The Lowcountry Anglers Fishing Club

.: Flounder Techniques - Chumming :.

Chumming has become an integral part of flounder fishing over the last 20 years. Many old timers have used this technique much longer than this, but it's the novice fisherman who has primarily benefited from chumming over the last decade or so. Chumming is the method in which a controlled release of scent and bait into the water attracts and teases the targeted species appetite, increasing their desire to feed while lowering their inhibition.

The most popular chum is either clam or mussel chum and a combination chum of both will also work. Most chum purchased has been ground without the shells, packaged into quart or half gallon containers and then frozen. When you purchase this chum from your tackle dealer, it is then placed in a chum pot and lowered over the side while still frozen to slowly thaw, releasing the scent and bits of bait into the current which in turn attract flounder.

Some of the sharper flounder fishermen will "seed" an area first. Using a large five-gallon chum pot and an equal size container of clam chum, place the chum in the pot, lower over the side and leave it in your favorite flounder hole for several tides and sometimes days. This will attract flounder from both up and down tide as the change of tide disperses scent & bait in all directions. When you come back to the spot, most of the area's flounder will be near or at the chum pot looking for an easy meal.

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