Never done it for a tournament but have done it for fishing. Let corn soak in a bucket for a couple of days(it will start to sour) and then spead it out in target area.

 

Same way I used to bait up a spot in the bottoms when I was planning on taking my daughters fishing. Wheat seemed to work pretty well too. No doubt it works. Doesnt seem all that cool for competition but my guess is it's been done. Karma may let the other team get there first tho...

 

We do it for spear fishing
But we use cow pellets.... Fill a burlap sack, weight it down and toss it in. The sack will bloat up and sqeeze stuff out and the carp flock to it. We normally toss it in and hang out a while. Buy the time we get our gear on and dive down there are normally fish already on it.
Dont see why it wouldn't work for bowfishing?

 

Ive baited an area before only to see hmongs line that bank so I wasn't able to fish it so I stick with just chasing em around, bowfishing is expensive as it is n corn is goin through the roof, I get hollered at for a takin a 5 gal bucket full of corn haha

 

Eat a bunch or corn and orka and the day before the tournament drop a duece right in yo honey hole!

 

Ive thought about it before. Just need to check the legality of it before I even bring a can of corn on my boat.

 

Let me know Jeff.I never thought about it.
The place I am takin here is private,but it would be good to know

 

heard people use dog food too they make a "corral" that floats on the surface out of pvc and to keep the bait together in one spot

 

I've read that a hula hoop works well for that too

 

http://bow.fishingcountry.com/forums/showthread.php?9539-Carp-Bait-Chum-for-the-shore

 

Bingo I knew I read it somewhere

 

I use corn quite a bit to fish with. Ill take a couple cans of whole kernel corn, pour the contents into a big ziplock with a 1/4 cup of sugar and let it soak for a day. You can also use caro syrup. I will then show up where I want to fish and use a large plastic spoon to chuck a few spoonfulls of corn out. If there are carp in the area they find it quickly. Thread 6-8 kernels onto a hook with a small sliding sinker a foot above the hook and have fun. Its works very well for me anyways. In rivers, you dont even need to chum, just fish with the rig in likely spots.

 

The few tourneys I have attended clearly say in the rules NO BAITING/CHUMMING ALLOWED!!!! I'd read the tourney rules before you go throwing corn or dogfood out.

 

x2.Terms for being DQ'd here and at BAA sanctioned events.

 

just a thought, but you guys might want to be carefull about placing any bait this time of year with waterfowl season coming up. A couple of boys here in GA got busted for baiting teal and geese. They got caught because a Game warden checked their boat for life jackets and then he saw corn, etc. It might be hard to explain why you had feed of any kind to mr green jeans.

 

Man!!! whatta turnout for a responce, it seems that bait'n is just part of the game, I've heard of chum'n for bluegill & catfish but never gave it a thought for carp,,, good deal, I learned a few new tricks of the trade.

 

Maybe for pole fishing but not bowfishing since feeding carp are gonna muddy the water so bad you won't be able to see chit.

 

you shouldn't need to bait if you know wat yer doin you can find fish if they are there

 

Check your regs guys.

Here is Californias chumming laws per DFG 2011


2.40. Chumming. Chumming is permitted only in:

• (a) The Colorado River District, but only the approved bait fishes for this District may be used as chum (see Section 4.15) except in the Salton Sea where corn may also be used.
• (b) Carquinez Strait and Suisun Bay and their tributaries and saltwater tributaries.
• (c) Sacramento River and tidewater of tributaries downstream from Interstate 80 bridge.
• (d) San Joaquin River and tidewater of tributaries downstream from Interstate 5 bridge.