Blktailhunter
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I it hit the local Chum fishery yesterday and today. I have never fished for chums and had no idea how to fish for them as they stage in the salt as they prepare to make their run up the stream. I read about a few techniques on the internet and I settled on small chartreuse spinners. In two days I landed 4 and several on for a few seconds and numerous bumps. The problem is is that all 4 were foul hooked (all were released). It makes me think the bumps may have just been the spinner bumping into a fish and not a bite. I was casting and slowly retrieving the spinner. I was not doing the reel and sweep technique of the snaggers which totally disgusted me BTW. After I landed my second fish today I quit until I can figure out something the will work were I can catch them without the accidental foul hook.
I do not fly fish so that is out. The fly guys were not catching anything despite large schools of chums swimming about. Yesterday I saw some boat guys using small herring under a float. Never saw them catch a thing. I did see a couple hooked using a corky and yarn, but not sure it they were legally hooked.
Any suggestions. When the tide is in it is about 4-5 feet deep. When it is out it is two to three feet deep.
Thanks
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Castingpearls
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You could try twitching/swimming jigs tipped with small piece of prawn/sandshrimp. Small twitches and work the jig fast enough to keep from snagging fish.
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KONGELAKS
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I suggest fishing for them in the river where they actually bite. The Hoodsport show has and always will be a snaggers paradise. My experience with chums is to fish them in rivers as they begin their migratory movement. Once they stage up and begin digging thier Redds they get lockjaw and attract the snaggers/inbreeders.
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Pearls advice is spot on. They will chew cerise colored jigs.
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Blktailhunter
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Castingpearls said:
You could try twitching/swimming jigs tipped with small piece of prawn/sandshrimp. Small twitches and work the jig fast enough to keep from snagging fish.
Should I fish the jigs under a float? The jigs I have are 1/8 oz so they won't cast very far.
The fishing them in the river option is out as they are off limits once they enter the river. This is not near Hoodsport. The number of guys fishing here is at most 10-15.
Edited by Blktailhunter (11/05/09 03:13 PM)
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Castingpearls
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Use a spinning rod and maybe bump up the size of your jigs to 1/4 or 3/8. Even 1/2 oz. No float in this setup although you probably could use one.
Twitching is more effective IMO. I am by no means a jig guru but I have learned from some guys that really catch a lot of fish twitchin jigs.
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Alex_L
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Chum will readily take both dead drifted and twitched marabou and rabbit fur jigs. It really depends on prefernce, confidence, and the water you are fishing when choosing one over the other.The most important thing is to keep that marabou clean and free of bait and bait oils; nothing spoils the effectiveness of jigs like matted and clumped marabou. As for size I reserve 3/8 and 1/2 oz. for deep holes or slots were it is necessary to drop the jig straight down, especially if fish are holding up against a cut bank. Other than that you could, depending on your reel, get away with 1/4 oz. and even 1/8 oz. depending on conditions.  
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hot pink jig topped with a piece of sandshrimp under a float should get you some action if you have a problem with snagging while your twiching jigs.
good luck.
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Try fishing for them on an outgoing tide. Whenever I fish for chums where a river/creek enters the saltwater, the fish go berserk and get very aggressive on an outgoing tide. Almost as if they got PO'ed at missing the high tide opportunity to swim upstream.
They seem to be less aggressive on an incoming tide. Maybe focusing their attention on swimming upstream rather than biting.
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Edited by Baitsoaker (11/07/09 12:13 AM)
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Those pesky little buggers. I have always had pretty good luck with a yarn ball in chartruese and pink sometimes thrown in there. No corkies and just a slight squirt of juice. Pref anchovies scum. seems to have always worked for me.
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i've got a little curse at hoodsport. i usually go there to toss around a bobber and jig, and half the time i go there, i'll get a fish on my first cast and then it goes totally dead for me.
i agree on finding a different place where they bite better. drive up the highway a ways and you'll find them. try an anchovy under a bobber 
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