Chumming it up

[BadBass]

I go with artificials early then when June rolls around it's time for chummin' and chunkin'. If you get on them the chum seems to keep them around and fire them up. I do have the advantage of boat fishing but if you can find a good method it must work good from shore too. I use fresh ground herring we usually freeze them in one gallon ziplocks and throw them in a mesh chum bag, I'm really good at forgetting the bag is over and power chumming back to port.
I also think that it will bring fish who are not in the immediate area to the slick, maybe not from as far away as a shark but stripers use smell (and sound) to locate food before they can see it.
Give it a shot, the fish around Gloucester get fed a lot of herring chum by the commercial guys. You know they are catching. Good luck man!