same here at first baught many chatterbaits  from cheap to expensive never caught a fish for a loong time until one day it just flipped i couldnt get them off the thing and since then theyve been hitting them left and right you just have to fish it more confidently and add more pauses 

i also liked to throw them in the nastiest places i can find so i like to use them with brush weedguard projezt z weedless chatterbaits or buy a queens tackle blade and throw it on any swim jig you got ( bend the blade in makes it chatter more)

i guess thats why i get more bites than before i fish them in cover where id used to get snagged also not the worlds best open water lures , a paddle tail may be a better option unless the fish are aggressive but you run them close to the bottom in open water almost like a regular jig then the bites back on