Who fishes with chum?
PickleRick
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On the coast I use what most other peoele use, frozen blocks of pre made chum. Always 2 blocks at a time. The harder they are frozen the longer they last. I keep shaking them every so often to keep the chum slick going then drop in a new block when it starts to disappear.
I also use a mixture of sand, chicken broth, oats and water to toss in the water if im going after snapper or throwing a net for bait fish. It makes a nice cloud they can hide under and will come closer to the boat.
They also cant see me or the throw net as well.
In fresh water all I really chum for is catfish. A big bag of cheap dry dog food and a few loafs of cheap day old bread from the bread store.
I put some dog food and bread in a bag netted bag, let it sink to the bottom with a weight. I then toss out a few hand fulls of dog food and roll bread into balls that sink to the bottom. A few of those balls have a hook in center. I'll also do one or two floating balls of bread with hooks in them for anything hitting the top like carp or the occasional big blue cat. I also throw a load or two on the top of the water to help attract bait fish like bream.
I realize to some these type techniques are like family secrets. Well I'm not worried about any of you, except maybe handy, jumping all in my fishing spot.
To others what i do is pretty much standard chumming/baiting techniques and you probably adjust to what works for you.
Im also hoping @J3ff reads this and then sends me a few pounds of fresh snapper as he is in one of the best fishing locations on the globe. Daily limits on mangrove, Lane and yellow snapper are just a short boat ride from him. Oh, and don't fish that reef @J3ff there's a good chance its a protected area!
So what family chum secrets are you guys willing to share?
These are some random pics over the past 7 or 8 years. Mostly salt water.
I also use a mixture of sand, chicken broth, oats and water to toss in the water if im going after snapper or throwing a net for bait fish. It makes a nice cloud they can hide under and will come closer to the boat.
They also cant see me or the throw net as well.
In fresh water all I really chum for is catfish. A big bag of cheap dry dog food and a few loafs of cheap day old bread from the bread store.
I put some dog food and bread in a bag netted bag, let it sink to the bottom with a weight. I then toss out a few hand fulls of dog food and roll bread into balls that sink to the bottom. A few of those balls have a hook in center. I'll also do one or two floating balls of bread with hooks in them for anything hitting the top like carp or the occasional big blue cat. I also throw a load or two on the top of the water to help attract bait fish like bream.
I realize to some these type techniques are like family secrets. Well I'm not worried about any of you, except maybe handy, jumping all in my fishing spot.
To others what i do is pretty much standard chumming/baiting techniques and you probably adjust to what works for you.
Im also hoping @J3ff reads this and then sends me a few pounds of fresh snapper as he is in one of the best fishing locations on the globe. Daily limits on mangrove, Lane and yellow snapper are just a short boat ride from him. Oh, and don't fish that reef @J3ff there's a good chance its a protected area!
So what family chum secrets are you guys willing to share?
These are some random pics over the past 7 or 8 years. Mostly salt water.
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The Potomac has tons of catfish. Maybe I'll try some of your methods at some point.
We cook snow crab on the boat a few times a year while anchored out. They go nuts over the shells