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Title: Chummin with the shad
Post by: metlhead on May 14, 2021, 06:34:08 PM
Seriously! Finally got back into a big boat and decided to keep some shad from next month for halibut baits. Been watching alot of tuna videos, and found a few with fellas chumming a school up while jigging with darts. They were using cut chunks of frozen herring. Got me thinking how much easier that is than the logistics and cost of chovies. Which now got me thinking of free shad cut up to hold fish. Any thoughts from tuna folks?
Title: Re: Chummin with the shad
Post by: Jake Dogfish on May 15, 2021, 04:36:17 PM
Never fished for Tuna, but I don’t see why that wouldn’t work if you were on the school. :tup:
Title: Re: Chummin with the shad
Post by: 7mmfan on May 15, 2021, 07:30:07 PM
If you have a fish hold with a mascerator pump, you can let herring, shad, chovies, etc... in some water sloshing around and when you need to chim, hit that mascerator pump and it will send a cloud of scales out into the water that will keep fish around like crazy.
Title: Re: Chummin with the shad
Post by: metlhead on May 15, 2021, 09:58:58 PM
Interesting. I wondered why I'd need that pump
Title: Re: Chummin with the shad
Post by: 7mmfan on May 15, 2021, 10:35:00 PM
I did that frequently fishing salmon out of Sitka. Worked like a charm sending clouds of silver and king scales into the water.
Title: Re: Chummin with the shad
Post by: HUNTINCOUPLE on May 16, 2021, 07:08:42 AM
If you have a fish hold with a mascerator pump, you can let herring, shad, chovies, etc... in some water sloshing around and when you need to chim, hit that mascerator pump and it will send a cloud of scales out into the water that will keep fish around like crazy.


Talk about letting the cat out of the bag. :chuckle:
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