While anchored or drifting over good flounder bottom you obviously need to attract their attention to catch your limit for the day. Adding action to the bait is always a good way to get one’s attention. But if the goal is to catch a boat-load, there is no reason to be a slouch when it comes to the chum pot. Ideally we would all love to buy out the bait shop for a day of fishing with our buddies but in reality money only goes so far. This is where a little creativity can help stretch the budget.
Where is this creativity? Well, you can notice it anywhere. If you look at the docks around a marina most of them are covered with mussels that have latched to the structure. However, there are some docks remarkably free of the shellfish. The owners intentionally removed them. Why? To fill their chum pots.
You may be wondering how this simple money saving solution never occurred in your head and I must admit the idea never registered in my mind until a suggestion from a fellow angler. Now I will regularly fill a chum pot with mussels before heading out to the flats for winter flounder. Although this solution works wonders it is always good to be diverse by getting other bait like bloodworms, sandworms, and clams. Just remember there is always an easy way to get some mussels to use for chumming.
So for those of you looking to save some money while increasing your chances to limit out here is some advice ANGLER-to-ANGLER… “When you need some bait to chum up the flounder you can always find some on the docks of your local marina. After scraping some off the sides you will have more than enough for a great day out on the water.”
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