i'm looking to make a bunch of chum. does anyone have one i can use. in return i'll supply you w/ chum, macks, or some time on my boat. i used to use a beat up old wood chipper but the old timer who let me use it passed on. i'd like to try a grinder before i buy one. they are expensive and want to know if i should spend the money on it or just look for a cheap used chipper. thanks, paul

food processor?? theres always one laying around unused......

I dont have one, but was thinking the same thing, I'd like to make some chum this year. lots of yard sales, I think you can get a foood processor for less than $10.

i don't know if a food processor will do the trick boys. i think we'd be making chum till christmas

I think I have one Paul. I'll check in the morning when I get home from work. If I still have it, you can have it free.:uhuh:

Get another wood chipper they work 1000 times better and you don't have to cut out the spines of bluefish etc...

thanks bob, that would be great.

I saw a guy once making chum with a cuisenart blade welded to a rod that was chucked into a corless drill.. he was making it all in a steel barrell... naaaasssty. but very fast.

what no sludge-o-matic? :tooth:

I have a chipper/shredder not doing anything that hasn't seen much use , if you don't have any luck getting a grinder, you can have it cheap
It is a 5 hp Craftsman, how's 200 bucks sound
or it will go in the yard sale

I thought this thread was about my Penn :biglaugh:

flea bay has em cheap all the time.

Although it may require a little leg work, with the "spring cleaning" bug hitting many homeowners, there's also a chance of getting lucky at a yard sale. Just a little food for thought.

Here you go Paul. It's old, but it works. It's also not a real big grinder, but it will definately serve it's purpose and it's free. Let me know if and when you want to come by to grab it.

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bob, that's perfect. reminds me of making chowder as a kid. i see a very sore arm in my future. thanks so much.

eben, that sounds like a cool idea. i may experiment w/ an old weedwacker that has a circular saw blade and a metal trash barrel. my wife and neighbors will love this, as if they needed confirmation i am nuts. slip, thanks for the offer but i will pass.

I can only imagine the aroma that will be wafting it's way around your neighborhood during the warmer months:yak5::yak4::uhoh:
You will probably get to meet all the local wildlife in the process.:err:

This is what you need...
http://www.striped-bass.com/Stripertalk/showthread.php?t=40836&highlight=chum+grinder

build one it's fun and useful

that looks pretty nice sandman

I borrowed a friend's once and after that I "had to have" my own. I got most of the parts on Ebay on the cheap. Van gave me a lead on the coupling. He blazed the power grinder sb trail. I used it a bunch last year and it works very well. I need to add a hopper and a reverse switch for emergencies.

If I had to make a lot of chum I would use a wood chipper. What I have meets my needs. I don't make *that* much chum however and this grinder more than meets my needs.

Last fall I had a lot of green crabs and ground them up and froze them into a large solid brick and used it in a chum pot for tog fishing. It was fun feeding the crabs into machine...my kids made a game of it. It worked OK and got the bite started quickly but "melted" pretty fast. Not like fish chum that lasts a good part of the tide. The serious sharking crowd have these mounted in a rod holder and empties directly overboard.

One thing is keep an eye on safety, this thing could inflect serious physical damage to the user if you get hung up in the advancing screw.

Make one over the winter, its pretty easy.