spring fever
Well-Known Member
That's what I went with after that -a 60 lb break away--and of course nothing like that ever happened again!! Murphys law!!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.
...Rob
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