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Chumalong-dough bait #12137728 03/12/17 09:51 PM
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It was a nasty day around here today so I decided to stock back up on channel-chum and dough bait. Inspired by a recent post on chum tubes I decided to do a little show n tell. I have generally chummed with sour milo but often find the fish I catch are completely gorged on milo so I thought I'd use some old offshore fishing tricks on freshwater channel cats. Ground bycatch chum froze into blocks.

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I find shad to be the most important ingredient on the list. Second on the list is the sour milo water from the milo chum bucket. Use your wife's finest food processor and finely grind these ingredients into a pudding consistency.


She will give you more time on the water once she finds her food processor shad stunk! I then add a little water at a time until it pours like thick gravy.


I then use a custom funnel and pour into plastic bottles with lids.



Once I've used up the majority of the gravy I will cap, wash, and then freeze the bottles until future fishing trips.

Once frozen these chum bottles can be used as cold blocks to keep beer and bait cold until ready to deploy. Once on location you can cut small holes in the chum bottle with a pointy knife, hang over the side of the boat with twine, and adjust to waterline. The boat rocking and wave action will liberate small particles of bait and tons of scent into the water column. Best of all they don't fill up on chum! I suppose you could sink one to bottom if you like. I've found this technique to work best for channel cats in shallower water. Especially good when slip floating close to the boat in shallow water.

What to do with the leftover gravy? What to use for bait? We're going to make tortilla's!!



I like to make numerous types of dough bait but I like to match the hatch, so to speak. So, let's make dough bait to match the chum. Ingredients are gravy plus a tad more sour milo juice mixed with the tortilla mix.



You will knead this into a gummy tortilla/bread dough. Once completed you can tear off a marble sized piece and knead it onto a #4 or #6 treble hook.


It is very durable and won't generally cast off even after numerous casts(if necessary). I generally fish this bait with no weight at all. I normally just use the hook and dough suspended just off bottom under the boat or fished with a slip float. Either way, fish will be drawn in close by the chum scent slick from the frozen chum block(now thawed and leaking). I generally only catch channel cats with this bait although a stray blue isn't an oddity. Does it work?



You be the judge! Please post your results if you do choose to try this method or have any additional input. Afterall, I do love a good fish story! cheers


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Re: Chumalong-dough bait [Re: Littlefeather] #12137985 03/13/17 01:52 AM
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Does the tortilla break down on its own?




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Re: Chumalong-dough bait [Re: Littlefeather] #12138137 03/13/17 03:11 AM
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Great write up and how to...


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Re: Chumalong-dough bait [Re: Littlefeather] #12138392 03/13/17 12:46 PM
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thumb Pretty good recipe there.


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Re: Chumalong-dough bait [Re: Littlefeather] #12138635 03/13/17 03:17 PM
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Does the tortilla break down on its own?
I'm confused?? It's just tortilla dough mix. The dough doesn't melt off the hook. It actually firms up more once on the hook and in the water. I'm thinking about fishing later this afternoon. I'll post some action pics if I find some action from the bank today. Thanks guys! CK


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Re: Chumalong-dough bait [Re: Littlefeather] #12138722 03/13/17 04:11 PM
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I never tried that method... guess what I used for bait... hot dogs LOL http://texasfishingforum.com/forums/images/icons/default/laugh.gif. My co worker have done something like what you have done. Anyhow my hot dog helped me catch this.
It was at Texas Fishing in Caddo Mills.

Re: Chumalong-dough bait [Re: Littlefeather] #12139072 03/13/17 06:46 PM
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Now that's what I call chum!


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Re: Chumalong-dough bait [Re: Littlefeather] #12139101 03/13/17 06:58 PM
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Originally Posted By: Littlefeather
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Does the tortilla break down on its own?
I'm confused?? It's just tortilla dough mix. The dough doesn't melt off the hook. It actually firms up more once on the hook and in the water. I'm thinking about fishing later this afternoon. I'll post some action pics if I find some action from the bank today. Thanks guys! CK


Ok, i gotcha. When i 1st viewed it i was on my phone and didn't see all the writing on the bag.




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Re: Chumalong-dough bait [Re: Littlefeather] #12139270 03/13/17 08:32 PM
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Nice write up Littlefeather and great thinking on the doughbait!


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Re: Chumalong-dough bait [Re: Littlefeather] #12139325 03/13/17 09:14 PM
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Thanks guys!
Willie, I think this will work hand-lining as well! LOL! I tear my hands up enough without hand-lining. You seem good at it!


I just got in from a short bank trip to Lake Proctor. Wind was blowing 30mph plus in my face. I completely forgot it was Spring Break. It seems that everyone with little to no fishing etiquette saw me catch one fish. After that I spent the next half hour untangling my lines from theirs. I got mobbed! I'm generally the only angler at that spot. Oh well, everyone deserves to fish and have a good time. I left my freshly chummed spot for the Spring Breakers and headed home to work in the garden. I'll know to take the boat next trip and will steer clear of the weekend. CK


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Re: Chumalong-dough bait [Re: Littlefeather] #12139496 03/13/17 11:22 PM
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Nice write up and instructions.My uncle used to catch some monster Crappie on Proctor how is my hometown of Brownwood?


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Re: Chumalong-dough bait [Re: Littlefeather] #12140585 03/14/17 04:43 PM
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Good lookin stuff!!

Re: Chumalong-dough bait [Re: Littlefeather] #12141569 03/15/17 06:35 AM
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