Posted by OZ from spider-we074.proxy.aol.com on May 24, 1999 at 20:44:09:
In Reply to: chumming posted by Ron on May 24, 1999 at 19:54:44:
: I was fishing a lake that I bass fish, when I noticed a guy throwing something in the water every fifteen minutes or so. I figured he was chumming for carp. After he left I moved to his spot and fished a night crawler off the bottom. Within an hour I caught 3 decent channel cats ,one 19 inches. I know this isnt huge but I always have one pole bottom fishing like this at this lake. I have caught a couple bull head and a carp occasionally. I must conclude it was the chumming the guy did before me that helped. Since, I didnt get to ask the guy what he chummed with, Does anybody have any good chum recipes for cats? I'm not looking for anything elaberate and too smelly though.
I really haven't chummed for catfish but I do understand that they love sweet additives such as maple flavoring or brown sugar. I have ground up some chicken liver in dried bread crumbs but haven't tried it yet. I just keep it frozen so the liver doesn't ferment into a stinking mess! My Carp groundbait is simply dried bread ground up with corn meal, oats and canned corn. It also attracts bullheads so I assume catfish would eat it also. There are pre mixed chum formulas in some bait stores. Just be carefull not to over feed or you'll end up with a bunch of fully fed fish without catching any!