halibut on anchor chum

[CIVANO]

If you drop the chum with the downrigger, how much do you use for 3 or 4 hour soak? Is it in a bag or tube? Is it on the bottom? I have anchored 3 times and made a large 2"x2'pvc tube with holes in it and hooked it to my downrigger. The blow back was too much. I put lead in it and it was too heavy. I hooked a bait cage like the ones in a crab trap but the chum blew out too fast. I also wounder about a big halibut grabbing the chum bag and reaking hell with the downrigger.

Thanks

 

[steel_dreamin]

shhusssh........ thread closed!

 

[chevyshaulass]

LOL. best thread of the week.

 

[Lipripper]

Who needs chum when you have a good.......

 

[Rum Buddies]

I hooked a bait cage like the ones in a crab trap but the chum blew out too fast.
Thanks

Freeze it first, it'll thaw on the bottom and slowly disperse.

 

[Labman2]

Who needs chum when you have a good.......

Isn't that one for the lower end of the slot size, I'm sure you would need the larger one.

 

[River Rat]

attach the chum bag to the anchor line, not the downrigger.

 

[SerengetiGuide]

attach the chum bag to the anchor line, not the downrigger.

Unless wind and tide are not heading the same direction or you throw the pick on the other side of the hump.

 

[Statler]

If you attach to the downrigger do you let it sit on the bottom or a few feet above?

 

[Lipripper]

Isn't that one for the lower end of the slot size, I'm sure you would need the larger one.

Its rated 50lbs and under?......

There are better ones... But who wants a 200?

 

[trophywife]

what is this chum stuff , i always fish with friends....

If you attach to the downrigger do you let it sit on the bottom or a few feet above?

bouncy then up a few feet..i reach over and shake it up.. bring up ten feet. pull the brake. bounce.. i chum with what i am baiting with.

 

[wolf]

why bother??
seems like a hassle and if you get a hali on and he wraps around your rigger and you lose it, that would PO me ..... cause it will happen...

 

[FISH]

Chumming is illegal and if D.F.O. catches you....look out...heavy fines and you could lose your boat...

 

[NautiGirl]

It's not a chum bag, it's a prawn trap with lots of bait attached to your anchor. Win-win.

 

[CIVANO]

I emailed the DFO to ask if a chum bag is legal. See attached email response. Read from bottom to top.


Beaith, Brad <Brad.Beaith@dfo-mpo.gc.ca>

12:40 PM (1 minute ago)

to me

Hi Joe, yes totally legal

Brad


From: Schwartzel, Margarita
Sent: Thursday, March 28, 2013 12:27 PM
To: Beaith, Brad
Subject: FW: Using chum bag for Halibut



Hi Brad,

Would you please handle this public enquiry from Joe . Thanks,


Margarita Schwartzel
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Vancouver, BC V6C 3S4
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From: XNCR, Info
Sent: March 28, 2013 12:17 PM
To: Schwartzel, Margarita
Subject: FW: Using chum bag for Halibut


From: Joe
Sent: March 28, 2013 3:08 PM
To: XNCR, Info
Subject: Using chum bag for Halibut

I went to a Halibut Seminar in Victoria last year to learn how to anchor to fish for Halibut. There was some conversation about attaching a small bag with ground up fish scraps to the anchor line with no hooks attached. The scent might bring in Halibut from a greater distance to be caught with rod and reel out of the back of the boat. Is this chum bag allowed?

 

[GDW]

Is tossing loose chum into the water like they do on wicked tuna illegal?

 

[Rockfish]

Is tossing loose chum into the water like they do on wicked tuna illegal?

I don't think so but unless you are actually fishing tuna, why would you do it unless you love eating dogfish and perhaps enjoy attracting seals?

 

[GDW]

Just a question not a tactic I use.

 

[Bait Ban]

Chumming is legal in Saltwater, Very illegal in freshwater.

 

[Rum Buddies]

Is tossing loose chum into the water like they do on wicked tuna illegal?

there was a very good guide up north that used to throw salmon heads off the bow of the boat when he dropped anchor to attract fish, tough to know where they would settle on bottom though.