’d be good for ice fishing.Reading on down the page,I found out thats what they were designed for!So,my question is,has anyone had the opportunity to ice fish the chubby or are they that new?Also,what size do you guys think would work best?I’m kinda leaning toward the mini myself.Thanks,Mike
I used them once last year on Mille Lacs, but didn’t really give them the time they deserve. I’m such swedish pimple fan, I have to force myself to use the other 100 lures I’ve got in my ice tackle arsenal. They have great movement and vibration. I’m thinking they are going to work great in that early ice period when the fish are slightly more agressive. I compare them to the jiggin’ rap by Normark, but I like the more natural finish and the larger profile they provide. Look for more reports once we start ice fishing.
They are excellent open or hard water for multie species.I have caught some of the biggest Crappies I have ever caught on them.The #5 has the best swim out of the three sizes but they all have a time.I have been effective with all the patterns at times.They work good in current as long as it is not real heavy they just take a little bit to get to the bottom as they will swim on the fall.I just allow it to hit and then I reel back on my first few lifts until I am vert.
Good luck Brett
P.S Did I miss a party on this post?LOL
Hey Bud, sounds like you and I both missed some good action on the board last night. Went to bed early as fighting some kind of bug so Nate got the computer to himself last night. He told me about it this morning. In my case it was: I snooze I lose [out on the fun]!lol. 
Bill
Nate,
Great post, it is to bad I missed some of the replys.
See ya Sat. Don
The whole Salmo Chubby Darter line has their place under the ice or on open water. The larger profile for big walleye and pike, especially in stained water, and the smaller for perch or walleye.
I like the original Sumo Chubby size for walleye, they call fish up as high as 15′ off bottom, seen it many times on the Vexilar. The mid-range size is a good all around size for many game fish, even trout.
The JR size is a great sumo perch jig, and walleye will often “Woof” them up.
Drop links are a very good rigging option on the Chubby Darter. Just remove the trebles and add a 4″-6″ mono dropper and a hook, great on schooling perch. On the JR Chubby I have often used a Northland 3” stinger (barbless) as the dropper & tipped the stinger with maggots or Euro-larva, perch really dig that.
One thing to remember is match your line to the weight of the Chubby Darter as they fall in a semi-buoyant manner, too heavy or light of line will mess up bite detection on the fall. Big walleye hammer the larger Sumo Chubby’s more often then not, that’s a hoot.
Many folks have tried the Salmo Chubby Darter by now for under the ice walleye and perch action, but why not for any open water vertical jigging situation? They work great it is just that not many folks have broke them out before freeze up is all. The guys who have find them a very handy tool in late fall and again in the spring during the pre/post-spawn periods.
Them Chubby Darters are killers on fish hanging on breaks, jigging holding walleye parked in cool late fall backwaters, or drifting flats, I do very well with them on open water too.
Nut’n feels better then a good tug on your Chubby, Eh!
Backwater Eddy…>
Backwater Guiding
“Ed on the RED”
What are the weights of the Chubby Darters?
Thanks in advance, SNAKEYES
Size..Weight
CD4…3/16
CD5…3/8
CD6…5/8
Here ya go.
Welcome aboard Ed. Glad to have you on staff. Look forward to reading and learning from your posts. Bill
Backwater Eddie – Ed Carlson,
Have you used these on a wind tip-up?
Just a heads up for you and all interested here.
EFN has the two sizes of the Salmo Chubby Darter kits in stock right now in the EFN Outlet Store.
Hoggie
Dave Hoggard
I have not played with that, but I could sure see it working Dave. Ya know, I kinda like to keep my Chubby in my hand while jigging. LOL! 
Plastics often used as “Drop Shot” rigs can be a hot deal on a wind tip-up too, especially up off the bottom a few feet. Played with that some this winter, I do like what I have seen so far. The Berkley Drop Shot Minnow in 3″ dancing around pulls off a good impression of a schooling fish.
If I keep putzing around with plastics and scents, I just may never need to drag that minnow bucket with on the ice again, that wouldn’t hurt my feeling any at all.
Ed Carlson
(FTR Field Staff)
Ed, I know the feeling… I am the same way about plastics in the summer. I do not even want to have minnows and leeches and crawlers (FYI… I FREAKIN HATE CRAWLERS IN BLACK DIRT) in the boat… just a hassle to keep alive, and extra coolers… etc. Much, MUCH rahter do plastics!
No, I was just sittin in the ice house last night… talkin to my new buddie Marty Prince… and was thinking about c-darters… thinking weird thoughts (course I had left mine at home 
)… thoughts like, on a wind tip-up how well they would move & dart under that bouncing/bobbing tip-up arm. Man-o-man, I just bet they would smoke! Just imagine to rub some scent on that baby and she would just become alive down there… is my bet.
Also… I thought about slow drifting them…. and snap jigging them…. dead sticking them in the days with higher waves/rollers. Geees, they are so different in design how they move forward and pivot/shake on the lift. My brain just tells me it would absolutely have to work.
Say, who the heck is fishing these c-darters out there right now? They should be hotter than a fire cracker under the ice….anybody?
Curious minds want to know !
Hoggie
Dave Hoggard
Hey Dave
I have been fishing them under the ice on a local pond here in Rochester and the Trout just love these things we have been out fishing anyone around us man I just love that jerk on my chubby!!
I am guessing you are using the smaller size…for trout. Color seem to make any difference?
Fishing trout… time of day any issue?
Hoggie
Hey Dave
Actually we have still been using the #5 for the Trout. these trout in this pond are not finicky eaters on any means the average size is anywhere from 13-19 inches with alot of bigger ones up to 6-7lbs and no color has not made a difference Oange and Chrome seemed to be the best but shad has been a close second. heck we have even caught a crappie on this thing Fish just love the action of the Chubby Darters there is no other lure out there like it.
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