Some cool ideas there!
Chumming for crappie at night
“If you chum for crappie they will come"
Reel lites comes with clip for chum bag
if you light does not have a clip suggest doing so!
Concept:
Let the chum bag hang just above the light itself.
Reason being the minnows can see and smell and
will be attracted to the chumming. Thereby attracting
game fish to the minnows feeding.
All kinds game fish not just crappie, but catfish, trout
sharks, etc.
Benefits
Feeding the fish with food for the benefit of catching them.
The bible saying “Cast breads upon the waters” The idea is
to get the game fish to thinking there is free food, fooling them
into thinking there is no hooks around. This concept works for
the fishermen getting the fish to come to them, instead of s
earching the lake for them. Ration don’t overfeed.
Some preferred chumming items
Save your fish scales and freeze them into ice cubes
(recommend do this in extra refrigerator).
When you go fishing throw out couple cubes every so often.
As the cubes melt the scales will reflect the your night night,
and attract bait and game fish.
Egg shells frozen into cubes or just tossed on the waters
will do the same, use a roller pin and crush them up super fine.
Minnows get 3-4 dozen and crush or grind them into a paste
or very small titbits, use a pan to catch all the drippings.
Left over fish guts using the same procedure.
Canned oiled sardines using the above techniques.
Canned: cat food, dog food, canned corn, breakfast cereals,
etc: the ideas are unlimited!
How to present the above:
A coffee can, nylon stocking, mesh bag, anything that has
small holes so there is a steady stream of scent and drippings
of blood and guts flowing into the waters. Take a weight to
lower the above to varied depths until you start to catch fish.
Jarring for crappie:
This is a trick clear back to when glass was invented.
Glass jar with bunch of holes in the lid. Add water and 6-12 minnows.
Tie the neck with a strong cord and lower it to the depth you wish to fish.
The commotion of the minnows trying to escaping and the noise of them
bumping the inside of the jar, plus their scent escaping thru the vented
lid is hard for crappie to resist.
Wicked combo:
Use the jarring method above with gold fish, can you image
the gold fish scales flashing off your fishing light?
All the ideas of been proven by fishermen long long ago.
Check your local laws to ensure that it is legal in your state.
Author
Bob Spare
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Some cool ideas there!
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This may cause me to take up night fishin'
Think I'll go look at some of 'em nite lites fer a spell.
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One tip to add to the "jar of minnows" trick :
Make sure you are using a jar that's circular & smooth. Squared jars, mason jars, & those similar will produce magnified or distorted images of the contents ... that may put off any interest in the minnows inside.
... cp
Ive stuffed the tube type mesh wire cricket holders with a # of things ,including chunks of hi protein cotton seed cakes.At one time i was getting cotton seed pellets in 50lb bags at a local feed store.
I PRACTICE CATCH & FRY---DONT EVERYBODY ? Thumbs Up
I'm definitely going to try this out this month. I've dropped a ton of beds in this one spot and I'm wanting to see if anything is living there yet. Maybe a little chum will bring them on in.
New goal 16" crappie by December 30