Many years ago when I had a tin boat, my brother and I were going winter flounder fishing. Stopped at the bait store for sandworms and of course the guy tells us "oh, you gotta use chum if you want to catch more than a couple". We didn't have a chum pot. So he sold us a chum pot and a frozen log of ground clam chum and we laughed about what chumps we were for falling for his pitch.
We got out by the Mantoloking bridge and set up. put the chum in the pot, and clipped the the line onto the cotter pin that holds the lid closed, dropped it down and started fishing. No bites...1/2 hour goes by and we decide to move to Dales Point.
So were running wide open with the Tohatsu 40 and my brother says "whats that?" The chum pot is skipping along behind us. $#i+!!! We stop and pull the line in. As my brother lifts the pot to the surface, the cotter pin straightens out and that brand new chum pot and chum log disappear into the Metedeconk River!
We laughed our asses off....