Fishing has become so bad in this area that we have resolved to use chum. For carp we intend to pre-bait area with brown bread in onion bags but have been
unable to get ideas on chumming for bass and eels.

For salt water we have decided on the normal slush but do not know how to get it out to the sinker area as we have to cast over ledges to gain access to deeper water. We soaked our baits in sardine oil but this too had poor results as the fish are not plenty at all - or have become herbivores overnight.

Any ideas will be greatly appreciated.

One great hint passed on by a deceased buddy was to change habits - he dried and salted his salt water shellfish baits - this gives the bait a powerfull pong and attracts all kinds of fish - even shad that tend to only go for fish bait.

Another city dweller claimed to use tamato sauce on his baits. I used the idea once and managed two small carp on a bread & tamato sauce mix. Never tried it in salt water but this was originally meant for the salty/fresh Swartkops River.

The "old people" say that there is a plant oil extract {linseed perhaps ?}that is deadly for fish but no-one can confirm the name of the oil as ideas differ. Some carp baits are often confused with this subject but it is not the same as those baits are "perfumed" with extracts whereas the plant oil is simply just an oil that can be added to a bait.

It is furthermore said that the usage of this oil was outlawed during earlier years when fish where plenty as "unsportmanlike" because the fish were unable to resist it.

It was no doubt a good idea then but I sure could do with some magic now.