CHUM BUDDY™: HOW IT WORKS

Chum Buddy™ is a reusable personal fishing chum dispenser designed to help attract fish toward your bait. It attaches directly to your fishing line and gradually releases chum into the surrounding water. Our various designs allow you to target the water column, or the bottom, maximizing your time on the water.

The Chum Buddy™ capsule design is patent pending. Beyond the 2 current designs, we have plans for several specifically engineered products to help you catch more fish, all types of fish!

The Sinking Chum Buddy™ is designed to disperse chum at the bottom, while the Floating Chum Buddy™ acts like a bobber and stays at the surface to disperses chum higher in the water for different species targeting. Both can be used for surf fishing, pier fishing, bridge fishing, and boat fishing.

Absolutely. Although Chum Buddy™ was originally developed for saltwater fishing, it can also be used in freshwater environments to attract those monsters you’re looking for.

Yes. Both models are quality engineered and designed to be reusable and refillable. Simply open the capsule, add your preferred chum, and prepare it for your next cast.

Chum Buddy™ uses water movement and natural currents to disperse chum through openings in its body.

The removable internal chum bucket has smaller openings, so leaving it in place slows the release. That suits fine or powdered chum.

Taking the bucket out exposes the larger openings in the main body, so chum disperses more freely. That suits mashed or dead bait.

Chum Buddy™ is compatible with just about any chum, including powdered chum, ground fish, shrimp, sand fleas, commercial chum mixtures, and natural or frozen bait. If it fits, it will fish.

Absolutely! Chum Buddy™ can be used with conventional, spinning, surf, sabiki, or any other type of fishing rods.

The Sinking Chum Buddy™ features a compartment designed to accommodate up to four 1-ounce egg sinkers, allowing anglers to configure the weight for different fishing conditions and maximize casting range. Or if you want, just rig up the weight below or above CB, it’s totally flexible and up to you.

You can influence the release rate by using or removing the internal chum bucket.

The smaller openings in the bucket slow dispersion when using things like powder chum, while the larger body openings allow chum to disperse more freely when using things like dead bait.

Actual release rates depend on water movement, chum consistency, and fishing conditions.

Yes. Chum Buddy™ uses water movement to help disperse chum. The amount and direction of dispersion will depend on current strength, wave action, and the type of chum being used. The cleverly engineered design keeps is stable when floating, or in place when on the bottom so that the only thing you’re fighting out there are fish.

No. Chum Buddy™ is designed to work with a variety of commonly available fishing chum materials. You can even use leftover or unused frozen bait.

After fishing, empty any remaining chum, simply rinse the components with fresh water, and allow them to dry before storing.

Yes, we offer a Duo package to save you money!. The Chum Buddy™ Duo includes one Sinking and one Floating Chum Buddy™ for $35 during the introductory promotion, saving $5 compared with purchasing them separately.

The current launch estimate is Late 2026. Sign up for launch-updates to get the latest information. Contact Chum Buddy™ with product or launch questions.

Warranty and return-policy details will be announced before commercial launch.