Looking at Chasin' Dreams earlier bucket of "chum" seams like it really does not matter if it looks like barf. Pics looks like it may be on a fiberglass boat, I would be surprised if he had such a gross looking bucket on his dam sexy boat.
HM
Just thawed a bunch of ofal to make a batch . Looking a little freezer burnt. What’s the experience using less than fresh looking stuff?
recipe for tangles... the lighter weights should always be towards the stern. current picks them upI used this method for the first time on my last trip. I used plastic crap bait bags clipped the the rigger ball. Turned the riggers to the rear of the boat extended the booms and had two chum bags down. When we hit a fish one guy was in charge of brining them up. Worked great. Rods were closer to the front and pointed out.
Bit off topic but does anyone use artificial bait while the chum bag is down with any luck? Lots of dogs in my area and they devour herring etc on a regular basis with the spreaders out.
LOL u guys do make it entertaining as fishermen we over bait so much its funny on a commercial long line they use a chunk of octo about the size of your thumb even smaller if your in area that has fish you will get them.. they are meat eaters i tried the down rigger once and only once when a big hali tangled in it and snapped off i said F&%# that. those fish can smell bait from a VERY long way away they will find it more hali in area they are usually more aggressive , all chum does is bring more dogs in personally , but as fishermen we always "think" we are out smarten them LOL LOL
What you are saying actually supports the fact that chumming (sent trailing) drastically improves and attracts fish.LOL u guys do make it entertaining as fishermen we over bait so much its funny on a commercial long line they use a chunk of octo about the size of your thumb even smaller if your in area that has fish you will get them.. they are meat eaters i tried the down rigger once and only once when a big hali tangled in it and snapped off i said F&%# that. those fish can smell bait from a VERY long way away they will find it more hali in area they are usually more aggressive , all chum does is bring more dogs in personally , but as fishermen we always "think" we are out smarten them LOL LOL
did you catch any halibut?I tried the advice of a few members, THANK YOU ALL, and put the chum bag on a rigger pointed directly out back and extended fully.
Pointed the rod holders at approx 45 degrees forward.
The result was a spread of over 10 feet between the rod tips and the end of the rigger.
This worked perfectly, not a single tangle!
nodid you catch any halibut?
Agree with using something that will break away to attach the chum bag to your rigger. A friend used a chum bag years ago on anchor in the Victoria area (attached to rigger) and had an incident similar to Spring Fever's noted previously. A very large fish (assuming Six Gill shark or very large halibut) grabbed the chum bag and yanked hard enough to bend the downrigger arm before departing. He needed to replace the downrigger arm after the incident. I have never tried a chum bag personally as I expect you are as likely to attract more dogfish than halibut. If I do employ one I would use a breakaway attachment, maybe 60 lb.I have used a Chum bag on the surface in Florida and on the bottom around Vancouver island. They do help, however, you need to use light line (20/30#) so if something big grabs on, it’s gone - no damage to equipment.
My 2 cents
Stosh