Chumming for Perch?

[Crappie MAster]

Just wondering if anyone has successfully chummed for perch in some way?  I have been making up several different frozen blocks of chum including shredded tuna, canned baby shrimp, ground minnows, and even commercial fish feed.  Does anyone have any other suggestions?  I am going to put the small chum blocks into those mesh bags oranges come in, then attaching a rope and weight so I can lower it down an adjacent hole, and try to keep a school in the area....Haven't had a chance to try it yet though.....I'll watch what happens on the Aqua-Vu...

[WVBoy]

A good cheap way for chumming is using canned cat food.The cheap ones of course. I have also used this in my tip up holes fishing for northern.

[fishingking]

some lakes its illegal to chum some guys use oatmeal  or egg shells it also makes the bottom of your hole nice and light so when spot fishing u can see the fish easier

[PERCHPULLER]

Donut holes

[mario302]

some lakes its illegal to chum some guys use oatmeal  or egg shells it also makes the bottom of your hole nice and light so when spot fishing u can see the fish easier

Try using rice, same effect...........

[Morrocco_Mole]

I would like to know has anyone used one or a different techniques and had some success...

[seaweed01]

Try using scales off some of the fish that you catch. They
flash while sinking and they have "fish flavor" if they are
taste tested. No kidding, I have used them many times and
they do not always work, but it only takes a few seconds
to scale a couple fish and put them down the hole. I
believe it has made a difference for me at times.

[Iceshanty]

IMHO this is littering in a way. I like doing things the hard way and this does'nt mean you have to also, but it just seems you would be better off moving to the fish instead of trying to draw them in, I think you'll see much better results. I don't chum because I am far to impatient to sit and wait for fish and personally I feel it's unsportsmanlike. Please check your local reg's first.


-Scott

[grumpymoe]

IMHO this is littering in a way. I like doing things the hard way and this does'nt mean you have to also, but it just seems you would be better off moving to the fish instead of trying to draw them in, I think you'll see much better results. I don't chum because I am far to impatient to sit and wait for fish and personally I feel it's unsportsmanlike. Please check your local reg's first.


-Scott

...I would agree 100% with this one......the curious and inactive fish are just aroused enough to dink around with whatever you are presenting....chumming just confuses them more......move for the active perch.....sooner or later, you can hit the jackpot......Grump

[JigAwhopper]

I think this toppic comes up every year,  and everone has a different opinion.  I personally tired  the cat food can trick and the frozen block of chum with no good results.  Perhpas,  if I gave it have a do to work,  but who has time.  Just like Scott said,  better off to keep moving and looking for active fish.  I'm also inpatient but also very lazy and don't like to be messing around with scaling fish and getting my hands wet unless I have to.             J.

[double trouble]

you don't have to believe me but frozen brine shrimp from the tropical fish store work like a charm for chum. you can watch the perch rush in to feast on them too.just be ready.

[BillP]

Cat food sounds good

[esox slayer]

I've heard of some guys bringing along a can of corn, opening it and dumping the contents, they say it draws them in......

[NickP]

IF your like me and half retarded for wasting half your 1000 spikes and watching them turn into the hard shelled bugs because your woman said thats not staying in the fridge! I take those dead/caddis ones and toss um down the hole after I drill it- then I move 10 feet drill another hole and do it again. I come back and jig each hole for 1-2mins AKA like 10 jigging sessions that last like 2-5seconds each. I dont real up that whole time. Once you find the hot hole the fish will bite on every drop until it takes you 2 mins to rebait and then all the shum is consumed and your screwed. Its hit or miss and I dont suggest doing more then 5 holes at once. I wasnt gettin smack friday and tryed jiggin all holes before chumming and got NADA- I chummed up 5 holes then drilled three more - I chummed the last three as I went along and then hit the second one I had chummed before the three hole and I found active 10-12in perch and caught 5 before I couldnt find my bait and missed out on the bite- moved around some mroe and found another school in one of my other holes.

[reelbigfish]

The corn thing works way better on trout than on perch.  I'd have to agree with
Scott on this one.  Schools of perch move in and out and rarely stay under your hole
long enough for you to catch a limit without hole hopping.  One trick I've used to
keep them interested longer is to suspend a mason jar with a scoop of minnows in it.
I've watched a lot of perch over the years and have yet to see them flock to chum
like aquarium fish.  Most chum just falls to the bottom.  The only thing that I feed them has a hook attached. 




Ted

[fishcrusher]

want a sure winner- here it is-  I catch fresh water shrimp in dugouts in december-  when the ice gets 10 inches, i cut a two foot hole in the ice.  The next day I reopen the hole and run a minnow net under the ice arround the hole.  I place these shrimp on a cookie sheet and let them bake in the sun. As they dry out they turn red.  Then I fill a glass halg full, drop a s,all rock in, and some shrimp.  Then place in the middle of a freezer or outside if cold enough.  Then pop the "shrimp cube" out and take with.  Now if you are finding the fish and arent really active, thats when I drop it down.  As the cube melts, the dried shrimp rise slowly.  The perch HAVE to be around for this to work, all it takes is one to eat some, and then they're there like hot cakes.  Krazy to see on the camera- run a marmooska with red tip, or a red shrimp fly, and let the good times roll.