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For soured maize catfish chum, I go to the feed store and ask for 50# bag of maize / milo (same stuff, different name). A bag will cost around $6. I put it in rinsed out bottles of windshield washer fluid. They are a heavier plastic, have a handle and a screw on cap, and can handle some pressure and abuse. I've also used 2 liter soda pop bottles, but they don't stand up well, and end up rolling all around. I fill the bottle with milo to 2/3 of a bottle, and then add water to 3/4 bottle. Beer is optional, but I don't use it most of the time. Put the bottle outside in the sun. Put the cap on - BUT LEAVE IT LOOSE ENOUGH TO ALLOW AIR TO GET IN AND OUT EASILY. The milo will soak up a whole lot of water, man it swells like crazy. After a couple of days this stuff will start fermenting. It'll get all foamy on top (which is why you don't fill the bottle all the way up), and there'll be a lot of bubbles coming up from the bottom. As far as time till it's ready, this all depends on the time of year, basically how cold it is outside. In the winter it'll need at least 2 1/2 weeks. In the summer, when it's 98', I've used it in as little as 5 days. But the longer the time, the better it is. My last trip, I used a bottle that had been set out for 6 months. It still worked quite well. When you get ready to travel to go fishing, just screw the lid down snug. After I set out a jug, I'll pour out about 1/4 cup. Then screw the cap back on and pretty soon the smell will go away. A one-gallon bottle of catfish chum will last for about a 5-hour fishing trip. Some of the guys use a 5-gallon bucket for catfish chum, then dip a coffee can in it and broadcast this stuff out in a half moon arch. I've just found that the gallon bottle method is convenient for me to use chumming for catfish. Nine Lives |
