Best Saltwater Fishing Chum (For Whitebait, Pinfish, & Greenbacks)
- By: Joseph Simonds
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Introducing BLACKOUT CHUM!
This is the best chum we’ve ever seen for attracting baitfish such as whitebait, pinfish, greenbacks, and ballyhoo.
We’ve been testing it out for a year and now that it’s finally ready for you, we’re putting it to one final test:
Catching whitebait in the winter on a crummy day.
Here’s the situation: it’s cold, windy, and there no other boats around.
We know pinfish love Blackout Chum, but do whitebait love it, too?
And is there even any whitebait around?
Check out the video below to see how we did!
Blackout Chum’s Final Test [VIDEO]
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Chum and done baby!
Blackout Chum worked like a charm and we were fully stocked for a day of pitching whitebait and pinfish to big snook.
If you want an endless supply of baitfish, all you need is Blackout chum, a cast net, and a bucket!
Blackout Chum comes with a scoop and instructions for how to best use it, and it’s finally available at our online tackle shop!
And not only does it do an excellent job of attracting baitfish, but it also does an excellent job of attracting predators!
We’ve used it with my kids on board to bring loads of trout, mackerel, and snapper within casting distance for them to catch.
You can get Blackout Chum at the link below, but right now it is only available to our Insider members as we only have a limited amount of bags for this first run.
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Do you stun the white bait and use it for chum?
what brand and size of cast net were you using?
I was using an 8 ft net with 1/4 inch mesh from Black Pearl’s Inivi Series: https://fishstrong.com/products/black-pearl-invi-cast-net-series?_pos=5&_sid=59cb4c6dc&_ss=r&variant=32645032771669
Luke, what was the mesh size on your cast net?
I prefer to use 1/4 inch mesh when catching bait on the flats so that I don’t get them gilled if the bait is running a bit small. With the bait balled up in the chum in shallow water, there’s little risk of them escaping from under the net due to the slower sink rate of a 1/4 inch mesh vs the more popular 3/8th inch mesh, so I now stick with my 8 ft net with 1/4 inch mesh from Black Pearl’s Inivi Series: https://fishstrong.com/products/black-pearl-invi-cast-net-series?_pos=5&_sid=59cb4c6dc&_ss=r&variant=32645032771669
How does it compare to snapper up chum? I mix mojo oats and snapper up mix with saltwater and sometimes add sand so it gets deeper works great! Costs?
This blackout chum is designed more for attracting baitfish with an upside of drawing in predator fish like snapper too. While the snapper up chum is designed more specifically to draw up snapper in deeper water with its thicker chunks and more dense materials (while it has an upside of drawing in baitfish too)
I just use my dehydrated fish remains. Same thing. Sun dry, then grind. Duhh. No, I’m not sharing my secret. Don’t ask. Anyone can do it.
Seems like a smart way to make the most out of every fish you keep.
does it have the instructions on the bag.
Yes sir! And it comes with a free video course!
As best I recall, chumming is illegal in Texas (unless the law has changed). I am not sure I could convince a game warden that I was only using it to catch bait.
Hey Drenzel! Great to hear from you. I’m pretty certain that it’s 100% legal to chum inshore in the state of Texas. The only place I’ve heard it’s illegal to chum is off the coast of Alabama.
Interesting video. My wife and I are beginning kayakers. How would we use this method on kayaks? Would it be better to use the chum & cast net on shore, and then head out on the kayaks once we’ve filled the bait buckets? Will the bait fish come to shore? Also, I have to ask…when you say this method will attract predators, how big? We don’t want to attract any sharks. LOL. (hey, I was out a couple weeks ago about 50 feet from shore and something VERY large flopped around in the water behind me. Not saying it was a shark, but…)
Wow looks great!!
Enticing video, Luke & Joe. Looking forward to trying it. A few questions . . . (i) a 2:1 ratio is mentioned, presumably water and chum but which one is the 2? (ii) The tackle page says: “Makes over 5 pounds of chum!” And the chum bag says 3lbs. Does this suggest it’s equivalent to a 5lb. block of chum or that’s not the way to think about it? (iii) I raised a question in the forum, and Tony indicated this could be mixed and frozen, and then used in say a pin fish trap. Have you tested it that way? (iv) Similar to your line tests, have you thought about doing a comparison between Black Out and Boca Bait Fish Chum as both are powders and targeting the same bait fish? Thanks.
Great questions:
1) The ideal mix is to add 1 scoop of water for every 2 scoops of powder.
2) This is a different type of chum than a chum block… this chum is typically used in smaller batches to catch bait across many trips where a chum block is more of a single use product.
3) Yes, I have frozen this chum to put in pinfish traps and it works well.
4) Yes, we’ll be sure to do some film some comparison tests.
Q1 addressed in video: How to Use Blackout Chum Powder to Consistently Catch Great Bait; 2 scoops of Blackout Chum per 1 scoop of water.
Hey Rob, with 2 cups of chum per one cup of saltwater, a 3lb bag of chum powder makes 5lbs of usable chum. But the best news is that its in a resealable strong zipper bag so you can use as much or as little as you want with great shelf-life
Joe, I see the convenience of having the chum powder ready to go off the shelf as a major positive. Also, not having to stop at a tackle store for a chum block or using up freezer space are positives to. And if buying chum blocks by the case or making it yourself, you have to be concerned about loss of power, especially during hurricane season. Keep up the good work, and keep on chumming!