I dont know how it works on the eastside but on this side this early I always took a couple cans of cheap cat food, poked a million holes in it and just used fire line and some weight to sink it one of the bow one off the back, it usually didn't take long, we would end up with more perch and catfish that I never thought I would get them all cleaned, I just rigged up our rods with drop lead and 3 ft of leader and good ole night crawlers... who knows now days its probably illegal to chum..