Chumming of the bulls?

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Ozark Gringo
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Chumming of the bulls?

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Anybody have experience chumming Bull Reds?
I'm looking to chase some bulls this week, and curious if making up a couple buckets of chum might be helpful, or if it would be more likely to attract a bunch of gafftops and sharks.

Any thoughts?
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youll get plenty of bulls but they wont be red.
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Dubdee wrote:youll get plenty of bulls but they wont be red.


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You can make your chum out of old bait, but an easier way to to buy a can of mackerel out of the store and open a lot of holes in the bottom and use it. I keep those net bags that FunPops come in and place the can in there and hang off the side of my yak. Every so often I shake some out and let it float/sink away.

It will attract bull reds, but others species too............gafftops and sharks. You got to take the good with the bad!
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Mythman wrote:You can make your chum out of old bait, but an easier way to to buy a can of mackerel out of the store and open a lot of holes in the bottom and use it. I keep those net bags that FunPops come in and place the can in there and hang off the side of my yak. Every so often I shake some out and let it float/sink away.

It will attract bull reds, but others species too............gafftops and sharks. You got to take the good with the bad!
I have a bunch of spent grains leftover from beer brewing, so I was thinking I could mix them with chopped up mullet or crabs, and put them in an ice cream bucket, lined with like an onion sack...similar to this: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YTEN5_zZNXA" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

The mackerel can idea would be way simpler, but I wonder how effective of an attractant that small amount of material would be?
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ive seen the mackerel in action and that oily stuff works well....you could always cast net a bunch of mullet and slowly cut them up or whatever
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Menhaden oil mixed with dry crushed up dog food . Or you can buy the loaded bags at academy with the offshore tackle. They work wonders!
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