What is chum made of?

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asked Mar 28, 2022 in Outdoor Recreation by imtestvek (720 points)
What is chum made of?

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answered Mar 28, 2022 by Medlock12334 (8,940 points)
Chum Fish bait is made up of fresh chunks of fish meat along with bones and blood.

Basically chum is bait used by fishermen, made out of chopped fish.

Chum is incredibly unappealing to the fish population of Bikini Bottom, which prevents the Chum Bucket from having customers.

To chum a body of water, place the chum into the water, wait for a period of time, and then cast your baited hook into the same general area.

Freshwater chumming is most effective for fish that live by scavenging or feeding on the bottom, like catfish and carp.

Both chumming and baiting are legal, but there are restrictions in place aimed at protecting the safety of the sharks and divers.

Chumming is illegal in some parts of the world (such as in the U.S. state of Alabama) because of the danger it can pose by conditioning sharks to associate feeding with human presence.

Pilchards (scaled sardines), Spanish sardines, finger mullet and menhaden get pressed into service as live chum quite frequently, but other species work too.

As in most fishing, use what's most readily available in your particular area.

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