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Conference wahoo::fishing

Title:	Fishing Notes- Archived
Notice:	See note 555.1 for a keyword directory of this conference
Moderator:	DONMAC::MACINTYRE

Created:	Fri Feb 14 1986
Last Modified:	Fri Sep 20 1991
Last Successful Update:	Fri Jun 06 1997
Number of topics:	1660
Total number of notes:	20970

1107.0. "Chum for Sharks" by PACKER::GIBSON () Tue Apr 18 1989 13:32

    Yesterday as we were atempting the first fishing trip of this year,
    the subject of Chum came up. Whats the best for what type of fishing
    etc,etc....
    
    A while back I read that slauterhouses and butcher shops have a
    disposal problem with the blood when they butcher animals. They
    must comply with epa regulation regarding such things.
    
    Well I was thinking that a couple of 5 gal buckets full of Blood
    aka Shark Chum would be just the ticket.
    
    Does anyone currently have a source for some free chum? and do you
    use it for sharks?
    
    I've also heard of using chickens for great white bait? They seem
    to like the feathers ? What about it?
    
                                         Walt
    
                ( Who hopes to be in the water soon!!) Not with sharks!

T.R	Title	User	Personal Name	Date	Lines
1107.1	Is this another chicken joke?	DNEAST::OKERHOLM_PAU		`Tue Apr 18 1989 17:20`	28
	CHICKENS!!! - You gotta be kiddin. :^) On the other hand, I wonder if pigeons would work. ;^) Seriously - I was told that you should only use fish for shark or tuna chum. Grind it for sharks or chunk it for tuna. I used to buy mine from Saco Bay Tackle, frozen in 5 gal buckets. Last year however the mackerel fishing was soooo good I caught all I needed. Bluefish will also work for either tuna or shark ... I saw a picture once of a tuna chasing a bluefish. Regards, Paul
1107.2	Jigging Cows for pirrana	PACKER::GIBSON		`Wed Apr 19 1989 09:30`	15
	Naw! I'm not kidding, Bruce mentioed it on monday when we tried to go cod fishing in his new grady and I remeber reading somthing about guys from new york ( Maybe that explains it) using live chickens off montauck for great whites. They flap around and attract sharks! I would think pidgeons would work, we should try using seagulls. I'm sure a lot of the Bass fishermen have heard of fish eating baby ducks and I also heard a story on monday about canucks tieing rats to a float in the st. Lawrence for muskys. A new concept in live bait fishing! Walt P.S. The artical was in Salt Water Sportsman, forget which issue.
1107.3	chicken chum	KYOA::HELMKE		`Wed Apr 19 1989 10:06`	8
	I fished in a Mako tournament last year where they gave out a bucket of chicken chum to all the entrents. The stuff was frozen so we used the can in the milk box method to chum with it. It put out a nice slick and semmed to last longer than a can of bunker chum. There were 75 boats fishing and only one Mako was caught so I don't know if it was just a bad day or if skarks don't like chicken. We did catch a bunch of nice size blues. Rich.
1107.4	fresh is best	WAHOO::LEVESQUE	Torpedo the dam, full speed astern	`Wed Apr 19 1989 13:56`	8
	Makos, being rather finicky eaters, seem to be repelled by non-piscatorial chum more often than not. People who really want to catch Makos use only fresh fish for chum and bait. I have heard that live poultry is an attractant for great whites, due to their frenzied flapping in the water. In general, the best chum is the freshest. Next best is frozen, but since frozen is so much more convenient, most people use frozen... the Doctah