Techniques Chumming

Techniques Chumming

Chum is a substance made of small pieces of fish, blood and fish oil,often used when fishing for sharks while drifting or at anchor.

The purpose of chumming is to attract fish with the smell and to temptthem to eat. Chum is also used in combination with small pieces of fish.

Sharks react most to the smell, while Dorado and several species of Tunareact more on the pieces of fish falling through the water layers.

Chum can be prepared from home and frozen in blocks.

These blocks are then put in a semi–submerged net or bucketwith holes, where they slowly dissolve and let out a trail in the water.

If the chum mostly consists of blood and oil a bit of sandcan be mixed with it to bind and make it sink slowly.

Estimating Weight

-The following formula is a well–proven method to very accurately
estimate the weight of most game fish.

The measurements are all in inches and the final result in pounds,
but this can then be transformed into kilograms.

The girth of the fish is measured on the greatest part and then squared.

This number is then multiplied by the body length of the fish,
measured as illustrated below.

-This result is then divided by 800 to get the weight in pounds.

Example:

Girth is 3 feet 4 inches = 40 inches
Body length is 8 feet 4 inches = 100 inches

40 x 40 =1600
1600 x 100 = 160000
160000 / 800 = 200 lbs.

To get the result in kilograms, the final number is then divided by 2.2.

Example:

200 / 2.2 = 88 kg

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