under the ice chumming

[Guest]

Does anybody chum under the ice. Does it work? And for what species?

[Guest]

I have heard of chumming w/ sardines packed in water for pike. Been told it works pretty good. Not sure if it's legal, though.

[minneman]

Mn, regulations say on pg 28 under "other"

"depositing fish entrails or fish parts into public waters or onto lake or stream shores is prohibited"

[Guest]

Chumming doesn't necessarily mean depositing fish entrails in the water......

[kslipsinker]

I always pinch my minnows in half and throw them down the hole after I put on a fresh one. I have had numerous fish come up with a full minow and a head or tail sticking out of it's mouth shortly afterwards.

[Flash King]

Using tip ups, if it gets slow ,I like to sprinke a crushed up egg shell down the hole,sometimes that all it takes to get those perchie"s interested

[Steve Foss]

Flyingfish: No, but it does mean using "fish parts"."

Unless you really want to work at it and put all those minnows in a blender, strain the juice and chum with juice.

[Bobb-o]

i always did like flash king did and put crushed up eggshells down the hole every now and then.

[Guest]

Stfcatfish,

Remind me to never let you make me a margarita at your house!!! Is that a Bass-o-matic 5000???

[Steve Foss]

Farg:

No margs, just beer. Can't screw that up! Just pop the cap and drink 'er down.

In fact, think I need another right now. Umm, where's that darn fridge . . . .

[This message has been edited by stfcatfish (edited 01-06-2003).]

[Guest]

Chumming doesn't necessarily mean using "fish parts" in the water either......

There are plenty of perfectly harmless substances that can be used for chumming other than fish. Without giving away too many secrets I heard cucumbers work well.

On a more serious note, yes minnow juice would probably work quite well. How about taking an old film container, pill bottle, etc... and drilling small holes in it. From there you can add some oatmeal and sardines/juice (margarita mix might work well too). Put it on a string, and bam, chum in a bottle. Drop it to the bottom when the gills aren't bitting or there aren't any in the area, pick it up give it a little rattle.......and the rest is history. This came out of Fur Fish and Game Magazine. I've never tried it, but you never know it could work.

[G_man]

I think I carry enough stuff onto the ice to worry about this ... and if I used our blender for something remotely like this, my wive would go through the roof.

[Northlander]

Grind up your old minnows and freeze them in a icecube tray . Drop them down the hole. They fall slowly and disolve slowly. Scatfish showed me this one with the blender he got his wife for x-mas! Now you know why he drinks S.T.s beer! He He. Steak and eggs for all.

[Pig_sticka]

cucumbers work great!
if you dice em in smaller chunks they float down slow. that nice vegetable texture really bring em in. by the sounds of it we could have a nice minnow salad on the ice next outing. minnow milk shakes, egg shells suprise, sardines in a jar, slice n diced cukes. anyone else have some good ingredients to add

[Sturgeon46]

Seriously... Mix a few ground up minnows/grubs with some cooked rice or oatmeal. Just a pinch down the hole now and then seems to help - at least it helps me psychologically.

[Guest]

Walleye will swim through a school of gizzards or emeralds to get at some rainbow smelt, which by the way smell like cucumbers.