[taylor marie]

just wondering what people use to chum weakfish and do u do it in the day or night.. thanks

 

[bucktail3]

Grass shrimp is supposed to be the way to go, but never done it.

 

[bass ackwards]

Bucktail is right grass shrip is the way to go, live if possible. Day or night but early morning or late afternoon I feel is the best. Fish are more aggresive and less boat traffic.

 

[Candy Man]

Grass shrimp but do not be afraid to experiment with bunker chum Some days when the chum gets them going good all the boats can drive over your slick and not put them down while others days the boat traffic shuts them off.

 

[WETDREAM]

try a can of cat food. fish flavored of course. punch some holes in the can and tie it to a line. Works great. I keep a can or 2 on board whenever we go for em.

 

[Theofish583]

Here is a thought....

I work part time as bartender and we serve mussels on our menu. The chef is always throwing out old uncooked mussels. He told me I could have them but he is not sure what I would do with them. Couldn't I mash them up...shells and all....and chum with that? I bet this would work with bass in the back bays....

 

[luke11.9]

I chummed with grass shrimp 8/9/05 after about 30 minutes I caught them 1 after another on pink finesse fish. 1 keeper. had to leave when the storm blew. went back when it stopped and caught 6 more keepers. fish did not bite as good when I when back but more keepers. Fished the morning

 

[GRADY LADY]

Grass shrimp definately.The tide must be moving more important than time of the day.Keeping them alive is a little tricky.The regulars use wood
"cars" like minnow keepers.i just take a large cooler,put ice packs on the bottom and cover with moist newspaper.Spread the shrimp out on this.Anchor with two hooks if possible.Start
throwing 5 or six shrimp out at a time to get slick going.Don't stop chumming til your done
fishing. You have to keep it going.

 

[RhinoScores]

How do you get grass shrimp? Buy or net/ If netting, how do you pick a spot to throw the net? I know nothing about collecting grass shrimp.

 

[FishingNJ4ever]

rhino -- get a small net with a handle and scrape any piece of seaweed in the bay standing in the water up to your aankles or knees or scrape along a dock or boat ramp---- Lots and Lots of em fellas!

 

[GRADY LADY]

catch my own with a long handled dip net in a small tidal ditch.Once again tide is everything.
Much easier to net them when the tide is just starting in.I take a five gallon bucket(no water)
and walk down the ditch while scooping.Just remember to transfer them to your cooler after netting a few quarts.They're pretty suseptible to heat.

 

[Jake965]

Are you guys breaking them up at all to use as chum or whole? I'm thinking about giving this a try soon in the Ocean City area.

 

[GRADY LADY]

Thought you had to break them up until an old timer told me to toss em whole! Alot easier on your fingers too.

 

[Vitalsigns]

I've never tried using shrimp for weakies but someone told me You give them a squeeze before you toss them over. The shrimp make a distress noise that the weakfish can hear.

 

[Pineyjack]

I grind up crab shells & guts in blender & freeze in plastic bag to fit my chum pot.fish with small jighead/plastics & shedder,works great when weakies are around.Also use sabaki with the green shrimps.

 

[Bob ECT]

Use them whole and live.

Best way to keep them lively is with a white cedar box.

 

[Candy Man]

Although the cedar carts have long been the way to keep shrimp alive there is nothing wrong with putting them in your live well. I do this all the time and have not had any major problems. If you do use you live well you will need to make sure the following two items are addressed: 1) you will not lose most of them out you drain; and 2) they will not totally clog your drain. I have long since abandoned both the cart and the cooler with wet towels / ice packs. When running charters I like to keep my deck free of as many things as possible and by using the live well for live shrimp I got rid of the cart or cooler for shrimp.

 

[capt.snagalot]

anyone ever think of peanut bunker?...ive wanted to try to get a few gallons of them...(fresh) and chunk them up and get a slick goin...then i'd put a whole dead one out and a live one out on a shad dart?...anyone think that would work?

 

[Candy Man]

You would get some weaks to come into the slick but you are going to get covered up with snappers and small blues.

I have put live nuts back into a shrimp slick several times and only attracted snappers. When the snappers get thick they out compete the weaks and it is time to move.

 

[capt.snagalot]

yes that makes sence. i want to try some cobia fishing now.