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Gonna get a chum producin devise. grinder vs chum churn I want to make the right purchase, any info appreciated. Ive had these onboard but it dosent produce quality chum after about 30 min

I like the Chum Churn....But for premade chum don't forget about our Social sponsor Chum King, you can lower it down to the fish and speed the chumming time....

I bought a #32 meat grinder on e-bay for $9.00. Every time we come in with left over bait and trimmings from the the cleaning table I just drop it in the grinder and let it rip. I put the ground product in styrofoam bowls and freeze it. Once it is frozen I can peel the bowl off and drop it in a mesh sack that can be lowered into the water when I am ready to start chumming. It has worked great and there is no mess to clean up on the boat. I have seen the chum churn in action and it is effective, but I didn't have room on the boat or $125 to shellout on it. Good Luck!!!

I've used a Chum Churn for a couple of years now and have considered it a good investment. You can pretty much put any frorzen or fresh bait in it from LYs to crabs. It's easy to load and clean out. I also believe the noise it makes when you are using the plunger helps attract. I used the preground mix you buy in frozen 5 lb boxes for years. The only advantage is like Chalk said, it can be lowered to the bottom and gets things started a little faster. Of course things do get interesting when one of those fish with lots of teeth decides to eat your chum bag

Second Chance wrote:Of course things do get interesting when one of those fish with lots of teeth decides to eat your chum bag

Very possible.

very probable. Learned that lesson the hard way. Had to do with using my cannon downrigger (with steel cable) to drop the ole chum bag to the bottom. Large toothy critter in the water, semi unbreakable steel cable connected to the chum bag in the water, downrigger attached to boat by apparently breakable screws Let's just say it was ugly

WOW--that made for a pretty expensive sinker! But think of all the fun you could have had if you had embedded a 7/0 hook in the chum block attached to the steel cable and looped around a sturdy (really sturdy!) cleat. Takes chummin' to a whole different level...

Thanks for the info Looking foward to the social

Saltwater4me wrote:I bought a #32 meat grinder on e-bay for $9.00. Every time we come in with left over bait and trimmings from the the cleaning table I just drop it in the grinder and let it rip. I put the ground product in styrofoam bowls and freeze it. Once it is frozen I can peel the bowl off and drop it in a mesh sack that can be lowered into the water when I am ready to start chumming. It has worked great and there is no mess to clean up on the boat. I have seen the chum churn in action and it is effective, but I didn't have room on the boat or $125 to shellout on it. Good Luck!!!

Seems like a good idea to me. I'll keep my eyes peeled at yard sales. Yeah, I'm cheap. With two young Boston Whalers to support and a passion for fishing I've learned to count $$ real good.

Saltwater4me wrote: I put the ground product in styrofoam bowls and freeze it. Once it is frozen I can peel the bowl off

You sure you don't mean tupperware bowl? Great idea, by the way!

pennfish wrote: Looking foward to the social

And you got that right!