Chumming for carp and other fish

What do you guys use when you chum for Carp and other gamefish?

[LadyFisher]

Opps. Not legal everywhere...here for one.

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[billknepp]

I fish Carp often..with flies,Nymphs mostly unless they are feeding on dries...and I do not use chum...But if it is legal and floats your boat....Guess it is ok to stoop to it...

Takes alot of the fun out of things in my opinion..But they are not the easiest fish to catch!

Prolly why I like em!

[J Castwell]

I like small gobs of Bald Eagle, Spotted Owl or Passenger Pigeon. What is your favorite?

I've not used chum for any fish. However, if I were, and if I were fishing for trout, I'd use what I've read the old timers down in central PA did, grasshoppers.

Allan

[lee s]

There is a spot we sometimes pester carp, well a couple places, where the people feed the ducks. WE don't chum, but the "duck feeders" do it for us. One place they toss bread, so a floating "bread" fly does well. The other place they sell grain to toss at the ducks, so a "corn" fly on the bottom seems to work OK.
Ever thankful for ducks and kids.....
....lee s.

[Marco]

I generally use a mix of California Condor and oatmeal with a bit of sea turtle eggs a binder. Great stuff. Works well. And If all else fails think omelet.

Mark


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I'd rather be in Wyoming!

[deathb4disco]

I use corn for carp and maggots for everything else. I don't do it when I'm fly fishing, though.

[irondragon013]

The simplest chum and bait for carp is plain old canned sweet corn. The are a few flies out there that imitate corn. Mostly yellow glow bug yarn.
Hope this helps,
Steven

[Daniel J]

I use cash. It doesn't work any better than corn for me but it makes me feel cooler than the other anglers at the pond simply because I CAN use cash as chum.


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[This message has been edited by Daniel J (edited 22 May 2006).]