chumming herring

[bart]

this may sound like a stupid question, and i've already had it answered once by a knowlegable fisherman, but i just wanted some other opinions. i've never chummed herring before, this year i'm planning on doing so while throwing plugs. i have a mesh eel bag that i was going to load up with little chunks, tie to my wader belt, and then wade out there on the bar(most of you know where i'm talking about). is this a good idea? basically i wanna know if i should worry about sharks at all. i was told that they aren't many inshore species of shark and that the most i'd have to worry about would be gettting bumped by a big fish(this happened to me last season in the dead of night, freaked me out! but i've been thinking about it more because of the shark sightings last year. i was actually wading out there this past fall when they were seen, helicopters and boats everywhere. talked to a surfer that said he saw about six of em. for my own peace of mind what do y'all think. thanks in advance.

[MakoMike]

IMHO you're asking for trouble. I don't know where you're talking about, but there are lost of sarks out there and though they might not hurt you they would sure caree the crap outta you.

[Flaptail]

I didn't know that heering took chum.........

[scarecrow]

doesnt sound very smart to me, altough it would probaly work.

[quick decision]

If your worried about being dinner for a shark, tie the bag to a bouey with mono and float it away from you. Then cast out around it and when you relize it really didn't help to much pull it back in.

[goosefish]

A few years back I was chumming off a very long jetty in Rhode Island. It was at night and we were using Herring. Well we got a good suprise when a big blue dog came swimming by. It was cool to watch the shark from ten feet above the water's edge. I don't think I'd wade fish with a chum bag hanging off my side. We've all heard stories of guys being bumped in the night. It's yet to happen to me, but I don't want to encourage it.

[bart]

im not worried about getting eaten by a shark, just worried about getting freaked the hell out if im wading out there in the dark and somethign grabs onto my bait bag

[bart]

thanks for your responses. one time i wa fishing in falmouth with some buddies wading in about 3 ft of water and a big shark swam right by me, prob 6-7 ft long. thing didn't even notice us, just kept cruising on by, chasing the schoolies we were catching. guess it wouldn't be worth it to risk the chum-bag, i fish hard but not that hard.

[TheSpecialist]

That shark deffinately noticed you, he wass just too busy.

[MAC]

I think the shark would have "checked" you out if you had a chum bag tied to you. They say most sharks let go when they realize you aren't a fish. But with a bag of chum tied to your body.....

[Goose]

I say go 4 it.......sharks gota eat to.

Do it in CC bay where the sharks have a spike stickin out of their tail, makes fishin more interesting if you ask me.

[PNG]

Gettin thumpd at o dark thirty aint fun

I stand on the biggest rock I can find

call me a sissy