in my state yes its legal to chum fish parts. the idnr just says "not in excess". like guys taking 55gal drums on grain or scraps would be a no no. a 5 gallon bucket would be considered legal chum. that came from email response years ago. its not my opinion trap.
so if i clean fish i can throw the remains in for chum ......hmmmmm
100' off shore? what people dont like swimming with fish lungs and intestines floating around them? lmao
We have a somewhat rocky shoreline in front of our camp with a lot of crayfish .... I usually cut up the skin in smaller pieces and feed them that and a few other scraps ..... the guts I throw in a bucket and take out in the middle of a small shallow bay where there are a lot of snappers. They clean it up fast. In the winter it goes in my compost pile ..... never thought about chumming with it .....hmmmmmm. My neighbor even started feeding the crayfish now too - hahaha
Do you ever catch the crayfish for bait? They are outstanding bait especially for smallmouth bass. Don't even have to be in the soft phase. As a taxidermist I have found crayfish in the stomachs of all species except the smaller panfish.
I heard a guy catches a perch thru the ice then takes the eggs out and mixes them up in bottle full of water. He dumps a little down the hole now and then. I guess it works but it plays havic with your flasher all those little marks sounds like that's not legal ? What happens in your shanty stays in your shanty
i chum with a kastmaster and perch eye ........just saying