[miles]

Hiya

Alot depends on your location. Inshore we have a good population of great whites and therefor almost nobody chums here. Further off-shore, there is virtually no great whites and the water is 100-500m+ deep. With no structure or reefs, finding fish in the blue off-shore water is extremely difficult.

For our yellowfin and albacore tuna, chumming is pretty much THE only way to attract them and hold their attention for a long enough time, so that you can get a decent shot in!! Flashers also work, but simply don't hold their attention like chumming does.

In shallower locations, chumming also attracts plenty of smaller bait fish, which in turn attracts the larger fish.

Unfortunately, in certain sharky area's, chumming is most definitely not advisable. If you have known problematic shark species, like bull's, mako's, Great Whites or Tigers, rather don't chum!!

Regards
miles