How much chum is enough?
You want to dispense frozen ground up fish chum at a minimum of 3/4 gal per hour. We normally chum at 1 to 1-1/2 gals per hour on charter, and 2 gal per hour in a shark tournament. So basically 4 gals of chum is the minimum to take; 5 to 8 gals is the norm for a daily shark trip. You will have to adjust for the area that you fish. For example we may be shark fishing in 57 deg water in Mass. Bay; but when we enter a shark tournament , and fish the south side of Martha’s Vineyard we may be in 72 deg. water and use twice as much chum. The simplistic perception of chumming is you put fish blood in the water and wait for a shark to show up. That will work, but like all endeavors there are some nuances worth learning to give you a better chance to succeed. A shark s sense of smell is amazing, and that’s what we will exploit to bring them up close and personal. When a shark enters a continuous chum slick of ground up fish, it will follow it unerringly, sometimes for miles, to the exact source
