What would give you a better chance at a fifty?

[ProfessorM]

Originally Posted by Nebe

if it were me and i went on a quest for a 5o this year, i would use cut bunker and chum like a mad man. I'd fish the same spot every night for days on end and in essense I would 'create' my own pogie bite in an area that i know holds big bass by simply having a chum pressense at some level every night.

That is just what we used to do for years at Keene street, in the canal. Tide after tide. Artificial chum slick. Had to coax the fish up over the edge to feed. Chum everything and drift the heads. Gave up doing that lots of years ago, got boring and pogies got scarce and expensive. I would vote for bait Steve.